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Massey CT5, Henry Olonga Nebula presets, Universal Audio Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor and Wavesfactory Trackspacer
With an emphasis on clarity and speed, and a not insignificant price tag, this preamp/compressor combo promises a lot. Does it deliver?
ART's Tube MP/C combines a hybrid 12AX7 (ECC83) valve preamp section with the company's 'Vactrol' optical compressor, and the whole thing is all about tonal character.
Homages to classic processors abound — but this one is much more than a simple clone...
This recreation of a Bill Putnam classic brings back to life the qualities of a long-gone era — and does so in a truly uncompromising fashion.
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The secret of Radial's excellent reputation is simple: design excellent products, and build them well.
The Urei 1176 is one of those classic compressor-limiters that many boutique manufacturers are now trying to put their own spin on. What do Wes Audio bring to the party?
Well known in their native Poland, IGS Audio are now making their products available in the UK. How do they fare against the competition?
What would happen if you upgraded every component in an 1176 compressor and added all the functions you wanted? One man set out to answer that question...
IK Multimedia are the latest plug-in manufacturers to bring us their take on two iconic compressors.
The concept behind TK’s BC1 is simple: take a classic bus-compressor design and improve on it.
The original VOGAD compressors may not have been developed with music in mind, but listening to this one you wouldn’t know that!
After much hard work, Yamaha and Steinberg persuaded Rupert Neve that they could faithfully model his latest hardware in plug-in form. We pit the virtual Porticos against the real things...
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Safe Sound have already impressed us with their Dynamic Toolbox, and now they’ve brought M/S compression to the Lunchbox format.
Can you really achieve 24-carat Neve-style compression on a shoestring, or is this a case of fool's gold?
