The perceptible differences between the two, then, aren’t exactly profound – a little more punch from the 670, most notably – but between them they present two subtly different but equally delicious compression flavours, with the Headroom Control proving very effective for setting your desired degree of transparency.Īlso included with the Collection is the original UAD1 version of the 670 – 670 Legacy – which demands far less DSP usage and operates at slightly lower latency, but doesn’t model the amp and transformer stages and so lacks the colouration of the newer builds. Although the actual 660 was a mono unit, while the 670 upgraded the architecture to stereo, both plugins can load in mono or stereo configurations, plus dual mono and mid-side options for the 670. Universal Audio Fairchild Tube Limiter Collectionįor their emulations of the legendary Fairchild 660 and 670 limiters for UAD-2 and Apollo DSP systems (not yet available on the new and native UAD Spark platform), Universal Audio have lovingly modelled the “golden reference units” owned by Ocean Way Studios, and added dry/wet Mix knobs, sidechain filters and the distortion-tailoring Headroom Control. Sonically superlative, endlessly versatile and regularly improved with significant free updates, Empirical Labs’ virtual compressor is nothing short of a masterpiece – we’d honestly take it over its physical counterpart! There’s simply no dynamics-wrangling situation that Arousor can’t handle, and the punch and energy it brings to drums, basses, vocals and anything else you might send its way is extraordinary. The ‘official’ plugin version, Arousor, not only brings you a hugely convincing take on the hardware in every sense that matters, but goes far beyond the original design with the transformative implementation of four extra ratios (1.5:1, 6.5:1, 7:1 and 8:1), two LA-2A-inspired Opto modes, attack stage shaping, and variable saturation and soft clipping. A recording industry standard since the end of the ’90s, Empirical Labs’ groundbreaking Distressor changed the dynamics processing game with its thoughtfully crafted preset compression curves, highly adaptable response and distortion characteristics, and knockout sound.
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