CHUDYKOMP

The ChudyKomp is the invention of designer and engineer Lisciel Franco and mix engineer Joseph Chudyk. We wanted to build a compressor that was a kick ass stereo Vari-Mu but also an explosive and exciting compressor that could be used on a mono instrument or vocal.

 

The ChudyKomp is born.

It features a set compression ratio, linked or unlinked gain reduction, independent left and right controls for compression amount, attack and release.

 

The most amazing feature is the "Chudy" switch. When "IN" it makes the compressor mono by putting the left channel in series with the right, changing the side chain high pass filter on the right to only grab high frequency information. It still maintains independent controls for compression, attack and release on left (stage one) and right (stage two). You can have slow, buttery compression in stage one, and then fast explosive compression in stage two for the perfect vocal treatment. Or both stages set to complete destruction!

All pots are variable gain except the "OUT" which is a 5 position stepped switch.

 

The beautiful, captivating artwork was illustrated by Travis Johansen. Powder coating and printing is done by Christian Terjesen at Adventure Audio in Rochester, NY.

Little note about the fabrication and assembly. All the wiring, soldering, wood and metal panel fabrication is done by hand in Brazil. As you may have seen in some of the pictures, the tolerances of how the chassis comes together is not perfect. This is the beauty of all of Lisciel's gear. It's like a painting, each one is slightly different but always magnificent. We hope you see the beauty in this as well :)