Gyraf Audio G 1176LN - moosers's review
The Gyraf Audio 1176LN is an analog compressor that is usually seen as a do it yourself kit. In other words, it starts as a kit, but they are often seen already being fully assembled. This aims to …
Inovonics 201 - mooseherman's review
This is a vintage compressor/limiter. It has standard XLR connections. I don't know of many people who've used this compressor except for one guy I worked with at his studio, and he swears by it. I h…
Crane Song STC-8 - moosers's review
The Crane Song STC-8 is a high end stereo compressor/limiter for mixing and mastering purposes. It's an analog piece of equipment that has XLR connections for it's inputs and outputs. I don't reall…
Inward Connections TLM-1 Tube Limiter - moosers's review
The Inward Connections TLM-1 Tube Limiter is a module designed for Inward's Vac Rac 4000 casing. You can't use it outside of this rack system as far as I'm aware. It does have it's own connections,…
Retro Instruments Sta-Level - "Fantastic tube compression"
This is a pretty awesome hardware compressor made by Retro Instruments. It is apparently a replica of an older Tube Compressor and is more or less exact as it uses all the same parts and ingredients …
Art Levelar Tube Compressor - "Art Tube Compressor is an effective, but limited limiter (pardon the pun!)"
While this is the Levelar tube compressor, it actually functions more as a limiter. That is, it sets a limit, or ceiling, on the dynamics of the audio, as opposed to altering the entire spectrum of d…
Tube-Tech CL1A - "Tube-tastic compressor!"
This is a hardware outboard compressor made by Tube-Tech. It's one of the more popular outboard compressors out there, it's been in use for decades and has a stellar reputation. It's a tube-based com…
Nomad Factory BT FA-770 - moosers's review
The Nomad Factory BT (Blues Tubes) FA-770 is a compression plug-in that comes with the Nomad Factory Blue Tubes Dynamics Pack of plug-ins. The plug-in is modeled after the classic Fairchild 670 comp…
Lisson Grove R-X24 - moosers's review
The Lisson Grove R-124 is a reproduction of R-124 compressor that was used at Abbey Road. As far as I know, this is a fairly new creation, and the studio I work at was lucky enough to have the chanc…
Drawmer DF 320 DUAL NOISE FILTER - moosers's review
The Drawmer DF-320 is a dual channel noise filter and expander. It is an analog piece of equipment that is deal for use in the studio. There are connections in the form of balanced XLR jacks for in…
Waves L2 UltraMaximizer - "Great Limiter Plug-In"
This plug-in is pretty popular amongst studio owners as well as home studio users. It is a limiter plug-in, similar in style to the hardware that Waves apparantly makes (though I've never encountered…
BBE Sonic Maximizer 802 - moosers's review
The BBE Sonic Maximizer 802 is a dual channel signal processor that essentially makes your sound a bit brighter. It's really a glorified high end EQ, although sometimes something like this can come …
Behringer Composer Pro MDX2200 - " Zero"
translated+ + compressor limiter expander 2x1 channels for stereo linkable side-chain -10dBv / +4 dBu Input orders are honest. UTILIZATION Manual clear Simple config edition ... bin there, it has a di…
Drawmer DL221 - " Excellent compressor"
translated2 analog compressors in a rack 1 unit. The DL221 has an automatic limiter per channel in addition to the compression function. UTILIZATION Simple enough to use for a sound engineer who masters…
Behringer Composer Pro MDX2200 - " Correct Compressor"
translatedPossibilities: Expander / Gate / Compressor / Limiter interactive upscale 2 channels. Rack model. Analog technology. Connectors: Jack, XLR Using UTILIZATION for two mono tracks. Getting start…