dbx® 166 Compressor/Limiter/Gate

Two Channel Compressor Limiter featuring:

-Selectable auto (classic dbx®) or manual (variable Attack and Release) compression

-Contour switch removes unwanted low frequency information from detector circuit

-Selectable Overeasy® or Hard Knee compression modes

-PeakStopPlus™ limiting for setting maximum allowable level with minimal distortion

-SC Ext and SC Mon for setting up and monitoring external devices for gating function

-True differentially balanced gold-plated XLR and 1/4" inputs and outputs

-True RMS level detection
-Precision metering of input level, output level, and gain reduction
-True stereo or dual mono operation
-Switchable +4dBu or -10dBV operation per channel