Aion Electronics OCEANID Manuel - Page 2

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1 Project Overview

2 Introduction & Usage

INTRODUCTION

The Oceanid Optical Compressor is adapted from the Pete Cornish OC-1 Optical Compressor, traced by

Aion FX in 2019.

Cornish pedals are best known for being extremely expensive. There are two reasons for this. First, the

build quality and reliability is unmatched. Second, the mysterious nature of them, partially due to the

fact that the circuit is obscured and partially because of the A-list of clients such as David Gilmour and

Brian May.

The OC-1 is a relatively new addition to the Cornish lineup, having been released in 2014. It notably has

Paul McCartney listed as an owner.

The OC-1 is indeed an original circuit as Pete Cornish claims, and it bears the marks of careful design,

without any clear comparisons to anything else out there. It uses the LDR-to-ground method of volume

reduction as seen in early optical limiter circuits like the LA2A, but the methods of generating the LED

control voltage from the envelope are unique, and the clean-blend circuit is a little more complex than

what you normally see.

The Oceanid is a faithful reproduction of the OC-1 circuit, but with one major addition: an internal slide

switch allowing the pedal to be used in true-bypass mode instead of buffered bypass. As with the Klon

KTR, the buffered mode is "almost always better", but with this feature, you can determine for yourself.

USAGE

The Oceanid has the following controls:

• Compression controls the amount of drive or distortion, which also affects the amount of sustain.

• Blend allows the clean signal to be mixed back in, which is especially useful for bass.

• Volume sets the overall output level, and is located after the blend control.

OCEANID OPTICAL COMPRESSOR

11 Licensing

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