Vintage Audio MSL User Manual

Vintage Audio

MSL

Quad VCA Buss

Compressor

Vintage Audio

MSL Quad VCA Compressor

Congratulations on your purchase of your new Vintage Audio MSL Quad VCA

Buss compressor.

The MSL is based on the standard of Quad VCA Buss compressors and Rivals the

finest designs. These wonderful sounding compressors provide the “Glue” needed

for great mixes as well as wonderful drum buss compression. Our design uses High

Performance Burr Brown input and output stages for clean audio with great

headroom and wide bandwidth. We also offer a Cinemag input and output

transformers option, simply ask.

We put tremendous effort into all of our preamps and compressors to make your
music more enjoyable and your sessions less droll. Each unit is hand built to our

specifications and is constructed of nothing but the highest quality parts. As with

all of our units, the MSL uses remote relay switching which shortens the signal
path, lowers noise and provides a True Bypass. Excellent filtering is also provided
to lower ripple and thus lower the noise floor even further making them extremely

quiet in terms of self noise.

Caution!

As with all professional equipment, please be sure to read all necessary

literature prior to hooking devices up and powering them on. All units are

set for voltage based on the original sale destination. Please consult the tag

below the AC inlet if you purchased a unit “used” or second hand to make

sure it is set for the right voltage before applying AC voltage.

About Vintage Audio

Vintage Audio is a small group of folks who love electronics and music. All are
musicians and Geeks at heart. Johnny Five is a screen saver and Star Wars and Star
Trek share the airspace. We have been building pro audio gear for years and have a

real passion for offering affordable, extremely well made reproductions to the

audio community.

Note!

We are not re-inventing the wheel; Vintage Audios mission is to recreate the best

sounding modern reproductions of some of the most sought after classic circuits in

the world. We have a lot of experience on what it takes to make an excellent

sounding preamp or compressor. We hand select all of our components, pieces and

parts based on the character they impart and reliability. Most parts are Mil Spec,

are designed to last and provide years of unparalleled performance.

All of our designs are set up to be extremely simple to use and obtain

great results.

On to the good stuff!