{"title":"500 Series \/ Blank Plates","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"bae-500-series-blank-panel-9425","title":"BAE 500 Series Blank Panel","description":"\u003cp\u003eSingle slot blank panel, designed for use with the BAE 500 Series Racks \u0026amp; Lunchboxes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BAE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57959510376831,"sku":"9425","price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"pete-s-place-bac-500-2254","title":"Pete's Place BAC 500","description":"\u003cp\u003eDesigned by Brad Avenson of Austin, Texas-based Avenson Audio, the Pete's Place Audio BAC (short for Brad Avenson Compressor) is a feedback-style FET compressor built around two discrete op amps and a custom wound output transformer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the top down, the BAC's faceplate features a large silver rotary input knob, smaller pots for attack, release and ratio, and a large output knob at the bottom. Additional features include a three-position sidechain contour switch, eight-LED gain reduction meter, and pushbuttons for distortion and bypass.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe module's attack control runs from fast to quite fast, while the release control exhibits a fairly wide range, enabling the compressor to go from \"pumping, breathing fast\" up to approximately a second and a half. This allows sounds to \"hang\" a bit when using the device purely as a leveler or limiter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe ratio control features five positions ranging from 2:1 to 20:1, with a sixth position marked as \"∞!\". According to Avenson, \"The infinity control has a little exclamation point next to it because, not only is it really flat, but it also puts you in that spot where you can do some over-compression and other interesting things. It changes where the threshold starts to compress as well, so it gives you different varieties of tonal characteristics to play with.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe BAC's sidechain toggle switch offers a choice of three possible settings: flat, high-pass filter (cut off around 70 to 100 Hz), and an option that somewhat exaggerates the high end while simultaneously cutting the low end. \"The overall effect of this third setting is somewhat like a de-esser fed into the sidechain, but it's a little wider than that and quite good for taming a variety of things that are overly bright,\" Avenson notes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith all of the controls essentially cranked between the input and output knobs, the BAC is capable of delivering nearly 50 dB of gain, which can be very helpful in compensating for serious gain reduction issues caused by greatly compressing dynamic range.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe bypass button found below the output knob is a true relay bypass, while the adjacent distortion button allows the user to achieve a true bench FET compression sound. \"A lot of FET compressors use tricks to linearise the FET as a compression element and make it sound cleaner because if they're used solely by themselves, they’re really pretty raunchy sounding,\" says the designer. \"So this switch allows you to play with how much of the frequency response and distortion characteristics of the FET you get. By engaging it, you're getting a lot more second harmonic distortion and aggressive sounds because we're taking away some of the linearising elements. It's basically a way to kick in a more aggressive sounding compressor without changing any of the other settings. You can dial in the amount of dirt you want.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Petes Place","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57959695024511,"sku":"2254","price":999.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"api-5b1-blank-panel-1035","title":"API 5B1 Blank Panel","description":"\u003cp\u003eSingle slot blank panel, designed for use with the API lunchbox 500-6B, 600-8B, 500VPR and expansion slots for the 1608.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWill fit any 500 series format rack.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"API","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57959707378047,"sku":"1035","price":18.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"wes-audio-titan-blank-panel","title":"Wes Audio TITAN Blank Panel","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhite Blank Panel for WesAudio TITAN Rack\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WesAudio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57959983972735,"sku":"51911","price":19.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1008\/1216\/1407\/files\/51911-1.jpg?v=1783942737"},{"product_id":"rupert-neve-designs-510-500-series-blank-panel","title":"Rupert Neve Designs 510 500-Series Blank Panel","description":"\u003cp\u003eSingle slot blank panel, designed for use with the Rupert Neve Designs R10 500-Series Rack.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWill fit any 500 series format rack.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rupert Neve Designs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57960038564223,"sku":"49879","price":37.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1008\/1216\/1407\/files\/49879-1.jpg?v=1783941989"}],"url":"https:\/\/sxpro.co.uk\/collections\/500-series-saturation-copy.oembed","provider":"SX Pro","version":"1.0","type":"link"}