1176 FET Compressor Teardown pt 1: Circuit and Compression Secrets
What gives the 1176 compressor design it's incredible staying power? I take apart a Hairball Audio 1176 Rev D to show what's under the hood. There are some surprising discoveries along the way, such as: a single $0.50 FET is responsible for most of the sound there is a threshold control (if you know where to look) the ratio control is a lie?!
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1176 Teardown pt 2: Tone, color, and distortion
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Neve 33609 Diode Compressor Teardown
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The LA-2A's Underrated Little Sibling? Urei LA-4 Opto Compressor teardown
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A Better Explanation of Impedance for Audio Signals
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What makes Neve preamps so great? Neve clone teardown
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What's in an API preamp? Vintage API 515 and 512c teardown
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Designing a simple audio compressor from scratch
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Amplifier & Speaker MYTHS! The Secret Synergy REVEALED! Vintage Audio HiFi Bob Carver's Challenge
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The Insane Genius of a Formula 1 Gearbox
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Fender Lied, it’s all about PRS
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The MAGIC of the 1176 Compressor: How to use it...
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$50 vs $500 Preamp: What's inside?
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How Optical Compressors work
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Op Amps: Audio Compressor
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eevBLAB 91 - Why Are Fluke Meters So EXPENSIVE?
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Is the Alesis 3630 compressor really that bad? Teardown of "the worst compressor ever made"
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Solder won't stick
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Designing a production-ready audio compressor
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Can you HEAR the Difference in these 1176 Hardware compressors?
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