Walrus Audio Highpoint Analog Optical Compressor Effect Pedal

We're heading towards the summit on the Walrus Audio Highpoint Analog Optical Compressor! A fully-analog, optical compression experience building off generations of Walrus work with the classic effect, the Highpoint reaches for all-new compressing exceptionalism in a compact, intuitive, pedalboard-ready form. The Highpoint delivers an always-on foundational compression tone with simultaneous depth and control to cover all your compression bases.

Centering itself around internal 15VDC operation power, the Highpoint kicks off with exceptionally high headroom and dynamic range for a clean, expansive, and effective spectrum of clarity. This baseline internal quality retains punch, articulation, and harmonic detail without flattening your feel or making your sonics stale. From here, everything expands into a hi-fi compression experience with an array of deep, accurate controls to get your exact effect experience with precision.

Dedicated controls for classic compression parameters like Attack, Release, Ratio, and Threshold set off for a compression experience that plays reliably and accurately, conforming to your own musical stylings. The Highpoint takes further steps in its compression controls with front-facing control dials for output gain and clean blend for ideal balances of output signal and affected signal. A separate control for makeup gain keeps your compression and gain staging experience seamless and squeaky-clean as you command the pedal's powerful compressing engine.

What's more, the Highpoint tops everything off with a few bells and whistles to elevate its experience even higher. For one, a ten-LED-light metering array gives instant visual feedback on signal behavior. For another, a selectable high-pass filter in the sidechain circuit allows for more accurate compression control, as stray frequencies below 160Hz are kept from disproportionately triggering the effect. This fits right into any bass guitar rig as well as guitars of extended range. The pedal's true bypass switching and standard nine-volt center-negative power at 500mA minimum keeps switching clean and power simple.

Reaching ever higher for mean, clean compression, the Highpoint truly is just that.