And if you've had the privilege of using an original hardware Fairchild, you'll definitely get a familiar feeling from this pair, delivering full, assured and musical tones that can ultimately add up to a great mix. Those with good ears will appreciate the broader palette of saturation colours. The new models look much more like the original hardware, too, and give more detailed control than the Legacy version. Each has its own vibe and both sound amazing. IK Multimedia 670- Blind Test UAD, Apollo, and LUNA Forums With the special thats going on at the moment with the IK singles there seems to be alot of users commenting that the IK670 'smacks' the UA Fairchild. The 670 is the easier of the two on transients, making it slightly more aggressive, while the 660 has more total gain on the input, allowing lower thresholds to be set for more colourful compression artifacts. The Fairchild Tube Limiter Plug-In Collection for UAD-2 and Apollo delivers the legendary 660 and 670 Fairchild tube limiters to your DAW with dead-on emulations right down to the original hardware’s tube-driven gain control, compression curves, and tube amp and transformer sections. You could call it glue, but that doesn't cover it fully either.Įssentially, it imparts more fullness, substance and - dare we say it - 3D space. it's not necessarily 'warmth', although vocals seem fatter. Where the new ones differ sonically is in their colouration. The Legacy 670 is a favourite with many producers for its smooth and invisible level control, particularly on vocals and basses, and A/B-ing it with the new models reveals that they're all remarkably similar in that capacity. If any company knows compression its Universal Audio (UA). Both also offer a selection of six preset Attack/Release times, the first four going from fast to slow, and the last two with fixed attack times and automatic release dependent on the envelope of the input signal. Learn Fairchild-670 skills by watching tutorial videos about Daniel Wyatts Mastering Tips.

Apart from the dedicated stereo ones, the 660 has a very similar control set.

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