There’s something about a good compressor pedal that just MAKES your signal sound right. There are big compressors (Origin Effects Cali76), medium-sized (Strymon Compadre) and regular (RetrogradeFX Underthruster) compressors and teeny, tiny ones. Which brings us to today’s pedal, Fairfield Circuitry‘s The Accountant Compressor, a small but perfectly-sized gem that makes you tone come alive!
One knob and two toggles are the only controls here, but the range of tonal choices available is vast and intriguing. First in the chain is PAD, simply attenuating your signal before the compression. Remember that the louder the signal, the more compression happens, so in effect with the PAD setting you can change at what level the compression happens.
Then comes RATIO, which determines how strongly loud parts are compressed. The settings to choose from here are 3:1, 6:1 or 12:1. For example, a setting of 6:1 means that, when the signal is above the threshold, it takes 6 dB at the input to make the output change by 1 dB. Remember that parts below the threshold will not be affected. Finally, with VOLUME, you can control the level at the output. It doesn’t affect the compression at all, as it is post-effect.
The Accountant has a fixed Threshold, Attack Time and Release Time, working with your dynamics to create the perfect tone. It is small, but has enough controls to dial in great sounds with any rig, and fits right onto the most crowded of pedalboards (it measures just 3.5″ x 1.5″). As with all Fairfield Circuitry pedals, the build quality is phenomenal and the housing is tough as it gets, ensuring a lifetime of squish and sustain. We run through a bunch of different settings and pickup configurations in our demo below, if you’d like to hear this fantastic compressor in action. Thanks to Guillaume and the Fairfield Circuitry crew on another wonderful creation – we can’t to see what they come up with next!
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