Tone Trader Bass Compressor/Exciter

The Tone Trader is a bass compressor with integrated harmonic excitation designed to tighten your low end while keeping dynamics musical and responsive. It ranges from subtle leveling and peak control to more pronounced compression and sustain, always preserving the character of your playing. The exciter section adds harmonic depth and presence, letting you shape how forward or complex the tone feels without losing clarity. A wide-ranging tone control lets you shift the voice from deep and weighty to bright and cutting, making it adaptable to any bass rig or playing style.

Level – Output volume
Sustain – Sets compression threshold and amount of sustain, from subtle limiting to heavy compression/squish
Color – Tone control that blends between bass boost (left) and treble boost (right)
Exciter – Adjusts harmonic emphasis; center is neutral, left emphasizes even-order harmonics, right emphasizes odd-order harmonics