Effect profile /Dynamics

dbx Stereo Compressor

Also catalogued as dbx 162

Explore the documented settings, signal-chain positions and roles of dbx Stereo Compressor in dated rigs by Frank Zappa. Every appearance remains tied to its supporting sources.

Pedalboards: 1
Artists: 1
Archive records: 1

Controls in the archive

CompressionOutputStereo couplingThreshold

How this pedal appears in the archive

These are not generic specifications. Every entry is tied to a dated artist rig and preserves what the sources support: its job in that rig, known settings and its place in the signal path.

How the archive verifies pedalboards

1978Dated coverage

3Cited sources

European tour, 1978

Frank Zappa

Blue Box four-output effects system

Role in this rig

Shapes attack and sustain strongly enough that the 1978 technical report noted Zappa visibly triggering it during performance.

Documented setup

Audibly triggered by performance dynamics
Exact model uncertain in 1978 report