dbx (company)

dbx, Inc. is an American manufacturer of professional audio recording equipment owned by Harman International, a subsidiary of South Korea-based company Samsung Electronics.

[4] dbx is also the manufacturer of the Model 700, a unique but short-lived studio recording system, briefly popular in some circles as a mastering format.

The feed forward gain reduction allowed infinite compression without excessive distortion or oscillation.

[7] The dbx 160 compressor also introduced OverEasy compression in which soft-knee gain reduction kicks in upon approaching a preset threshold.

In the present, they sell professional digital signal processors, equalizers, compressors, crossovers, subharmonic synthesizers, and many similar products.

dbx 160A compressor/limiter, is a widely used dynamic range compressor .
TASCAM Portastudio 244 with dbx noise reduction processor.
The Panasonic RQ-J20X portable cassette player contains an integrated circuit based on the dbx Type II noise reduction system, branded dbx Way. Panasonic was a major user of dbx consumer technology.