Xotic SP Compressor

Guitar Effect

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6 years ago

Very, very smooth compression

Honey for ears, impossible to remove after having integrated it in my pedalboard.

6 years ago

great pedal

I use this pedal for guitar compression depending on the genre (all the way from subtle to high level of compression)

Well built with quality! Compact, it dose not take away much of the space on pedal board, yet does the job really good!!! Additional feature for dry signal mix as well as internal dip switches allows fine tuning of the pedal for single and humbucker equipped guitars.

7 years ago

Quality made compressor

Nice compressor with low noise. Almost always on on my pedalboard. I had to learn to love compressors. In my early days those were a non necessary effects. but now, also with (The Pedal Show) I educated myself. Xotic makes really high quality products (have others too). I only miss an option to switch to MXR compressor emulation. I like that one too, but is really noisy.

8 years ago

very good comp and small size

small size, clean and very effective boost, always on my pedal board...

10 years ago

Excellent compressor

Xotic SP Compressor is mini pedal, but with excellent features. Although mini in size, features put to shame many larger pedals on the market.

Pedal is build as mini pedal, but it is quite high, so when put on pedal board you will find it easy to step on and switch it off/on. This is a big plus if you are going to use it as solo booster, later in pedal chain.

In front of you will get volume, blend and compressor/sustain options, but under the hood there is 4 dip switches that will change this compressors attack/release time, high cut and low cut filters. Amazing number of options in such a small enclosure.

With blend control you can get from gentle and transparent boost to high squished country twangs.

This is very versatile compressor, high quality build and amazing number of options.

Pedal came with battery included and quick guide with sample setting. Nice.

I tried it with single coils and humbuckers and got very good results. Recommended.

10 years ago

Xotic SP Compressor

This is such a great little pedal,the fact that you can blend your uneffected signal with the compressed side is fantastic.It will really compress heavily if you need it to.Using humbuckers as I generally do,means I dont always need as much compression,but for funky out of phase strat sounds,its really on the money.The 3 settings,hi,lo and mid are a great added bonus as are the dip switches internally.It can also be used as a great boost pedal.Great value for money.

11 years ago

Mighty

A mighty little compressor, bought mainly for it's size but kept due to it's performance! Very simple to use, and great for Funk, Country, and to tame a High Gain amp in a rock context. Exotic quality is high as always!

11 years ago

Great little compressor

Small, but effective, greatly improves tone and dynamics. Very small - great if you are short for space and have to keep a limit on weight. It appears to have few controls from looking at the front, but there are four DIP switches inside to further adjust your tone.

11 years ago

Amazing

Great pedal

lovely soft touch footswitch

can go from more extreme compression to very very almost not there compression with the blend control

blend controls gives you the 'feel' back that compressor pedals normally lack

internal dip switches add to tonal variation/flexibility

11 years ago

Great simple compressor

Feature-wise, this compressor comes short compared to most contenders, but sound-wise it doesn't! Some of the more advanced stomp box compressors let you adjust attack and realease times as well as knee shape and such, but I feel that is for studio work. When you're mixing, you'll most often want to compress your guitar signal at that stage anyway, and a surgical compression is thus redundant when recording.

This box let you you blend your uncompressed and compressed signal to your liking, giving you plenty of control in a live situation, as well as making sure you don't overload your recording chain/converter in the studio, if you're recording somewhat hot.

There's an option of high/mid/low setting of the compression itself, which makes a huge impact on your tone.

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Technical Data

  • Manufactured by Xotic
  • Released in 2012
  • Average price : $173
  • Compressor
  • Based on the legendary Ross Compressor
  • MIX knob (original signal / effect sound)
  • Be able to set DIP switches to the attack time
  • +15 DB gain possible
  • True Bypass Switching
  • Input impedance: 1M Ohm
  • Output impedance: 10K Ohm
  • Nominal Input signal level: -20 DB (100mVrms)
  • Battery operation possible
  • 9V Power supply connector (not included)
  • Weight (without battery): 260 g
  • Dimensions: 89 x 38 x 38 mm
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