From our friends at Bondi:

"At its core, the Squish As features a best-in-class Blackmer® Voltage Controlled Amplifier (VCA) and True RMS Detector. Optical and JFET compressors are popular for their musical character; however, this character often comes with increased distortion, limited dynamic range, and a somewhat unpredictable transfer function. The high-end VCA and True RMS Detector deliver natural, high-fidelity dynamics processing. Use it to make notes sound more consistent, tame peaks, and boost subtleties; or add depth to your tone with parallel compression by setting the Ratio high and rolling back the Blend control.

Full audio frequency bandwidth and a Sensitivity range of -6.3dBu to -46.3dBu make the Squish As suitable for a variety of input signals including bass guitar, high output pedals (up to +12dBu), and synthesiser. The variable Ratio from 1:1 (no-compression) to ∞:1 (limiting) can take you from transparent smoothness to brick-wall limiting. Up to 20dB of makeup gain on the Output control and a tilt-style Tone control will ensure that nothing is lost along the way.

The Squish As Compressor’s Attack rate is programme-dependent, meaning that the Attack is automatically set to a very musical rate based on the player’s input. Put simply, More Squish = Faster Attack.

The mathematics behind this are fairly complex, but some useful rules of thumb for Attack are:

• 3dB gain reduction will take approx. 42mS

• 6dB gain reduction will take approx. 20mS

• 10dB gain reduction will take approx. 15mS

• 20dB gain reduction will take approx. 5mS

The Release will always be slow relative to the Attack, at a fixed rate of 125dB/S or 8mS/dB.

Some useful rules of thumb for Release are:

• 3dB recovery will take approx. 24mS

• 6dB recovery will take approx. 48mS

• 10dB recovery will take approx. 80mS

• 20dB recovery will take approx. 160mS

Tech Specs:

• Input Impedance: 500kΩ @ 1kHz

• Output Impedance: 560Ω @ 1kHz

• Input Level: Rail to rail, approx. +12dBu

• Output Level: Rail to rail, approx. +12dBu

• Noise: -96dBu, A-weighted 20Hz to 20000Hz

• THD: Typically less than 0.02%, any compression amount up to 40dB @ 1kHz

• SNR: Typically less than 82dB at threshold of limiting.

• Frequency Response (-3dB): 20Hz to 20000Hz

• Attack Time: Program dependent;-10dB ≈ 15mS, -20dB ≈ 5mS, -30dB ≈ 2.5mS

• Release Time: 125dB/S or 8mS/dB

• Dimensions: 126.5mm * 66mm * 55mm

• Power requirements: 9V centre negative, < 70mA