The TC Electronic Forcefield Compressor provides all the sweet vintage dynamics control that the legends of rock ‘n’ roll and country music were built on. By controlling the maximum level of a signal, a compressor limits the dynamic range, while maintaining a higher average loudness. You can use compression to reduce really loud passages or bring up the level of the quieter passages. The result can be either sweet and smooth, or tight and punchy. Forecefield gives you vintage style analogue compression which is quite different from modern studio compression. Instead of the glassy transparency of high-end rack mount gear, you get tons of warmth and the smooth tonal characteristic that has shaped the sound of rock and country music since the beginning from the subtle, bluesy sustain of classic rock, to the snap of country chicken-pickin’. Designed and engineered in Denmark, the Forcefield comes in a pedalboard-friendly compact road tough metal chassis with top mounted jacks and features True Bybass switching to preserve your signal. It runs on a 9V battery or the optional TC Electronic Powerplug.