"Tube or transistor" is not a meaningful comparison to a VCA module for gain control. By "tube" I assume you mean variable-mu, and by transistor, are you speaking specifically of field-effect transistor compressors like the UA 1176? Also, many of the earlier designs used optical gain control elements, like the UA LA-2A and LA-3A.
@mmhansen You're correct, I was not using the terms to describe topology so much as to group them into time periods. First came the tube era (Gates, Western Electric, Fairchild, LA2A, etc), , then the discrete transistor era (1176, API 525, Neve 2254).
"Tube or transistor" is not a meaningful comparison to a VCA module for gain control. By "tube" I assume you mean variable-mu, and by transistor, are you speaking specifically of field-effect transistor compressors like the UA 1176? Also, many of the earlier designs used optical gain control elements, like the UA LA-2A and LA-3A.
mmhansen 2 weeks ago
@mmhansen You're correct, I was not using the terms to describe topology so much as to group them into time periods. First came the tube era (Gates, Western Electric, Fairchild, LA2A, etc), , then the discrete transistor era (1176, API 525, Neve 2254).
jephthastudios 1 week ago in playlist Uploaded videos
this is one of my favorite compressors.
InstantReverbPro 3 weeks ago in playlist Uploaded videos
How does it differ from a DBX 160? Have you had a chance to compare?
pimpleburger 3 weeks ago
GREAT
soulessdelu 3 months ago
just got one off ebay for $560 super pumped
Downbeat1984 4 months ago
@Downbeat1984 Great deal!
jephthastudios 4 months ago
nice!
Flornmonk 7 months ago