Carl Martin Compressor/Limiter - Demo by Erik Holmbom

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Carl Martin Compressor-Limiter has been specially developed to incorporate the same features and sonic clarity found in high quality professional studio compressors. To achieve this we incorporated a variable threshold, -variable compression ratio, -variable attack and release controls and of course, a gain level.
General Guidelines on the use of the Compressor/Limiter:
Threshold: Working anti clockwise, determines how much of the signal will be compressed. This is also dependent on how much signal is fed from the instrument.
Comp: Working clockwise, determines how much compression is applied to the signal allowed by the threshold setting.
Resp: Working clockwise, determines the attack/release times, going from slow to fast. In general, if you want to hear the compressor working with a crisp attack you should use slow times. If you require just a silent limiting you should use fast times.
Gain: Working clockwise, sets the overall gain.Busy: Indicates the amount of compression being applied, even in bypass mode. The brighter it gets, the more compression is being applied

[@erikholmbom]

Thanks everybody for your kind comments! And yes, the pedal is awesome!

[@gustavomantovani8309]

Compressor seems to be one of the last pedals to look for............until you learn how to work it! AMAZING!!!!

[@pdepurpurina]

Nice playing, Erik! Awesome licks

[@gonzalodeubelbeis9320]

This pedal can bend my mind at its will!

[@jonathanmannings210]

Breathtaking sound

[@Asado69]

Pristine percussive sounds from the pedal, tasteful playing from Erik!

[@classicaxe1]

Sounds clean and mean ! Notes come out clear as a bell !

[@stanfordyoung2470]

Thanks for the Demo Erik great playing as well

[@AlesKate]

This is an absolute classic, and it's a reference amongst compression pedals.

[@jasoneshelman8746]

Another great pedal from Carl Martin

[@tunedin63]

Smooth sounding pedal..Definitely going to have to demo this one

[@rickk2781]

Now that sounds really nice and clean.

[@edocamera]

Great demo, nice touch to see the controls and settings up front and center - makes for a very handy guide.

[@franciscocampos6069]

Nice sounds, and great playing

[@michaelnc4450]

Great Pedal! Excellent demo of product!

[@PipeCat1965]

The product is amazing, absolutely, but your hands are where all the crazy tone is coming from.

[@erikholmbom]

Thank you!!

[@rockndrtom07734]

one of the most underrated effects, and you make it sound amazing. Well done.

[@NablusRain]

An incredible and a Beautiful Sound.

[@bryanduncan9047]

Another really nice pedals from Carl Martin!

[@dell1111111111]

great playing Erik

[@graemepetty1864]

All CM pedals are great and probably the best value all round.

[@rickbulwicz2664]

Finally, a vintage-sounding compressor with lots of adjustability. NIce!

[@miquelmix]

So sweet and transparent compression as Erik's playing! Love it (and need it!)

[@wbjohnston57]

Very musical compressor!

[@TxBassMan31]

Killer demo, great pedal, and great playing! :)

[@pamacu63]

Awesome Sound! Great Carl Martin!

[@petab81]

Really nice sound, thanks for the demo.

[@mikesharpsongs]

Great tweek ranges, and playing!

[@matteofroio83]

Great! The same one Johnny Marr use on his studio board!

[@shannonharig3957]

Great pedal, great playing.

[@heimaturlaub537]

Nice sounding easy to use. I like this pedal!

[@keithyamamoto2328]

Awesome. Finally a Real compressor!

[@rbeti]

Super pedal, love this compresor!

[@rreed1557]

That was great! Awesome tones.

[@mickeostling7057]

Whoa, I really need one of these on my touring board! :-)

[@jonfflint6015]

Great demo! and I very much like that guitar....

[@JRAMBISH2112]

Very cool tone!

[@gponea]

I would love this pedal!

[@ldonyo]

I really like this compressor!

[@ottohannuksela1280]

Really nice sounding

[@rumbletruck1]

Right around 3:15, when he switches pickups, the effect is really obvious. Very nice 👍🏻

[@bottleneck1100]

great sounding pedal!

[@feltsouglybefore]

That sounds great, nice work guys

[@ChristianSrensen9530]

Nice sound, very nice pedal.

[@reneemirsky7924]

Very nice, good beat and good sound!

[@DrDroneMcFuzz]

A compressor that actually makes it sound good and smooth. Very nice👽

[@pattoocool]

Great vintage sounding compressor limiter with useful features...Nice playing by the way :)

[@tomduckworth8335]

Carl Martin always makes quality stuff

[@leewoolston5772]

Nice demo. A good compressor should be on every pedalboard.

[@chrisrhine7715]

Very versatile. I love it.

[@SteakMedWell]

This pedal sounds sweet!

[@travisrussell5425]

Nice chops and cool pedal

[@delwynwilliams6473]

VERY handy / useful box !!

[@whatsontap7500]

Very tight! Well done!

[@gregberne631]

Great sounding demo! Guitar is front and center...compression is clean and transparent.

[@diegoignacio4923]

Cool playing! I need one in my pedalboard :)

[@michaeljywang0619]

What a nice compressor!

[@DeepWoodsBand]

Wow! sounds amazing

[@zrech2582]

Excellent pedal!

[@mikey.1732]

Not that any help is needed making those riffs & such sound any better, but the pedal successfully does so. The Compressor-Limiter simply embellishes what's already there, nothing over-the-top or altering his tone in any way. Tastefully done all around!

[@monsalvat2]

Excellent product!!!

[@georgeshaker1916]

That unit makes for some great tone. Love it.

[@johngoodspeed625]

Sounds like a fun item, I like the high gain sound

[@carlosmezes1127]

It is a great tool to improve sound focus and perception. Always great professional grade pedals from Carl Martin. Also a very good player demoing it

[@next_lz5531]

Best compressor ever!

[@AverageHuman7026]

Superb playing 😎

[@ChrisParryGuitarist]

Been after a compressor for a while and this IS IT!

[@michaelparson-mcnamara782]

Nicely played, demo'd and reviewed! That's the kind of range I'm looking for! Thanks, Erik!

[@TWisB19]

sounds great!! I NEED one!!!

[@3004jac]

A nice classic.

[@SuperDale01]

Very cool pedal!

[@professorhamamoto]

Nice playing. Very clean.

[@erikholmbom]

Thank you!!

[@alfredoer1160]

Great sound!

[@know_juan_special6365]

That is a beautiful tone. Awesome sound all around.

[@lobo_zone]

Sounds really cool...

[@matthewmp111]

It’s good stuff and we want more

[@angeltejon1975]

Great Sound!

[@tatocaridad]

great sound, impressive sustain with easy handling in a beautiful design.

[@thecaribbeanbluesbrothers-9153]

Sounds awesome!

[@drwessel1987]

Great sound and tasty playing! :) Could really use the Carl Martin Compressor Limiter, maybe some of Erik's playing rubs off! :D

[@crmartin1]

Awesome pedal!

[@benigumo2000]

Very smooth

[@jamessmitherman63]

clean. sound is perfect

[@Jakezor]

Great licks and great sounding demo, I'll have to put this on the short list of compressors to try out.

[@gw3968]

its the last pedal ive been searching for to finish my board!!

[@meljones2074]

Sounds great!

[@markdutton8248]

Sounds great

[@MrCountrypsych]

What a good sound ! You are the finest pedal crafting artist.

[@JPMonstie]

Don't really understand how compressors or limiters work but seems good for creating a suble improvement to clean tones.

[@NicoMeijer74]

Wow. That things sounds amazing. I usually have a Dyna Comp or a RMC FK-1 as my always-on pedal first in line.

[@JayDavidmusic]

This is sweet!! I need this!!!

[@ralphwilliams2229]

Subtle but very useful effect

[@parkerfilms1]

Compression done correctly! I love it!

[@johnleguizamo703]

excelente pedal muy versatil y util en cualquier pedalboard

[@BrettyB88]

Funky, good stuff man!

[@alfredoer1160]

Great pedal!!!

[@kasper1973]

Wild, man! Smooths out all the "bumps" in the tone.

[@taravitale5280]

Very nice!

[@sweingarten8]

Great playing, beautiful guitar, awesome pedal!

[@jonahkirk4165]

Definitely could help with some of the percussive elements of my playing