barclaycon
Well-known member
Well the fact is Andy, from a circuitry point of view, if you've done the RMS converter and the VCA it's not much more to add the gate to the compressor.
It's just a little bit of control circuitry to the VCA.
If you could find miniature pots it would all fit on a 500 front plate.
It's what? - 6 pots and about 4 switches (if you include a sidechain switch). It's just a matter of finding small 250k log dual. 25k lin dual etc. etc. I mean the Clarostat ones are fantastic, but imagine how much they'd cost to DIY-ers! The display is fairly small too.
I think the fly in the ointment is the RMS chip. I just had a quick look on the web for the AD536 and noticed that prices for NOS units are about 50 Euro's a piece.
Like I say, a bit of redesign perhaps using the THAT4301 might be the way to go - but it's finding the time and inclination!
Oh and by the way, I'd take the SSL analogue gates over any digital gate anytime.
Even the Waves SSL plugins don't sound that great from the point of view of the gating.
(I think they've done a great job on the EQ but to me the dynamics aren't as good as their analogue counterpart).
It's just a little bit of control circuitry to the VCA.
If you could find miniature pots it would all fit on a 500 front plate.
It's what? - 6 pots and about 4 switches (if you include a sidechain switch). It's just a matter of finding small 250k log dual. 25k lin dual etc. etc. I mean the Clarostat ones are fantastic, but imagine how much they'd cost to DIY-ers! The display is fairly small too.
I think the fly in the ointment is the RMS chip. I just had a quick look on the web for the AD536 and noticed that prices for NOS units are about 50 Euro's a piece.
Like I say, a bit of redesign perhaps using the THAT4301 might be the way to go - but it's finding the time and inclination!
Oh and by the way, I'd take the SSL analogue gates over any digital gate anytime.
Even the Waves SSL plugins don't sound that great from the point of view of the gating.
(I think they've done a great job on the EQ but to me the dynamics aren't as good as their analogue counterpart).