There are also four different meter calibration choices. I've been experimenting with this and it is useful. Version 1.1 adds the Harmonic Control for dialing in just the right amount of vintage warmth versus clean and pristine.Ĭomp670 finishes with Overload's unique Scribble Strips where you can add notes anywhere on the plug-in panel. There is also a Wet/Dry control that was unheard of in the 1950s when the original Fairchild came out and you also have a soft/hard compression knee control using the on-screen DC Threshold control knob. You can dial in just the right side-chain frequency to compress bass, kick drums and close-to-the-mic vocals.

Overloud is using their brand new fourth generation DSP technology on the Comp670 and added modern touches like a side-chain filter-something I always wished for in the old hardware units to constrain how much the units compress/limit the low frequencies. (at least in original units :wink: ) Until about 8 oclock its very clean. With Input, you can first adjust harmonic content of the tube/transformer sound of 670. It can also be very fast (strong compression). So you have a choice of three different vintages of Fairchild 670s-quite a luxury I might add! They are each distinctive in their own way(s). Fairchild is a lovely vari-mu, with different time constants. To give you a choice, Overloud sampled three different noteworthy and vintage Fairchild 670s from studios in London, Los Angeles and Milan, Italy. I've always found that original Fairchild limiters each sound different from studio-to-studio because of its individual maintenance history, odd tube changes, miss-alignment, incorrect tube biasing, aging component tolerances and various other changes over time. Considered the 'holy grail' of all tube limiters, a lot of its distinctive tone is because of all the custom-made transformers and the many tubes in its uniquely-designed audio signal path. Based in Modena, Italy, Overloud releases the Comp670 ver 1.1 plug-in, a recreation of the rare and legendary Fairchild 670 tube compressor/limiter.

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