URS Console Strip Pro & The History of Sound Recording

[TapeOp]

Ok, after sending four e-mails to URS tech support and waiting for over two months I finally figured out they won't reply.

So my hope is that you slutz can give me a hand finding out what each of the following factory settings relate to. I'm sure many of you can fulfill the whole form easily.

Thanks in advance for your... I was gonna say 'help', but I prefer to say 'support' (URS, hello...?).
In return I promisse to edit this first post so that inexperienced guys like me can have a look at all the results in a glance.

My only guess is that 1970 compressors are Neve, and 1980 compressors are SSL. Oh and ips is Tape of course...
Please shoot!

(Edit: check the pdf document bellow - that's even better then adding the brands here; note that despite the descriptions for each setting, the following list does not include the answers to my inquiry, only the pdf doc does)


Input Stage Models

1951 1951 Input Stage
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1967 1967 Input Stage and Summing Buss
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1970 1970 Input Stage and Summing Buss
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1972 1972 Input Stage and Summing Buss
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1980 1980 Input Stage and Summing Buss
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15ips 15ips 2” Tape Head Bump and Electronics curve
30ips 30ips 2” Tape Head Bump and Electronics curve
30ipsH 30ips 1/2” Tape Head Bump and Electronics curve
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IronA American Class A Transformer Input Stage – Warm Bottom
IronA 15 American Class A Transformer + 15ips 2” Tape Head Bump and Electronics curve
IronA 30 American Class A Transformer + 30ips 2” Tape Head Bump and Electronics curve
IronA 30H American Class A Transformer + 30ips 1/2” Tape Head Bump and Elect. curve
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IronB British Class A Transformer Input Stage – Warm Bottom
IronB15 British Class A Transformer + 15ips 2” Tape Head Bump and Electronics curve
IronB30 British Class A Transformer + 30ips 2” Tape Head Bump and Electronics curve
IronB30H British Class A Transformer + 30ips1/2” Tape Head Bump and Electronics curve
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IronC American Class A Transformer Input Stage – Warm Top End
IronC15 American Class A Transformer + 15ips 2” Tape Head Bump and Electronics curve
IronC30 American Class A Transformer + 30ips 2” Tape Head Bump and Electronics curve
IronC30H American Class A Transformer + 30ips 1/2” Tape Head Bump and Elect. curve
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IronD American Class A Transformer Input Stage – Warm Bottom & Top
IronD15 American Class A Transformer + 15ips 2” Tape Head Bump and Electronics curve
IronD30 American Class A Transformer + 30ips 2” Tape Head Bump and Electronics curve
IronD30H American Class A Transformer + 30ips 1/2” Tape Head Bump and Elect. curve
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IronG German Class A Transformer Input Stage – Warm Bottom - Top End Boost
IronG15 German Class A Transformer + 15ips 2” Tape Head Bump and Electronics curve
IronG30 German Class A Transformer + 30ips 2” Tape Head Bump and Electronics curve
IronG30H German Class A Transformer + 30ips 1/2” Tape Head Bump and Elect. curve
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Tube1 Tube Electronics Input Stage – Warm Midrange Boost
Tube2 Tube Electronics Input Stage – Warm Low Freq Boost

Compressor Starting Points

1967 1967 American Feed Forward Compressor 2:1 ratio
1967L 1967 American Feed Forward Limiter 20:1 ratio
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1970C1 1970 British Channel Compressor Ratio 1.5:1 100ms Release
1970C2 1970 British Channel Compressor Ratio 2:1 100ms Release
1970C3 1970 British Channel Compressor Ratio 3:1 400ms Release
1970C4 1970 British Channel Compressor Ratio 4:1 400ms Release
1970C5 1970 British Channel Compressor Ratio 6:1 400ms Release
1970L1 1970 British Channel Limiter Ratio 100:1 50ms Release
1970L2 1970 British Channel Limiter Ratio 100:1 100ms Release
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1980C1 1980 British VCA Channel Compressor Ratio 2:1 Fast Attack
1980C2 1980 British VCA Channel Compressor Ratio 3:1 Slow Attack
1980C3 1980 British VCA Channel Compressor Ratio 4:1 Fast Attack
1980C4 1980 British VCA Channel Compressor Ratio 5:1 Fast Attack
1980C5 1980 British VCA Channel Compressor Ratio 8:1 Fast Attack
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Fet 4 1967 Fet Limiter 4:1 ratio
Fet 8 1967 Fet Limiter 8:1 ratio Slowest Attack Fastest Release
Fet 12 1967 Fet Limiter 12:1 ratio
Fet 20 1967 Fet Limiter 20:1 ratio
Fet All 1967 Fet Limiter All Buttons
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Opto2a 1965 Opto Compress setting
Opto2aL 1965 Opto Limit setting
Opto3a 1969 Opto Compress setting
Opto3aL 1969 Opto Limit setting
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Rm Mic TalkBack Compressor Full bandwidth 25:1 ratio
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Stress 3 1995 Stress Compressor 3:1 ratio
Stress 6 1995 Stress Fet Compressor 6:1 ratio
Stress10 1995 Stress Opto Limiter 10:1 ratio
Stress20 1995 Stress Fet Limiter 20:1 ratio
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Strip A Preset A from URS Classic Console Strip
Strip B Preset B from URS Classic Console Strip
Strip C Preset C from URS Classic Console Strip
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Tape15 Tape 15ips 2" Normal Compression
Tape15L Tape 15ips 2" Light Compression
Tape30 Tape 30ips 2" Normal Compression
Tape30L Tape 30ips 2" Light Compression
Tape30H Tape 30ips Half inch Normal Compression
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Tube 1 Tube Child setting 6:1 ratio – fast release
Tube 2 Tube Child setting 6:1 ratio – normal release
Tube 3 Tube Child setting 6:1 ratio – slow release
Tube 4 Tube Child setting 6:1 ratio – slowest release
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TubeA 1950's American Tube Compressor 2:1 ratio – 300ms release
TubeB 1950's American Tube Limiter 5:1 ratio – 333ms release
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TubeE 1960's British Tube Compressor 2:1 ratio – 500ms release
TubeEL 1960's British Tube Limiter 6.5:1 ratio – 100ms release
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TubeF 1954 American Tube Limiter 4:1 ratio
TubeSL 1950's American Tube Leveler 8:1 ratio
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TubeT02 Tube compressor 2:1 Ratio Mid Point Release
TubeT04 Tube compressor 4:1 Ratio Mid Point Release
TubeT10 Tube compressor 10:1 Ratio Mid Point Release
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VCA60 American VCA setting 2:1 ratio
VCAX American VCA X 4:1 ratio hard knee
VCAXS American VCA X 4:1 ratio soft knee
VCA65a American VCA 2:1 ratio soft knee
VCA65b American VCA 4:1 ratio soft knee
VCA 3 Rouge VCA 3 setting 3.5:1 ratio
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VNewC Very New Compress 1.5:1 ratio
VNewL Very New Limit 4:1 ratio
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XTC-A American Class A Buss Compressor Preset A
XTC-B American Class A Buss Compressor Preset B
XTC-C American Class A Buss Compressor Preset C

EQ

1951 Program EQ - Tube
1967 Console EQ - American 4-Band
1970 Console EQ - British 3-band Class A
1972 Console EQ - British 4-band Class A/B
1980 Console EQ - British 4-Band

[jonmoore]

See attached, should cover most of your questions.

JM

Leftside Wobble

[TapeOp]

Originally Posted by jonmoore

See attached, should cover most of your questions.

JM

Ok we're done, thank you. That's neat.

I presume you work for URS or are somehow affiliated with them. (?)
I coudn't find that info on the website.
Why not just make it available there, or otherwise include it in the user's manual?

[jonmoore]

Nope, don't work for URS. This was compiled by a number of people on this board when CSP was first released. Not sure if it's best guesses or inside information but it seems pretty accurate to my limited knowledge.

JM

Leftside Wobble

[mitchwully]

Originally Posted by jonmoore

See attached, should cover most of your questions.

JM

Leftside Wobble

Does the XTC stuff really come close to the STC-8? Please see VST equivalents to Crane Song STC-8

thanks yall