Darkglass Electronics Hyper Luminal Hybrid Compressor Pedal

Darkglass Electronics DAHYL Overview

Get the best of both worlds with Hyper Luminal from Darkglass Electronics, an innovative pedal that offers a true analog VCA controlled by a digital side-chain, giving you access to legendary compression characters while retaining a 100% analog signal path. With three variable compression characters (BUS, FET, and SYM), you have a range of tonal possibilities before you.

Versatile touch controls include Ratio for selecting the compression ratio, and Compression for setting the overall amount of compression (with internal makeup gain). Output sets the overall output volume of the pedal. With Time, you can set the attack and release time constants, which can be further customized per mode, along with several other parameters in the Darkglass Suite app. And finally, Blend provides a wet/dry mix, allowing for parallel compression, and thanks to its placement before the output control, a transparent clean boost.

Three Legendary Compression Models

With the Mode touch sensor, you can select between three different models:

• BUS: Modeled after the Solid State Logic Bus compressor
• FET: Inspired by the legendary 1176
• SYM: Darkglass's own discontinued Super Symmetry 115 GeV Compressor

Ratios On Tap

The compression ratios available change depending on the mode selected:

• BUS: 2:1, 4:1, 10:1, 15:1
• FET: 2:1, 4:1, 8:1, 20:1, ALL IN
• SYM: based on different settings of the Super Symmetry 115 GeV Compressor

Darkglass Suite

By using the desktop version of the Darkglass Suite, you can adjust the time and attack settings of each mode, the side-chain parallel high-pass filter, the mode of the release and attack settings, and enable or disable the guitar mode.