Electro-Harmonix Pico Platform Compressor and Limiter Pedal

Electro-Harmonix PICO PLATFORM Overview

Stuffing the comp section of the Stereo Platform into a compact Pico chassis, the Pico Platform from Electro-Harmonix is a powerful studio-style compressor and limiter pedal. With two selectable modes and two compression curves (soft or hard knee), you can easily sculpt dynamics with precision.

With the Blend control knob, you can adjust the wet/dry mix for built-in parallel compression. Depending on which mode you have selected (compression or limiting), the Sustain knob adjusts either compression ratio or limiting threshold. Further controls include an Attack knob and a Volume knob that controls total output volume. The transparent circuit on the Pico Platform avoids tonal coloration, providing you with a modern and pure dynamics processor. The Pico Platform includes a 9V power adapter.

Sustain Knob

In Compressor mode, turning the Sustain knob clockwise increases the compression ratio, which determines how much compression is applied to a signal once it crosses the threshold. Threshold is the signal level at which the compressor begins working. In Compressor mode, the threshold is fixed at -35 dB.

In Limiter mode, turning the Sustain knob clockwise decreases the threshold level, which forces the limiter to act sooner. The compression ratio is constant and practically infinite in Limiter mode.

Knee Section

The Pico Platform offers two options for the compression knee: hard and soft. The knee-which occurs at the threshold-refers to the transition between the uncompressed and compressed sections of the gain curve.

Hard knee creates a more dramatic compression effect, while soft knee is smoother. Hard knee is selected by default from the factory. Changing the compression curve is achieved by pressing and holding the Type button.

EAN: 683274012537