Wesaudio Mimas 500 Series FET Compressor

It’s all about that significant sound which can’t be beaten by any digital plugin or processor. Most audio engineers mix in the box because of the plugin usability: total recall, automation, settings comparison, etc. They love digital, however, it’s always missing something crucial... the sound. The Wes Audio Mimas is a solution for that: hardware analog gear with digital control, benefits from both worlds: analog and digital. Thanks to the pure analog path, this device acts like proper analog gear but the digital control gives you exactly the same spectrum of compressor control possibilities as you can find in a digital plugin. The proprietary GCon protocol, which allows to communicate hardware with DAW, makes operating fast and easy to use. The Mimas is the world’s first 1176 style compressor with digital control through VST/AAX plugin.

Features:

• World class compressor sound
• GCon – innovative High-speed USB/Ethernet protocol
• Fully digitally controlled analog circuit
• Saturation Mode – special mode of operation which allows to saturate signal using gain staging between IN and OUT transformers
• Fully balanced in/out by Carnhill transformers
• USB computer connection
• VST2/VST3/AAX/AAX DSP/AU (MAC/PC) control plugin
• Dedicated stereo plugin to manage two devices
• Integrated hardware A/B function
• Digital sidechain from DAW to compressor
• 4 touch sensitive encoders (allow to record automation of all parameters to DAW in real time)
• True bypass
• Selectable VU(in/out)/GR meter
• +24 dBu of headroom

Specifications:

• Attack time: 20us – 800us
• Release time: 50ms – 1100ms
• Compression ratio: 4:1; 8:1; 12:1; 20:1; all button mode
• True Bypass
• SC High Pass filter – 60, 90, 150 Hz
• Output impedance : 600 Ohms
• Freq. response : 20 Hz 20 kHz (± 1 dB)
• Signal to noise ratio SNR : >83 dB
• Power consumption: 3 W