# Dyna Comp

> This dynamics entry consolidates documented Dyna Comp variants, controls, settings and roles across dated guitarist pedalboards.

- Canonical page: https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/dyna-comp/
- Machine-readable index of the archive: https://pedalboardarchive.com/llms.txt
- Evidence and reconstruction conventions: https://pedalboardarchive.com/methodology/

- **Category:** Dynamics
- **Types:** Compressor, Signal driver, Sustain, Sustainer
- **Also known as:** Dyna Comp, M102, MXR compressor, MXR Dyna Comp, Red two-knob compressor, script Dyna Comp, Script-logo Dyna Comp
- **Controls:** Footswitch, Output, Sensitivity
- **Identification:** The model is identified.
- **Documented appearances:** 9 boards, 1977–2026

The small red two-control compressor from Summers's early Police recording rig.

## Documented boards

Each row is an observed appearance on a dated board. A position is only an observed one where that board's order evidence says so.

| Artist | Board | Date | Positions | Order evidence | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Adam Jones | Tool touring effects board | 2010-09-13 | 4 | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/adam-jones/tool-dunlop-tech-board-2010/ |
| Andy Summers | Walking on the Moon studio core path | 1979-01-01 | 1 | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/andy-summers/walking-on-the-moon-studio-path/ |
| Bonnie Raitt | Dig In Deep touring core | 2016-04-05 | 1 | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/bonnie-raitt/dig-in-deep-touring-core-2016/ |
| Bruce Springsteen | Magic tour remote and offstage rig | 2007-10-01 | 1 | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/bruce-springsteen/magic-tour-remote-and-offstage-rig-2007/ |
| Cody Matlock | Photographed compact pedalboard | 2026-07-16 | 3 | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/cody-matlock/instagram-board-july-2026/ |
| David Gilmour | PULSE / Division Bell rig | 1994-03-30 | 2 | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/david-gilmour/pulse-division-bell-rig-1994/ |
| David Gilmour | Animals-era Cornish board | 1977-01-23 | 7 | Source-described | https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/david-gilmour/animals-tour-1977/ |
| John Frusciante | Unlimited Love rehearsal board | 2022-03-01 | 1 | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/john-frusciante/unlimited-love-rehearsal-board/ |
| Rory Gallagher | Early-1990s live pedalboard | 1991-08-01 | 1 | Cable-traced | https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/rory-gallagher/early-1990s-live-pedalboard/ |