http://www.retroinstruments.com/powerstrip.html
* Classic British variable-mu tube compression. ?????
* Classic British variable-mu tube compression. ?????
abbey road d enfer said:Did EMI have vari-mu comps?
Abbey Road's first documented compressor was a modified Altec 436, dubbed RS124.
abbey road d enfer said:My source is "Recording the Beatles", and, just because the RS124 appears before the Fairchild, I assumed it was there before, but you are right, the Fairchild was used before the 436/RS124.
But in fact, it appears EMI had designed an RS114 limiter, which was apparently the first dynamics box at AR. So maybe this is what Retro considers the "classic British". Not much more preposterous than Oram claim at being the "father of the British EQ".
Emperor Tomato Ketchup said:I think I read somewhere that John Oram invented the Vari Mu, around the same time that he invented compression.
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