The thing I would say I don't use 1176 type compressor on is acoustic, I have a Taylor and adding highend isn't necessary.ĭBX 160 - When I think of any DBX unit I think bass and drums. The thing about the 1176 is it adds just a touch of attitude which is so cool almost always. It keeps the highend intact and probably adds a touch of highend also which is super cool because most compressors rob the highend a little too much. I just got a real one the other day and still messing around with it. Vocals, bass, guitar, drums can all be done with these. It makes things just sound better hence some using it with no compression just for the sound. I think it kind of softens the sound a touch.ġ176 - It's good on everything. Easy to use and easy to get to sound good.

LA2A - vocals and decent on just about everything else, hence it's in almost all major studios.

(* except for majortom and the rocket which are unrestricted evaluation copies *) Here is a short list of the better vst emulations of these compressors I have found that are all free. The overall basic info I have found is that la2a are great on vocals and bass, dbx160 is good for kick/snare/guitar, and fairchild works well on the master bus? 1176 and dbx160 good for taming fast peaks and parallel compression duties? Any info, tips or knowledge in general you people could share would be great. using a la2a on the masterbus is probalbly not gonna sound good, but on vocals it can work great, etc.). I've found some basic info about what these compressors are known for, but can anyone explain what they personally find each one to work best at? I've been experimenting on my own but I am interested to get an idea of what these are generally being used for and when probably not to use them (i.e. I usually rely on reacomp for most of my basic compression needs, but lately I have become interested in experimenting more with vsts that are modeled after famous compressors.

Uad fairchild 670 gain staging