VOLF
The Legacy
VOLF brings the legendary DNA of the UREI 1176 into a modern stereo format, delivering fast, musical compression with the punch, presence, and warmth engineers love. Designed with a focus on low-frequency accuracy, it keeps bass lines tight, smooth, and controlled without losing their natural weight. The intuitive Input, Output, and Release controls retain the expressive versatility of the original design, giving creators a wide dynamic palette that reacts beautifully to both subtle shaping and aggressive tone-bending. Whether in a studio rack or a live setup, VOLF delivers reliable, character-rich dynamics processing inspired by one of the most iconic compressors ever built.
A Modern Stereo Take on a Legendary Classic
VOLF draws inspiration from the iconic UREI 1176, a compressor famed for its ultra-fast attack and energetic, transparent character. By reimagining this behaviour in a stereo format, VOLF brings vintage responsiveness into a contemporary workflow, giving engineers a wider and more flexible tool for creative dynamics control.
Precision Low-End Control
Designed to excel at bass-heavy material, VOLF delivers tight, smooth, and articulate control across low frequencies. Whether shaping bass guitar, synth bass, kick drum, or full mix buses, it ensures the low end remains powerful, clean, and musically coherent.
Expressive Control Through Classic Workflow
The magic of the 1176 lies in the relationship between its Input, Output, and Release controls. VOLF preserves this intuitive interplay, allowing everything from subtle smoothing to bold, character-rich compression. Its responsive behaviour invites experimentation and rewards engineers with dynamic tone-sculpting flexibility.
Built for Today’s Studios and Live Environments
VOLF’s stereo design, robust construction, and straightforward layout make it equally suited for studio racks and touring rigs. With modern reliability and classic sonic personality, it becomes a dependable dynamics tool for instruments, mix buses, or full mixes.
Features
- Precision 24-step ELMA switches on Input, Output, and Mix controls for exact, repeatable settings.
- Fully stepped operation across all parameters, ensuring reliable recall in any workflow.
- Select between transformer-balanced or IC-balanced inputs to tailor the character of the signal path*.
- AMP mode routes audio through the amplifier stage without compression, delivering up to 45 dB of gain.
- Discrete IGS 2520 Op-Amps in both gain stages provide exceptionally low noise and clean amplification.
- Stereo Link function maintains coherent imaging and consistent behaviour when processing stereo material.
- Pure Class A architecture for smooth response, harmonic integrity, and professional-grade transparency.
- High-quality UTM Industry transformers on both input and output for refined tone shaping.
- Linear power supply for stable performance and reduced interference.
Combining classic 1176-style dynamics with refined modern engineering, VOLF delivers punch, control, and tonal authority—making it a versatile compressor for engineers who want both character and precision.
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Specifications
| Device Type | FET Compressor BF245A, matched quad transistor |
| Basic Features | All stepped manipulators Yes, 24-step ELMA switches |
| Sidechain HPF | 240, 180, 120, 90, 60, Off |
| Input Impedance Balanced |
10k Ohm, IC/UTM Industry switchable transformers |
| Output Impedance Balanced |
600 Ohm, UTM Industry transformers |
| Operating Level | +4 dBu |
| Maximum Input Level | +18 dBu |
| Maximum Output Level | +18 dBu |
| Maximum Gain Reduction | 30 dB |
| Maximum Gain | 45 dB |
| Noise Level | 110 dB A |
| Attack Time | 20 µs – 1.2 ms |
| Release Time | 0.05 – 1.2 s |
| Frequency Response | 8 Hz – 22 kHz ±0.2 dB |
| Signal-to-Noise Ratio | >84 dB |
| THD | 0.12% |
| THD+N | 0.19% |
| Crosstalk | 80 dB |
| Power Consumption | 20 W |
| Power Supply | Internal |
| Shipping Dimensions | 70 × 50 × 30 cm |
| Shipping Weight | 8 kg |
In the interests of product development, IGS Audio reserve the right to modify or improve specifications of this product at any time without prior notice.
