What is the best 1176 plugin?

Winner: Best Value The VC 76 offers the fast, punchy sound of the 1176 that you know and love with a host of handy new features. You can create pumping compression effects with the new side-chain input or dial in explosive parallel compression with the wet/dry knob.

What is 1176 compressor good for?

It can add a very useful, gritty compression effect. This setting is especially useful on bass, where compression and distortion might be needed at the same time, and the 1176 can provide both in a unique way. This trick also sounds great on screaming lead vocals.

What does All buttons in do 1176?

The All-Button mode, also known as the “British Mode”, is when you push in ALL of the ratio buttons simultaneously on your 1176 (4:1, 8:1, 12:1, 20:1). The same effect can be achieved by just pushing in 4:1 and 20:1.

What year was the 1176?

The original 1176 emerged in 1966 after Putnam had successfully designed and built a remotely controlled amplifier around the newly invented Field Effect Transistor (FET) and his successor to the 108 amplifier, the transistorized 1108 mic preamplifier.

What is an 1176 compressor?

The 1176 is a “feedback” compressor. The signal goes through the input stage, via the line input transformer, which has a big impact on the sound. From there, the signal is routed to the top of a FET, which is being used as a variable voltage resistor.

What type of compressor is the 1176?

feedback” compressor
The 1176 is a “feedback” compressor. The signal goes through the input stage, via the line input transformer, which has a big impact on the sound. From there, the signal is routed to the top of a FET, which is being used as a variable voltage resistor.

What is FET vocal?

A FET compressor is what you’d turn to if you want to impart a distinct sonic fingerprint on your vocals. The most widely used FET compressor is the Urei 1176, which has been emulated in plugin-form by many different companies such as IK Multimedia, Waves, Universal Audio, and others.