TC Electronic FORCEFIELD COMPRESSOR

Solidly built and straightforward to use. Tightens up the sound nicely. A very good product which compares favourably with some of the most expensive compressors. Too good for the price! Check out the many professoonal reviews on YouTube.

Compression isn't instantly recognisable as a guitar effect like reverb, or chorus and at first it's difficult to hear what's going on. Normally we compensate or ignore variation in volume from individual guitar strings. The compressor takes the dry signal and makes the frequency response the same amplitude throughout the range. Also because it's working with the volume you can generate sustain. All of which means chords are more vibrant and single notes more precise, you appear a better player. What's not to like?!! There are 4 controls, Sustain is great, Level is necessary, but I'm not sold on Attack or Blend. Sustain is great. but be careful with single coil pickups, they can generate a LOT of noise as you turn up sustain. Humbuckers are better as by their nature they already have noise suppression, I can turn mine up to maximum. Level lets you set the output volume so when you switch the pedal in and out the volumes are the same, or not. Attack sets the compressor reaction time, short (anti clockwise) takes out some of the plectrum noise. I found set long (clockwise) I started to get momentary fluctuations in volume. I leave mine on short. Blend mixes your compression settings with the original dry signal, the smaller HyperGravity mini doesn't have the Blend knob which makes me wonder if I really need it? TonePrint is great on some of the other boxes, but a disappointing range of templates for this, all much the same. I would recommend anyone interested in a stomp box to check out the demos on U tube, however U Tube IS compressed already, so it's difficult to hear what's going on in the compressor vids! db

I think it's great. The power socket on side which isn't ideal for me, most pedals have it at top. Bit noisy when used with overdrive but that's common with this kind of pedal as it boosts quiet notes but also quiet noise gets boosted aswell. I like the fact it remembers it's state, when it gets power again, so don't need to keep turning it on each time, I want it as a always on pedal to even out volume across playing and help those quieter notes to cut through. Seems to do a good job, the extra sustain is a nice bonus, nice professional sound.

First product I received became faulty after around 3hrs, possibly a loose wire - I haven't opened it up. Replacement was sorted quickly by Amazon (next day) and is working fine. Good budget compressor pedal. Can be used as a boost. Only criticism is it is quite a large pedal, other than that it's great for the price. I've seen some of these TC pedals on some professional boards.

Great little conpressor at such a low price. Does what it says on the tin - provides smooth compression and sustain and comes in a sturdy metal box. Great for making your lead lines stand out, or smoothing out thevolume of choppy staccato chords...

A very easy to use compressor that can just add a little bit of extra weight and sustain to the guitar. I bought it to use mainly on the electro acoustics and it does the job without adding any noticeable noise. It’s all metal, sturdy and has the ability to be battery powered if needed. Although you will need to remember to unplug the input whenever not in use if on battery. If not you will use a lot of batteries and as you need to unscrew it to replace them it’s not something you want to have happen unexpectedly.

Considering the price, this pedal does a fantastic job. It sounds as good as my Empress compressor which costs four times as much. Transparent, not noisy, compact and simple.

I bought this for a secondary, practice pedalboard. It is of course a digital compressor, which might put off some but the ad/da is good, you just don’t notice it. What you do notice is that sometimes there is a lag between moving the controls and the resulting sound, which I find a bit unsettling. All in all it’s a decent pedal if you’re not after a refined, upmarket compressor pedal.

So let me start off by saying that I purchased this for use with a Roland TB-03 bass synthesizer and not a guitar, but I am completely blown away with the customizability of this pedal. I also love the fact that it accepts a line level input so that I can run my synthesizer directly into the pedal without adding distortion or losing any gain. I was looking for a multiband compressor to help situate the TB-03 in a live mix which, for various reasons too complicated to go into here, I can't run through the main mastering bus. A regular compressor would squash too much of the dynamics and I really just needed something to limit the resonant peaks when the filter is open and the flatten the really low bass when I remove the resonance completely. If you're familiar with the sound of a 303, you know it can vary wildly in volume as you sweep the filter and I found myself having to adjust the volume with one hand while I adjusted the filter with the other. Really inconvenient during a live performance. What's awesome about the Hypergravity is that I can use the software to perfectly dial in the type of compression I want and then customize the knobs to adjust it on the fly. It's basically like having a multiband compressor plugin from a DAW loaded into a pedal. I can individually control the threshold, ratio, attack, and release of every band for a completely tailored sound. This is exactly what I was looking for! I set the sustain knob to control just the high end threshold setting and kept all the other knobs at their factory settings and now I'm able to perfectly dial in the amount of high end reduction that I want to hear. By adjusting the blend, I can bring in more or less midrange and bass from the original signal and now I almost never need to adjust the volume of the 303 while I'm adjusting the filter. It's perfect for my dawless setup. While I'm not using this for a guitar, it seems like this would be a great pedal for people who really like to dial in custom settings. It took me maybe 10 minutes to learn the software and get comfortable with it. If you're not already familiar with using compression, I could see there being a bit of a learning curve here and maybe preferring something that just works out of the box, but if you're like me and have been using mastering compressors for years, it's very straightforward. I basically set all settings to zero/off and then began slowly bringing in the effect until I got it where I wanted. Turning off the autogain setting was absolutely necessary, as one commenter has noted. If you're at all concerned about the limitations of this pedal, don't be! It's extremely customizable and versatile if you're willing to put in the time.

Parto volutamente dall’aspetto meno rilevante per un pedale: l’estetica. L’HyperGravity utilizza il classico chassis TC Electronic in metallo, compatto e molto solido. Il design è sobrio ma non anonimo: il disegno sulla scocca è carino, senza risultare eccessivo. È un pedale che comunica chiaramente di essere uno strumento moderno e professionale. Le manopole sono ben distanziate, leggibili anche su pedaliera affollata, e il footswitch è robusto. Non dà mai la sensazione di essere fragile o economico. Dal punto di vista di dimensioni e peso siamo nello standard dei pedali TC: compatto, facile da integrare in qualsiasi pedaliera, con un peso equilibrato che lo rende stabile sotto il piede senza appesantire il setup. È alimentabile solo tramite alimentatore esterno, scelta ormai comune e perfettamente coerente con il target del prodotto. Entrando nel cuore del pedale, l’HyperGravity è un compressore multibanda, ed è qui che si gioca la vera differenza rispetto a molti compressori tradizionali. La compressione multibanda lavora separatamente sulle diverse porzioni dello spettro di frequenze, evitando che le basse frequenze “tirino giù” tutto il segnale o che le alte vengano schiacciate in modo innaturale. Il risultato è una compressione estremamente controllata, trasparente e musicale, soprattutto con humbucker, accordi complessi o parti ritmiche dense. I controlli sono pochi, ma molto efficaci. Il Sustain regola la quantità di compressione. Al minimo l’effetto è quasi impercettibile: il segnale resta naturale, ma più ordinato. È perfetto come always-on. A valori medi il sustain aumenta sensibilmente, le note si allungano e il suono diventa più uniforme. Al massimo, la compressione è marcata e chiaramente udibile: utile solo in contesti specifici, perché le dinamiche vengono fortemente ridotte. Il Level gestisce il volume di uscita. Serve a compensare la compressione o a spingere leggermente l’amplificatore. A valori bassi attenua il segnale, a valori alti può funzionare come un leggero boost. È un controllo semplice, ma fondamentale per integrare il pedale nel rig. L'Attack controlla la velocità di intervento del compressore. Al minimo, l’attacco è rapidissimo e i transienti iniziali vengono subito controllati, con un suono più morbido. Al massimo, l’attacco è più lento: il colpo iniziale passa intatto e la compressione entra subito dopo, mantenendo punch e definizione. Questo controllo incide molto sul feeling sotto le dita. Il Blend è uno dei punti di forza assoluti del pedale. Permette di miscelare segnale compresso e segnale pulito. A zero si ascolta solo il dry, a metà si ottiene una compressione parallela molto musicale, a fondo corsa solo il segnale compresso. Questo rende l’HyperGravity estremamente flessibile e difficile da rendere inutilizzabile. Lo switch Vintage/Spectra cambia radicalmente il carattere del pedale. In modalità Vintage la compressione è più colorata, evidente e “classica”, ideale per funk, clean spinti e lead. In Spectra il comportamento è moderno, trasparente e controllato, perfetto per chi vuole livellare senza snaturare. Il vero cuore del pedale, però, è il TonePrint. Collegando il pedale a smartphone o computer si accede a un livello di controllo da vero strumento da studio: ratio, threshold, knee, makeup gain, compressione per singola banda di frequenza, risposta dinamica ed EQ interno. In pratica, l’HyperGravity può diventare qualsiasi compressore tu abbia in mente. I TonePrint pronti sono già eccellenti, ma l’editor trasforma il pedale in una piattaforma di sound design. È potentissimo, ma non perdona: se non si sa cosa si sta facendo, ci si può perdere. Per un musicista consapevole, invece, è una risorsa enorme. In conclusione, l’HyperGravity non è un semplice compressore: è uno strumento professionale di gestione della dinamica. Non è pensato per chi cerca la massima semplicità, ma per chi vuole controllo, trasparenza e flessibilità. Onestamente, quando penso ad un compressore, per me questo è la scelta più azzeccata.

Thank you amazon! Best seller.

No puedo estar más contento con este Compressor, pensé que por el precio no iba a ser gran cosa , pero fue llegar a casa y probarlo, relación calidad- precio un 10.

Pédale de très bonne qualité et rendu sonore excellent