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Building an 1176 clone
w/ Ben Lindell
Building an 1176 clone
9 min • 2010
Learn what it takes to build a clone of the famous 1176 compressor.
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Soundlight • Thursday, January 9, 2020
Thank you
Bozz • Friday, July 31, 2015
I have successfully built (3) units. A blue stripe was the first build, then a matched fet black face pair They all sound amazpng !!!
If anyone is interested in having one built, hit me up
Art Alvarez
benlindell • Tuesday, July 21, 2015
@jonaspiknias the place I've always gotten my 1176 parts from is Hairball Audio http://www.hairballaudio.com/shop/index.php?cPath=22
jonaspiknias • Sunday, July 19, 2015
Hey, there are so many kits on the internet.
Ho can I know if I buy one with good quality parts or not?
pierre.vienneau • Wednesday, July 15, 2015
I want one... no two. But the time I spend for electronic is time I don't use for music. 5 years ago I start may one modular synth and I give up for the moment. Music is my priority.
Jimmers • Friday, September 14, 2012
Wow, the 1176 is my most used compressor, in plugin. I'd love to have an actual unit and this seems like it would be fun. I found this link, which seemed to have pretty helpful info and links to schematics and such: http://masonaudio.manaservice.com/masonaudio/comp1176
Thanks for the video. I hadn't heard about the idea of building your own gear before; very cool!
Alexander Creaktor • Sunday, June 17, 2012
The Rev A “Bluestripe” = higher distortion and unique FET gain amplifier characteristics.
The Rev E “Blackface” covers the early 70’s Low Noise, a more linear compression response, transistor gain amplification, and a change to the program dependence.
The 1176AE - lower 2:1 compression ratio, a fixed “super slow” 10ms attack mode, and the program dependence of Rev A.
MikeC • Saturday, June 11, 2011
very cool. how do you decide which versions to use for which instruments? Do certain versions work better for different things?