wanya7's Electronic Studio Setup

The 1176 is the Best Clean Vocal Compressor you can get for nice control (Ballad Vocal) for that Classic Old School sound or still use on a State of the Art Modern Record

That's why Bruce Swedien always used this on Michael Jackson's Lead Vocals more than any other its also the exact model they seek out when its a classic ballad for a Celine Dion or Mariah Carey

The First A Revision (Blue Stripe) excels at Dirty Bass or Vintage Vocal etc - Black Version best all round but this last rarest model is the cleanest Sweetest of them all & can still hold its own an the Cleanest Modern Record & Not Sound Dated (Compressor OFF or less than -3dB of Compression GR)...

It SMASHES like a MOFO so well its the most 'Rounded' of Compressors for BASS (Industry Standard) & that 1980's Smashed Drum Sound (Roxette etc) All Buttons IN for Psychopathy

Not as Thickening as a LA2A or Pumpy as a DBX 160 or as Huge as a Fairchild - But for all the above it's Always #1

Smooth Tube Vocals (Bruce Swedien's Favorite) Michael Jackson, Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Count Bassie, Sarah Vaughn, Duke Ellington etc

Huge Open Transformer Impedance

Tight Hard Transformer Impedance

5 Huge differences in Tube Gain - can sound as Clean as a Modern 'Solid' State of The Art R&B/Pop Vocal Record or Huge Tube Classic of 1960's Frank Sinatra Sound

Best Rock DI old school with nice crunch on bottom end (Eddie Van Halen's Favorite Classic DI)

Pultec Style Eq is Handy in any Basic way

Hands down the Best 'Svelt' Type Tube Pre Unit ever made

Clean Stunning Beautiful Noiseless Nice Soft Colour (SILK BUTTON)

Best Dynamic Vocal Mic All Rounder

Needs a lot of Gain but I only use the Best PreAmps with plenty Gain so no issue for me - but you might want a CloudLifter if you on a cheap interface...

Want a Dynamic Mic that sounds like a Condenser?

Yeah its Aggressive & Not a Soft Mic like a U47 but are you Rap Rock Hard Pop or Voiceover? Are you a Man (Screeching Banshee Woman) or a Mouse?

This is your Mic! - You know? - The one Michael Jackson used on Lead Vocals on Billie Jean, Beat It, Thriller, The Way You Make Me Feel & Bad (Bruce Swedien my Mentor RIP)

Excellent Rejection you can have it on in the Studio in front of your Monitors doing a Scratch Vocal

Works well on Amps & other stuff

Clean as a SM57 & Bigger & Cleaner than a SM58 on Acid!

Stop reading this silly review & get this MOFO in front of your Talent! - If you've got any?