Message 30/55
Date: 16-Aug-02 @ 03:10 PM -
RE: while on the subject of compressors
yah he describes the difference between the two chips and the dbx202's aren't impossible to get just difficult.
"I've built the compressor with both the 202 and the 2150, and the "sound" dosent seem to be that different, only the 202 may tend to be a little more transparant - but that's not always a good thing in compressors. Btw, DBX chip production is long gone now, but "Thats" are more than decent substitutes. The "That 2155" is a lower-distortion replacement for the 2150, so it should work fine also. If you experience problems getting hold on these chips, try contacting a company that repairs music equipment or tape recorders - they're allmost sure to have them in stock, because they are known to fail in older equipment. "
the 'that' chips are just clones of the dbx...
heck i dunno what the ssl even sounds like now but it still seems like a fun project to build that doesn't involve tubes
"The DBX 202XT VCA can be very hard to get, so I designed a substitution circuit based on the DBX2150 VCA - the one that SSL also uses for their channel compressors. This substitute circuit is based on reverse-engeineering a 202XT VCA - it turned out to consist of ten paralleled 2150's with a common low-impedance buffer for the control inputs. So this is the substitute, but done with only one 2150. "
so its the same chip they use on the ssl channel comps
anyone still game for the loops a/b thingy?
if anything psych can do the real ssl, brett can do his $1500 jobbie and i can do the DIY thing... would be fun etc.
100 hours you think? its not *that* big of a circuit....
jamey