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grahluk · 21st May 2007, 06:10 PM

I've owned, lived with, and loved me some original 525s. Yes they are one trick ponies. So are LA2A's or a Fairchild 670 but nobody complains about them right? The 525's either work for you or don't. Dial in how much of the input you want it to act on, try on a couple of the release values and adjust your makeup gain. If that ain't working for you move on. A Distressor they ain't. The only part of it I usually just left alone was the Ceiling. I know it's supposed to be a tandem compression/gain makeup control but I usually just cranked it and used the input to set compression level.

21st May 2007, 06:10 PM	#4
grahluk Lives for gear Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 553	I've owned, lived with, and loved me some original 525s. Yes they are one trick ponies. So are LA2A's or a Fairchild 670 but nobody complains about them right? The 525's either work for you or don't. Dial in how much of the input you want it to act on, try on a couple of the release values and adjust your makeup gain. If that ain't working for you move on. A Distressor they ain't. The only part of it I usually just left alone was the Ceiling. I know it's supposed to be a tandem compression/gain makeup control but I usually just cranked it and used the input to set compression level. __________________ "Wow, that's really exciting and new and underground and authentic. Let us take it and bring it into our dark hearts." -John Stewart on marketing.