THAT4316 Compressor

[Bio77]

Wanted to post some love for this great compressor. PCB was designed by @benny_profane based on a Wayne Kirkwood article. It came loaded with most of the smd parts, I only had to add the THAT chip and the through hole parts. The foot switch is BP’s too, it has a capacitor pined to the LED to soften the transition for the on and off. It’s a nice touch.

It’s designed to be a single knob compressor built in a 1590A. But after talking with BP, I decided to move the volume to the front panel and build it in a 1590B. Enclosure treatment is no-film decal on a weird Small Bear enclosure I had hanging around. The inspiration for the graphics is a production pedal circa 87-89, I think it fits with the color well. Circuit sounds great, it has a lot of compressing power, only needed a little when I used it with my bass.

 

[benny_profane]

Looks amazing! Great work with this one!

 

[Guardians of the analog]

John, you already know how I feel about this. Miss seeing your builds, I needed this in the worst way.

 

[Harry Klippton]

If I were to wholesale steal anyone's graphic vibe, it would be yours John. This looks awesome

 

[Bio77]

John, you already know how I feel about this. Miss seeing your builds, I needed this in the worst way.

I'm still here, man. Just smoking cigarettes in the back watching the young people get down

 

[Bio77]

If I were to wholesale steal anyone's graphic vibe, it would be yours John. This looks awesome

Steal away, it all started as a nod to diablochris' sagan delay graphic.

 

[cooder]

Excellent!

 

[Gordo]

I AM everything compressor. Splain please. I've done the SSM from AMZ and the current sweetheart (and easily my fave to date) is MadBeans's Trash Compactor (THAT4305). What's this beast do? And for the record surface mount doesn't bother me. OK, it makes me a tad nervous but I have amazingly thin solder. Sort of a personal problem.

 

[Paradox916]

All the OGs coming out of the woodwork lately, looks killer!