Is the Altec 436 / RS124 the Greatest Vari-Mu Outboard Compressor On Earth?

Описание: ** PLEASE LISTEN WITH HEADPHONES in 4K! **
Having grown up in top tier studios around world class recording equipment, one compressor seems to be the top producer's favorite. I kept seeing it everywhere, away from all the racks of gear in a special place, closer to the desk than everything else. Ever since EMI techs at Abbey Road Studios converted the Altec 436 into the RS124 (made famous by being used on almost every Beatles record ever produced), the Altec 436 has reached legendary status amongst the best of the best. I've touched on this unit in other videos so often I figured it was time for this comp to get its own feature. I present to you, one of the greatest, if not THE greatest audio compressor ever made, the Altec 436.

NOTE - you will hear the true width FAR better in headphones!
All audio is in 48K 16 bit WAV format. Video is 4K from a Sony a&sii

TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 - INTRO
0:14 - LISTENING TO STEMS THROUGH THE 436 (use headphones!)
1:37 - STEREO LINKING PART I
6:14 - OLD CAPACITORS ONLY LASTED 20 YEARS & NEED REPLACEMENT
8:11 - THE MAGIC PEERLESS TRANSFORMERS!
8:58 - HOW EMI SCOUTED THE ALTEC 436 IN AMERICA
10:31 - LET'S TALK HARMONIC DISTORTION!
11:43 - SOLID STATE VS TUBE AUDIO GEAR
12:55 - THE SIMPLICITY OF THE DESIGN
14:43 - THE PEERLESS 6216 TRANSFORMER
15:24 - THE 3D WIDTH OF THE ALTEC 436'S: STEREO UN-LINKING
17:33 - HOW TO AVOID DISTORTION AND ACHIEVE CLARITY
18:39 - THE UNSPOKEN ROLE OF THE PSU
19:50 - THE SIX TYPES OF COMPRESSION
20:21 - MY TIP FOR MODDING THE 436'S TO GET MORE GAIN
21:00 - OUTRO

This video features the 436C. The Altec 436 had three versions, the A, B and C. The C is differentiated by having threshold and release screw pots on the faceplate that must be replaced with 100K long shaft potentiometers to be used in a studio for modern control.

Synth parts performed by Hanz Volt @ JML Studios. Check out our Hanz Volt interview here:
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