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Vintage Recording Equipment Archive

Vintage Digital is an archive of vintage recording equipment and classic studio gear documenting the history of recording technology. From early tape recorders to breakthrough digital processors of the 1980s and beyond, it traces how recording technology shaped modern music.

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MXR Dual Limiter Dynamics Processor

Compression Type: VCA

The MXR Dual Limiter is a two-channel rackmount dynamics processor introduced around 1980 as part of MXR’s professional studio range. Designed for dual-mono or linked stereo operation, it combines compression and limiting with independently adjustable input sensitivity, output level, attack and release controls for each channel. A distinctive feature of the design is its voltage-controlled amplifier, which regulates gain using high-frequency switching and pulse-width modulation rather than a conventional continuously variable gain element.