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+1 for the Aphex 651
what I've been doing for tracking vocals is putting my 651 into the insert jack on my Summit 2ba, staging it as high as 5 or 7:1 using its hi frequency pass through before the signal hits the tube (NOS Valvo - thanks, Bowie!), which levels it nicely to get a more even tube tone saturating the signal, then I'll run it into a minor amount of eq from my dbx 242, then into a symetrix 501's limiter section - total cost from ebay purchases (not including the Summit) for the three processors was about $450. They're all mono, however. All three have linking circuits if you buy two for stereo use.
both the aphex 651 and the symetrix 501 are BITCHIN compressors - another cheap option is to get a symetrix 421 levelar - auto gain levels, tho the output is a bit noisy - old skool VCA sound, adds yummy grain to your signal - that piece you can get for about $100 on ebay - the expander on that unit is kinda icky tho..
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