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This SSL-inspired compressor boasts excellent performance and some useful additional functions. What’s not to like?
While high-quality clones of Bill Putnam’s 1176 compressor abound, stereo versions of that much-loved design are rather less common — especially at this price.
These classy modules bring the best of Mr Neve’s classic designs into the 21st century.
It’s not easy to create an analogue multi–band compressor that competes on quality and price, but Drawmer show us it can be done.
Kush Audio have a knack of making forward-looking products that exude vintage vibe — and this remarkable compressor is no exception.
Rupert Neve’s processors now have plenty of admirers — and imitators. Does this one offer anything extra?
There’s more to MC AudioLab’s new 500-series modules than their funky fuchsia facades...
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This innocent-looking combination of preamp and compressor holds a useful surprise up it’s sleeve...
Is Retro’s recreation of the legendary Gates Sta-Level more than just a reissue?
In a new collaboration with US-based company Lisson Grove, Unity Audio have announced that they will be...
The bus compressor installed in ABBA's Harrison console is now available 'to go'.
JoeMeek's enduringly popular preamps, processors and channel strips are now available for Lunchbox users too!
This is far from being the first clone of a UREI 1176 FET compressor, but it's probably the cheapest to have hit the production lines. Is any of the classic sound sacrificed in Warm's cost-cutting quest?
American company Retro Instruments offer this true variable-mu valve compressor in 500-series format.
Vic Keary's latest design is a compressor that's also a mic preamp and an EQ — but not, apparently, a channel strip!
This all-valve dynamics processor offers amazing versatility, with uses ranging from sublime transient control to brutal compression.
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Tobias Lindell set himself the difficult task of recreating the sound of his own high-end compressor in a much more affordable box. Did he succeed?
This optical outboard compressor is cheaper than some plug-ins. What’s the catch?