Saturday, July 21, 2012

Classic Compressors

Analog compression rules and while I love using UAD2 plugins nothing beats the real thing.  At Electric Orange we use the Purple Audio MC77 (arguably the best 1176 clone made), Universal Audio LA2A, UREI LA4, and DBX 160VU on almost every record.  The MC77 gets used on everything from kick drum to the entire drum mix, bass and vocals.  This compressor is known for being aggressive giving audio an edge.  It can go from subtle to crazy destructo pumping madness.  The LA2A also works on just about everything my favorites are vocals and mix bus.  It adds warmth and fatness to everything passing through it.  The LA4 kills on bass and snare it works very well on vocals too. The DBX 160VU rules on Snare and Bass.  The last secret weapon compressor I use is the Summit Audio TLA-50 this is a pretty good all around unit but shines on guitars and male vocals.  It looks and feels like a mini LA2A.


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