Does anyone know what the compander values are for the old dbx 150 noise reduction units for both the encode side and decode side?
Sometimes they would tighten up sound of a guitar nicely if you hit them with a little too much signal than the compander could handle.
Another cool trick was if your machine was aligned and using Ampex 499 tape, you could hit the tape with enough signal that you didn't need to encode with dbx. However on playback, if you engaged the the decode of the dbx on say the bass track, sometimes you got this beefier exploding bass tone.
Has anyone successfully replicated these tricks and would like to share some knowledge?
Sometimes they would tighten up sound of a guitar nicely if you hit them with a little too much signal than the compander could handle.
Another cool trick was if your machine was aligned and using Ampex 499 tape, you could hit the tape with enough signal that you didn't need to encode with dbx. However on playback, if you engaged the the decode of the dbx on say the bass track, sometimes you got this beefier exploding bass tone.
Has anyone successfully replicated these tricks and would like to share some knowledge?