dbx 165a tour

This video was a chance to play with the video camera and try out another compressor. I really like this one- possibly my favorite lead vocal compressor for mixdown.

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• dbx165
• dbx
• dbx165A
• compressor
• demo
• D300S

[mmhansen]

"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.

[jephthastudios]

@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).

[Downbeat1984]

just got one off ebay for $560 super pumped

[jephthastudios]

@Downbeat1984 Great deal!

[InstantReverbPro]

this is one of my favorite compressors.

[pimpleburger]

How does it differ from a DBX 160? Have you had a chance to compare?

[soulessdelu]

GREAT 

[Flornmonk]

nice!