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The TC Electronic HyperGravity Compressor pedal takes your guitar tone to new heights with its flexible multiband and vintage compressor modes. Designed for guitarists who want transparent, musical compression to even out their dynamics, this pedal provides studio-quality multiband compression that applies perfectly tailored compression across the tonal spectrum. The result is an extremely natural compression that doesn't compromise your original tone.

Achieve Classic Compressed Tones With Vintage Mode

With the warm vintage mode on the HyperGravity Compressor, you can easily dial in the classic squashed and squeezed tones of old-school compressor stompboxes. It's perfect for creating percussive country twang, tight funk rhythm or adding sustain to your leads à la David Gilmour. The vintage mode brings you all of the compression character you know and love from the stompboxes of yesteryear.

Get Deeply Personalized Tones With TonePrint

The HyperGravity Compressor's TonePrint technology lets you fully customize your compression to suit your personal taste and playing style. With the free TonePrint editor software, you can fine-tune a dizzying array of parameters to craft your perfect compression tone. Or you can skip the work and beam artist-created TonePrints to your pedal from the TonePrint app. However you choose to use it, TonePrint opens up a world of options for making the HyperGravity Compressor truly your own.

Select Buffered or True Bypass for Any Setup

This versatile pedal gives you a choice between buffered and true bypass operation to best match your rig. Buffered bypass maintains signal integrity for minimal tone loss when the pedal is off, while true bypass ensures absolutely no effect on your dry tone. With the ability to switch between the two modes, you can set up the HyperGravity Compressor to perform optimally with any guitar and amp combination.

TC Electronic HyperGravity Compressor Guitar Pedal
TC Electronic HyperGravity Compressor Guitar Pedal
TC Electronic HyperGravity Compressor Guitar Pedal

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  • Studio-Quality Multiband Compressor
  • Vintage Mode for classic stompbox compression
  • TonePrint enabled
  • True Bypass
  • Compact design
  • 9V/100mA
  • High quality components
  • Road-ready construction

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3.9

10 Reviews

71%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend

toneprint sounds too complex

Most Liked Positive Review

5

The KEY is in the EDITOR!

I used to be the biggest critic of this pedals... I really thought TC for some reason failed with this compressor... Since I'm used to using top compressors like the Wampler Ego, or my fave Xotic SP , any Dynacomp user will immediately feel it's an upgrade... But I didn't feel it was one of the top compressors out there... I think I let my expectations get in the way... I tried all tone print and tried to dial in a good comp... but I was missing that mojo that the Xotic SP has that just makes your guitar sing and sound phenomenal... I did play with the editor, but I found it hard to use and I really didn't understand what commands to use , I didn't know what comp was under the hood until I spent quite some time on the Flashback Triple Delat editor and I realized how powerful the editor really is, and how dramatically you can change a mode. So after about 2 months of having taken this pedal off my board.... I decided to give it another try with proper time spending on the editor and BOOM! finally it has paid off... It was my fault since the beginning... But like I said... out of the box it's pretty impressive if you are used to inexpensive or more vintage compressors... but now I am able to get an incredible compression that is extremely quiet even in high compression settings... But believe me!!! The Key is in tweaking the Editor properly... there aren't any manuals or tutorials for it, but just play around mainly with the make up gain, and for sure you will find your perfect compression... after months of frustration, and even considering selling this unit... I can say now I am as happy as can be... and even though my faith in TC remained intact after believing this was a fail... I am now a bigger fan than ever . I'm at NAMM 2016 right now, and TC did not participate, I hope they are about to drop some impressive gear this year.... Since I think Strymon is gaining territory with their amazing sounding delays and modulation and ambient effects... but I really, really hope that with the amazing advantage of being able to update their pedals and create new sounds... they can come up with something that matches or even surpasses what strymon has done in the past few years... but anyways... if you want the absolute best vintage sounding compressor , Gilmour style... I would still go with the Xotic SP. but if you want the most versatile, feature packed and with the possibility of matching other compressors or surpassing it with some work inside the editor... You should really go ahead and buy this pedal.,. at the very least you get a sweet sounding ROSS compressor in vintage mode that will be an upgrade from your dynacomp... spectra and tone prints is where the magic happens though..

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Most Liked Negative Review

3

DIGITALISM

First of all as with most TC pedals you get a lot of bang for your buck. and man, does it make it hard to not like this pedal.First, you get 3 settings out of the box. that right there beats almost every other compressor on the market with the ability to basically turn into a different compressor with a flick of a switch. apparently you can get a diamond sound, an mxr sound or any compressor tone you want you can program it..in theory.Tone prints are a little limited with this pedal compared to a HOF or Flashback, but it's relatively new and it's not a fancy effect. but still you get about 10 different tone prints which pretty much makes the 10 different units to work with. Pretty impressive right? If you own a strat, beam in the stratocomp and poom! you will be blown away by how much crisper and LOUDER it sounds without adding much noise. and then of course you get the editor. which in my opinion is the key to getting the absolute best sound for you.Oh and I almost forgot..you can set it to true bypass or buffered. sounds perfect! But the biggest feature of this pedal is that is DIGITAL. It just doesn't sound like a XOTIC SP that has that beautiful analog tone that sounds like a good clean amp being cranked up, like a more natural tube compression. The TC does not have that. it doesn't have that mojo and to me at least, sounds extremely digital, clean, sterile with no character at all, if the vintage mode was brighter it would be much better, I've tried to do that with the editor but I cannot. maybe because I don't know enough on how compression exactly works and the editor is not the easiest to use. If flexibility and dynamics control is your priority this will work fine, if you are after the best tone possible, with natural sustain and decay get a top compressor like the wampler ego, exotic sp, even my MXR Dyna sounds better, and very importantly TC's sounds absolutely horrible with other pedals.sometimes you just need that sustain.

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  1. Amateur Recording4
  2. Home Studio3
  3. Performances3
  4. Outdoor Events / Games1
  5. Professional Recording1
Cons
  1. Difficult To Use2
  2. Not Responsive1
  3. Poor Sound Quality1
  4. Need To Go Under The Hood1
Describe Yourself
  1. Experienced4
  2. Professional Musician3
Pros
  1. Versatile7
  2. Compact3
  3. Excellent Sound Quality3
  4. Responsive3
  5. Good Selection Of Effects2

Reviewed by 10 customers

  • toneprint sounds too complex

    3

    submitted8 years ago

    bydrew

    fromlewes

    I think tweaking 3 or 4 knobs is as complex as I'd like to go when dialing in a tone.

  • Great pedal, great options, and great sound!

    5

    Verified BuyerVerified Buyer

    submitted8 years ago

    byJOE

    fromundisclosed

    Great pedal, great options, and great sound!

  • Junk

    1

    Verified BuyerVerified Buyer

    submitted8 years ago

    byJames

    fromundisclosed

    Surprisingly not very good. Don't bother

  • I would buy this again.

    5

    Verified BuyerVerified Buyer

    submitted8 years ago

    byDavid

    fromundisclosed

    A really broad ranging compressor. You should be able to dial in the tone you want from it.

  • Very flexible.

    4

    Verified BuyerVerified Buyer

    submitted9 years ago

    byJ

    fromMS

    A very flexible compressor. If you aren't used to multiband compression, it may sound "different" to you, especially when sustaining chords and even slightly sustaining notes. In the Spectra mode, with the sustain above about 11 o'clock you can hear the "character" of the sound change slightly as the different frequency bands release independantly. Of course, this is the nature of multiband compression and if you prefer, there is a Vintage mode. But the real versatility is in the Toneprint function. You can define the parameters of the compressor in great detail. You can change where the frequency bands split, the attack, release, ratio, and threshold for each band. Even auto make-up. Also which knobs control which parameters, including multiple parameters per knob and the parameters response curve to the knob, i.e. linear, exponential, etc. The trade off is you have a learning curve in the Toneprint Editor and if you don't really understand how compression and related parameters are related and particularly how those parameters should be set for different styles of playing to get the desired effect, then something more "plug-n-play" might be prefered.

  • Great product!

    5

    Verified BuyerVerified Buyer

    submitted9 years ago

    byMike

    fromMilwaukee 'the good land' Wisco

    Love this thing! Had a Dyna Comp before & the 'vintage' switch captures that essence well. But, I leave it on Spectrum and its 3-band multi-compression sounds amazing! Brilliant, responsive, handles all tonal ranges- add in the tone print functionality & you can't do better!

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