Compressors

Western Electric 110A

variable-mu, tube-based compressor

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Western Electric 110A (1937)

Collins Type 26C

dual-triode vacuum tube

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Collins Type 26C Limiting Amplifier (1939)

Fairchild 660/670

mono tube compressor (variable-mu)

Rein Narma (inventor)

Fairchild Recording Equipment Corporation

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Fairchild 660 – mono tube compressor (1959)

Fairchild 670 – stereo tube compressor (1959)

Teletronix

optical tube compressor

by Jim Lawrence

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Teletronix LA-1 (1958)

Teletronix LA-2 (1962)

Teletronix LA-2A (1965)

Universal Audio & UREI 1176

FET compressor (“Field-Effect Transistor”)

1967: Rev A (“Blue Stripe”) by Bill Putnam

UREI: United Recording Electronics Industries

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UREI 1176 Rev. A – “Blue Stripe” (1967)

dbx 160

VCA compressor

by David Blackmer

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dbx 160 (1967)

dbx 160a (year)

dbx 160x (year)

dbx 160sl (year)

Neve 2254 & 33609

diode-bridge compressor

by Rupert Neve

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Neve 2254

Neve 33609 (mid-1970s)

Neve 33609/C (1985)

Neve 33609J (early 1990s)

Neve 33609JD (mid-1990s)

Neve 33609N (2015?)

SSL (Solid State Logic)

VCA bus compressor

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SSL 4000-series console (1980)

SSL FX G384 (1991)

SSL XL Logic G-Series (2004)

Tube-Tech

all-tube optical compressor

by John G. Petersen

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TUBE-TECH CL 1A (1987)

TUBE-TECH CL 1B (1991)

TUBE-TECH CL 2A dual channel (1998)

TUBE-TECH SMC 2B stereo multiband (2000)

Valley People Dyna-Mite

VCA-based dynamics processor

by Paul Buff

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Valley People Dyna-Mite (early 1980s)