It controls the loud part, but also the soft part of the vocal comes up to the same volume as the loud part. And if you overload them slightly, like put more in than you should be putting in on the input, it sort of scrunches the sound up a bit. What does pushing equipment like audio compressors do? “If you overdo it, like what I like to do, most compression devices, and especially the Fairchild limiter which was sort of a compression device, but faster, which actually chops peaks off, I used it for sound. The drums, certainly on the ‘Revolver' stuff with the whole drum kit being mono went through one Fairchild limiter.” I sometime still record with them and use them on the mix, too. It was great for guitars and it was great for John's voice, and any voice, really.
What's your favorite piece of gear? “My one favorite piece of gear if the Fairchild 660 limiter because it just adds a certain presence. they used Fairchild on pretty much everything on their records (no 1176 or LA2A)! You get a nice warm, compact sound of it.
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