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Meet Your New Comprehensive FET Compressor Pedal





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The vivid tones of your favorite recordings can be a challenge to replicate live. Sculpted studio tracks owe a good chunk of their essence to outboard compressors ? rackmounted units that typically carry hefty price tags. The boutique builders at Origin Effects place comparable studio-grade compression at your feet with the pedalboard-friendly Cali76 FET compressor pedal! Based on an iconic FET compressor and freshly re-tooled for greater headroom, the Cali76 offers six wide-ranging parameters and an infinite array of compression styles. Slow attack and fast release settings will gently corral guitar dynamics. Diming the ratio can usher in top-end spank; reversing the attack and release unleashes rounded tones with miles of sustain ? perfect for driven power chords and emotive leads. The Dry blend knob is a favorite feature that players at Sweetwater can’t get enough of? this little control lets you fold compression into uncompressed signals for studio-grade body that doesn’t cost you a lick of dynamics or treble detail. Moreover, a new front-facing LED meter provides monitoring for the compressor’s performance, even on dark stages, while headroom improvements make the Cali76 FET perfect for active pickups and line-level sources. Of course, it’s all built by hand and housed in Origin Effects’ brushed stainless-steel enclosure for rugged durability!





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The Cali76 compressor pedal is riddled with upgrades and improvements. The differences preserve earlier versions’ all-analog signal path while demonstrating Origin Effects’ lasting commitment to player satisfaction.





Smaller enclosure saves pedalboard real estate ? while adding a 10-LED meter for visual monitoring


Updated power supply converts incoming 9V power internally to 24V ? a significant spike in headroom that empowers players to utilize active pickups and line-level sources


Signal path improvements align performance with previous “large-format” Cali76 units


Origin Effects: superior pedals for discerning tone chasers





Simon Keats, Origin Effects’ founder and lead designer, has an outstanding resume, working alongside numerous venerated pro audio equipment manufacturers. As a guitarist, Simon recognized a need for effects pedals that offer a high degree of quality and musicality not always available outside of custom-made devices. Origin Effects was created to answer that need. To ensure the highest quality product possible, every Origin Effects pedal is hand assembled, individually inspected, and manufactured using only premium components. Origin Effects is not your typical pedal company. They’re committed to serving the most discerning players who are on a quest to achieve the best possible tone.





Origin Effects Cali76 FET Compressor Pedal Features:


Studio-grade FET compressor in a pedal format


All-analog signal path based on a quintessential studio compressor/limiter


Optimized for electric guitar with ultra-high impedance jacks


Detailed control parameters fuel infinite utility and tonal range


Dry blend control lets users employ parallel compression ? a classic studio trick


Use it to gently control dynamics, dial up long liquid sustain, or craft a range of tones in between


Durable hand-polished stainless-steel enclosure


Assembled by hand and individually inspected


New 10-LED meter graph for monitoring, plus performance and headroom upgrades


Also suitable for active pickups and line-level signals