All can work out great but the purple is definitely my favorite. The Lin76 wouldn’t be my choice but eventually budget decides. Need one, I probably would get the Purple Audio or a Stam or a Audioscape, so many great options these days 😊
I think all 1176’s work this way right? You’re pushing into a set threshold controlled by transistors. The gain reduction can be turned off on the real thing and certain clones to use them as distortions boxes.
@diyrecordingstudio true, the warm and the purple audio units are cleaner though. I just recorded a session where I compressed clean using the FMR audio RNC about 2-3db, but kept the lin76 in chain with all ratio buttons off and that added a top end character to the vocals which I liked. I can always compress more later if needed.
Well done, great shootout! 👍👍 The Purple is always brighter and its meter is always too lazy - I know that hardware pretty well, and both these traits can be annoying, as it's always compressing more than it shows, plus it can turn a trebly vocalist into sibilance hell. The Warm sounds OK but as ever with them consistency and QC & component lifetime are major issues, I've seen 2 of these crap out and die and 1 arrive new DOA. The Lindell is kinda a very good middle ground (and really remarkable for the price!) if indeed you like its darker and grittier sound - for example on bass here I find it worked best. Horses for courses? 🤷🏼♂️ BTW try the BLA Seventeen if you can... possibly my favourite modern 1176 recreation, sounds great, snappy and a bit cleaner, plus has a ton of extra features. 🎯
Remember the Lin76 is opposite direction for attack and release compared to most 1176 compressors. This confused me when I got mine, I was wondering why the release was so slow.
Sounds like you may have forgot the Lin76 is backwards. The attack on your meter looks really fast and the release is slow. I thought we set up drums just the opposite. AM I wrong here? Did you want a slow release? I have a Lin76 and an Audioscape Version D. They both are absolutely AWSOME. I am not trying to validate any expensive purchase if it does what it is supposed to do. That darkness you are hearing is the wrong settings on attack and release. At least that is how I seen the meter moving. Unless you want a really fast attack but that takes from the transient man. A fast attack will make it sound darker. Try to set it up backwards see if it sounds so dark... I don't think it will. Drums need a medium to slow attack and FAST release which is where the 76 design comes in. At least that is how I like my drums.
All can work out great but the purple is definitely my favorite. The Lin76 wouldn’t be my choice but eventually budget decides. Need one, I probably would get the Purple Audio or a Stam or a Audioscape, so many great options these days 😊
By the way, your link to your Insta doesn’t work 😢😉
the deal with the lin76 is that the more you compress the more you saturate, there is no way to compress a lot and stay clean which is fine.
I think all 1176’s work this way right? You’re pushing into a set threshold controlled by transistors. The gain reduction can be turned off on the real thing and certain clones to use them as distortions boxes.
@diyrecordingstudio true, the warm and the purple audio units are cleaner though. I just recorded a session where I compressed clean using the FMR audio RNC about 2-3db, but kept the lin76 in chain with all ratio buttons off and that added a top end character to the vocals which I liked. I can always compress more later if needed.
Well done, great shootout!
👍👍
The Purple is always brighter and its meter is always too lazy - I know that hardware pretty well, and both these traits can be annoying, as it's always compressing more than it shows, plus it can turn a trebly vocalist into sibilance hell.
The Warm sounds OK but as ever with them consistency and QC & component lifetime are major issues, I've seen 2 of these crap out and die and 1 arrive new DOA.
The Lindell is kinda a very good middle ground (and really remarkable for the price!) if indeed you like its darker and grittier sound - for example on bass here I find it worked best.
Horses for courses?
🤷🏼♂️
BTW try the BLA Seventeen if you can... possibly my favourite modern 1176 recreation, sounds great, snappy and a bit cleaner, plus has a ton of extra features.
🎯
Remember the Lin76 is opposite direction for attack and release compared to most 1176 compressors. This confused me when I got mine, I was wondering why the release was so slow.
My experience with the wa76 is that it doesn’t add smack/spank to snare. It kinda cuts it off and crushes it. Was that your experience?
Hi, They are based on different revisions, they are not really comparable
Rauno
Audioscape vs purple? Anyone have both?
Sounds like you may have forgot the Lin76 is backwards. The attack on your meter looks really fast and the release is slow. I thought we set up drums just the opposite. AM I wrong here? Did you want a slow release? I have a Lin76 and an Audioscape Version D. They both are absolutely AWSOME. I am not trying to validate any expensive purchase if it does what it is supposed to do. That darkness you are hearing is the wrong settings on attack and release. At least that is how I seen the meter moving. Unless you want a really fast attack but that takes from the transient man. A fast attack will make it sound darker. Try to set it up backwards see if it sounds so dark... I don't think it will. Drums need a medium to slow attack and FAST release which is where the 76 design comes in. At least that is how I like my drums.
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