In Mixbus due to fewer busses available I use the Proreplicas on a bus where verse and chorus vocals go and from there it goes the multicomps The collected output of these then goes to the LV bus mentioned above for final hardware compression which Brauer doesn't do.
Sta-Level/Opto: PA Acme Opticom (will check the Arturia Sta-level although I love the Opticom) A Bluestripe clone by ProReplicas (see below)įederal/Tube Limit: Fuse Audio VCL-864 (awesome Federal emulation by Reimund Dratwa who coded many popular plugins by PA and others, the VCL-4 is amazing also)ġ176/FET: regularly alternating between Waves CLA-76 Bluey and Softube FET (don't have UAD at home)įairchild/Vari-Mu: Waves Puigchild (same as above)
Proreplicas blue stripe mod#
I do this without OTB summing, so all hardware pieces are running as inserts in Cubase and Mixbus and run through the same converter to avoid latency problems.Ī: My good ole Nekotronics SSL bus comp clone with Carnhill transformers (it doesn't have the turbo mod so it widens things a little which I like) + Softube Tube Tech Pultec EQ (I like the EQ, even the lowend boost)ī: Drawmer 1978 (amazingly versatile bus compressor with great sounding saturation) + Phoenix Audio DRS-Q4 Mk 2 (it's a preamp, I just use the EQ section and drive the transformers quite hard)ĭ: Softube Tube Tech CL1B with high ratio (will give the Audified a spin as I have it in the Slate subscription) + PA SPL Vitalizer Mk2 The company also makes the 6176 channel strip, which is a combination of a 610-style preamp and 1176LN-style compressor in a single unit.Whoah boys, seems geek party started without me.įor about a year now I'm hybrid so my substereos (except D) and the stereo are hardware based so that all the tracks eventually run through a hardware comp.
So it comes as no surprise that it carries a premium price tag of around USD 2,400. The company says that the modern 1176LN is hand-built to Bill Putnam’s exact specifications. The fact that it’s made by Universal Audio (which was reestablished by Bill Putnam’s sons in 1999) means that the reissued 1176LN is the only one that can lay claim to being ‘the original’. But you pay the same price as you would have anyway. Buying via an affiliate puts a small commission our way and helps to keep the lights on.
Proreplicas blue stripe full#
And let’s face it: a rack full of shiny outboard gear is still the easiest way to give your studio a professional appearance and make yourself look like you know what you’re doing, a reason that – let’s be honest – probably plays a bigger role than most of us would like to admit. Others prefer the hands-on feeling that only real knobs and buttons can provide. Some say that it still sounds better and more organic.
Proreplicas blue stripe software#
1176 compressor clones, reissues and alternativesĪlthough software emulations have come a long way and we now have a choice of numerous great-sounding 1176 plug-ins, hardware is still very much alive.