The 1176 is the other most-famous compressor in the world (the FET one), and this is Universal Audio's hand-built reissue of the blackface 1176LN, true to Bill Putnam's D/E-rev design....
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The 1176 is the other most-famous compressor in the world (the FET one), and this is Universal Audio's hand-built reissue of the blackface 1176LN, true to Bill Putnam's D/E-rev design. Where the LA-2A is smooth and slow, the 1176 is lightning: attack times down to 20 microseconds, the snap that gives vocals presence, drums an explosive front end, and bass guitar that sits like a rock. Push the input and you get that singing FET saturation; hit the famous all-buttons-in mode and it goes gloriously unhinged. Class A output, custom Putnam transformer, built by hand in California. Serviced and ready to track. Reissues run R28,000+ used elsewhere; this is a clean one.
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GENRE / USE
A studio fixture across virtually every genre. It is the go-to FET compressor for adding punch and presence to lead vocals, snare and drum room mics, bass guitar and electric guitar. Engineers reach for the all-buttons mode on drums and room mics for aggressive, characterful squash, and a fast, gentle setting to push a vocal forward in the mix. If a record was made in a pro studio, chances are an 1176 touched something on it.
THE WORD: Sweetwater calls the 1176LN a "must-have," prized for the sonic hug it wraps around vocals, drums and bass in nearly every pro studio. Read more at Sweetwater.
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