Phil Moore talks with Reverb at NAMM 2018 about his latest releases of new gear.
The Retro REVOLVER.
A stereo compressor based off of EMI’s legendary modified Altec 436 compressor, seven years in the making.
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REVIEW – Retro Instruments: Revolver Dual-Channel Compressor
Reviewed by Larry Crane at Tape Op magazine
I’ll begin this review with a confession; in over two decades of mixing albums I’ve rarely mixed through a bus compressor. Why? The more I kept hearing that I “had to” in order to get good results, the more I balked at using one. I’d tried out the stereo compressors that I owned and was never quite enthused enough – plus I was getting decent mixes without a mix bus compressor, so why did I have to change my style of working? But when Phil Moore at Retro Instruments sent me his new Revolver two-channel tube compressor to try out, I realized…
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Sound on Sound – NAMM 2018: Retro Instruments Retro Revolver
Sound on Sound Review
Dual-channel tube compressor based on EMI-modified Altec model
The EMI-modified Altec 436 compressor (known as the RS124) has earned its place in recording history, in no small part due to its connection with The Beatles’ recordings at Abbey Road. Read more