It's not a simple technique, and it bears investing a bit of time to suss out how it can be put through its paces.
But if you read the Manley manual, you'll see that the Variable-Mu knee can be manipulated indirectly, and I advise you to experiment with it. Yes the Fairchild can compress harder, and the knee is directly adjustable. I'd say a combination of headroom and wet/dry blend should solve that problem.Īs for the differences in sound and capabilities, the Fairchild has a definite vintage vibe going on, while the Manley sounds more modern, though still tubey-licious.
And we don't all use them at the same point in the mix path, so the input level in is going to vary a lot. Couldn't have characterized it better myself.Īs for it getting dirty-ish easily, you might want to make use of the headroom adjustment, which was a brilliant inclusion by UA, because we don't all hit these devices in the digital domain the way we'd be likely to with the hardware.
