Fairchild® Tube Limiter Collection
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Fairchild Tube Limiter Collection
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P. Hoier
The Special One
Fairchild is a special compressor. It kind of have more of everything. More color, more presence; more sound. In cases of what I call "dead source material", typically due to bad digital recordings and/or the sound of early softsynths with obvious weak algorithms, the Fairchild can bring such things to life. Thicken things up, but at the same time it can knock dynamic inconsistencies, as well as inappropriate resonant frequency responses, into place, in just the right way. In other words, this is not an invisible compressor. There's lots of color. Still it's got depth and transparency. But where the LA-2A is more sweet, the Fairchild is more agressive. Especially in the mid-range. And even more the 660. But all in a good and warm way. We're talking the old-school rock'n roll vibe. :)
As I've never tried the original hardware, I can only compare to the competition of other software models. Still I feel enough like a nerd on the Fairchild subject (as I almost have all of the other emu's, and I certainly sense a thin red line between all of them) to conclude the above; the very fairchild sound! I was therefore very excited to try out the UAD models. (I'm fairly new to the UAD game. (What took me so long? :))
Needless to say the UAD Fairchild package, beats the competition on fairly all the above parameters. And where the competition lacks, the UAD kicks in.
If one thing comes to mind, I was quite suprised that the UAD models seem slower in the Time Constants? Not that it sounds that much slower. Maybe just a bit? Maybe it's the metering that differs? Well, if the modelling of the tube technology is done right, such possible real world fluctuations should transfer right over. And as we're talking tubes, they oughta be slower than FET's anyway. So this makes me even more convinced this is the most precise modelling of real world. And it's prefectly convincing on real music. ;-)
G. Fata
Love it!
Exactly what I was hoping to get from this plugin. Simply putting on an insert gives the audio that warm coloration. From there, adding in compression it can be very transparent or really squash the transients. Look forward to using this on all of my tracks.
N. Pinto
Best 670 plugin out there!
By far ;-)
S. van Servellen
My favourite compressor
This Fairchild really adds a unique sound to my mixes I so far was not able to achieve with other plugins. Boosting input adds a subtle warm distortion that gives character to certain instruments. Love that this unit allows parallel compression and side-chain making it versatile as well as awesome sounding.
J. Lee
GOOD
SOUND GOOD
o. romer
I just like it.
It make sounds alive in a sweet way.
C. Einhorn
Great compressor!
Great compressor! I especially like the pre sets which get me close to what I need depending on the instrument I'm compressing. Easy to use despite its intimidating facade.
R. Pressman
Bus and mix enhancer
Love using these as gluing tools. I mainly use these on drum busses, vocal tracks, and stereo bus. Hard-pressed to find a mix where I don't use one of these nowadays.
B. Senter
Sound great!
Adds warmth!
L. Liu
warm tubey sound
this compressor really adds a warmth and shine to any track. love it!
D. Godleman
Tube limiter
Tube based warm limiter
R. Gun
special thing
It behaves like expected. The newer Version sounds even more expressive, makes the snare come out, does compress the lower frequencies.
The upgrade now has a sidechain filter, but still no real sidechain in the DAW.
The GUI is ugly as before, now even larger and some useless graphics show a PCB.
The Power i requires is not so high as other new incarnations have on this platform.
In general i would say a nice compressor not for every signal but when it matches then it sounds incredible dense, it was a finalizer for records and thats what its specs are.
D. Scheffler
It's like hugging a hot girl
I use my 670 subtlety on my main mix bus giving only .5 to 1db of compression and the only way I can describe it is like hugging a beautiful woman. It just gives that something extra to the sound that is uplifting, cohesive and gives you a sense of "mmmmm"
R. Maynard
Terrific
Another wonderful collection from your good friends at Universal Audio. If you don't have these ,do yourself a favor ,and get this.
R. Maynard
Terrific
Another wonderful collection from your good friends at Universal Audio. If you don't have these ,do yourself a favor ,and get this.
O. Dramaretskiy
Very good!!!
Very very good!!!!!!
I. Semenov
Best truly sound of real equipment
The best paint for mixbus. Unique plugin with unrepeatable sound character. Number one emulation of real firechild.
P. Sviyazov
Mixbus
Favourite midside unit on every mixbus
T. Roberts
Very warm and versatile!
I swear you can use this on just about anything in your mix and you’ll be pleased. One of the best limiters on the market.
C. Barfoot
Does not disappoint!
I used this on a flamenco style guitar part and it tamed transients and provided sufficient limiting to also act as a loudness maximizer all while being surprisingly transparent and music. It does exactly what it promised it would do.