Today, the 1176LN is new again. While it certainly would have been possible ' and much simpler ' to modernize and "improve" the 1176LN, every effort was made to remain faithful to Putnam's design and intentions. Carefully trained staff hand-wire and test each unit until it meets our uncompromising standards. This Universal Audio Classic version of the 1176LN captures all the nuance of the original through obsessive attention to detail and delivers that trademark sound. Demand the original. Accept no copies.

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What's not to like. This is the workhorse of the industry. The most powerful compressor of them all. You can use it on any instrument and it'll do the job of making the drums sound punchy, the vocal sound stressed, urgent and contained if you choose, the bass pop, the drum room explode, the guitars drive, the piano harmonics shimmer. It's very colored in sound and doesn't have the high bandwidth sound of the newer compressors but who cares. When I go into a studio to mix a record without my racks, I make sure there are 4 of these in the room.

Michael Brauer has mixed such records as the Stones' Steelwheels , New Radicals, Tony Bennett's Grammy Album of the Year Unplugged , and ColdPlay's Grammy Alternative Album of the year Parachutes . Recent projects include Paul McCartney's Live Back in the USA , Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue and Grandaddy. Read more about Michael Brauer's and other industry professionals favorite gear in Vintage King's "Producer's Corner".