Description
The Forte Fatale is a new original VCA compressor design that was meant to be fast, transparent, and easy to use. The Forte Fatale will feel right at home with veteran chicken pickers, jazz cats, and spaceship pedal board lovers. Equipped with a Threshold, Ratio, Blend, Tone, Volume, and a 3-position Input Gain switch, the Forte Fatale has everything you need to get just the right level of squish, while tailoring tone, input signal strength, and makeup gain in case of high compression levels.
The Forte Fatale is equipped with USA made Switchcraft jacks for reliable operation, and our tried and true click-less bypass system. This circuit allows for easy and silent effect switching, but also momentary operation for when you just need a little.
Handmade in New Haven, CT.
Blackmer is a registered trademark of THAT Corporation. Dual Stage Amplification is not affiliated with or endorsed by THAT Corporation.
- Circuit: genuine THAT Corporation Blackmer® VCA with true-RMS detection — studio-rack pedigree
- Controls: Threshold, Ratio, Tone, Volume, Blend
- Input Gain switch: 3-position — passive instruments / actives & keys / line level
- Compression ratio: 1:1 to ∞:1 · THD <0.1%
- Status LED: green = bypassed, red = engaged, blue = compressing
- Jacks: USA-made Switchcraft
- Bypass: click-less relay (latching & momentary)
- Pedal Board Mode: optional auto-engage on power-up
- Power: 9–12V DC center-negative, 2.1mm barrel — no battery; do not exceed 12V
- Current draw: 192mA — use a dedicated, isolated supply output
- Enclosure: 4.43″ × 2.38″ × 1.22″ — 12.2 oz