Overview

Unleash Your Sound's Full Potential Experience unparalleled control over your audio with the ART Solo VLA, a 2-channel vactrol tube leveler and multivoice tube opto compressor. This premium, rack-mountable 1U device is designed for audio enthusiasts and professionals who demand the best in sound dynamics. With its unique blend of modern and vintage technologies, the ART Solo VLA ensures your recordings achieve the highest quality, with rich, warm tones and precise dynamic control.

Revolutionize Your Mixes with Parallel Compression The ART Solo VLA features an innovative Blend control, allowing you to reintroduce the dry signal alongside heavily compressed audio. This capability ensures that while you thicken your tracks with significant compression, you retain the essential dynamics of your original sound. Perfect for enhancing instruments or vocal tracks, this feature brings versatility to your studio, enabling you to achieve the perfect balance in your mixes.

Soft-Knee Leveling for Musical Dynamics Designed as a soft-knee leveling amplifier, the ART Solo VLA excels in scenarios where natural and musical dynamics are paramount. Its ability to apply compression effects subtly means you can smooth out vocals or instrument performances without sacrificing expressiveness or transparency. Whether you're aiming for gentle leveling or more pronounced compression, the Solo VLA delivers with finesse.

Choose Your Sonic Character with MultiVoice The Solo VLA offers the unique option to switch between a pristine solid-state path and a class-A vacuum tube gain stage. This flexibility allows you to opt for cleaner, more transparent audio or engage the tube stage for added warmth and saturation. Tailor your sound to suit any project, from vintage vibes to modern clarity, with this versatile feature.

Precise Control and Comprehensive Metering Equipped with comprehensive metering options, the ART Solo VLA boasts a back-lit analog VU meter for accurate visual feedback on output level or gain reduction. With variable controls for threshold, ratio, attack, and release, you have precise command over every aspect of your sound. Whether mastering or tracking, these features ensure your audio is always polished and professional.

Features:

• Masterful Audio Quality with a signal path optimized for mastering
• Versatile MultiVoice Technology for tube or solid-state sound shaping
• Premium 12AT7 Tube for authentic warmth and saturation
• Analog Optical Isolators for smooth, musical compression
• Adjustable Dynamics Control with variable threshold, ratio, attack, and release
• Blend Control for mixing uncompressed and compressed signals
• Selectable Output Levels to match studio requirements
• Expansive Frequency Response for detailed audio reproduction
• Exceptional Dynamic Range for clarity across all sound levels