Effects Timeline
Our Vintage Digital and Analogue Effects timeline now includes Audio Recorders and Classic Music Tracks to help place these effects and devices within the history of recorded music. Any errors, please notify us using our contact form.
2014
IGS Rubber Bands Equaliser
The IGS Rubber Bands Equaliser offers an all tube Pultec style equaliser.
2014
ART SCL2 Stereo Compressor Limiter
The SCL2 is a highly sophisticated and flexible dynamics processor designed for easy operation and great tone.
2014
IGS Volfram Limiter
The IGS Zolfram Limiter is a dual mono version of the legendary 1176 limiter, used on thousands of recordings around the world.
2014
IGS iQ Inductor Equaliser
The IGS iQ Inductor Equaliser offers the sweetest parametric EQ sound, with inductors offering similar saturation to transformers.
2015
Locomotive Audio 14B Variable MU Compressor
Just like its popular vintage inspirations, the Gates Sta-Level, UA 175B, RCA BA-6A and Collins 26U, the results are a sound that cannot be replicated with any other method of gain reduction. The Locomotive Audio 14B delivers!
2015
Dangerous Convert-2 Converter
The Dangerous the Convert-2 tops an elite class of dedicated stereo digital-to-analogue converters in both sound and ease of use. The Convert-2 goes beyond transparency - you won’t just hear everything; you’ll hear it beautifully.
2015
Burl Audio B2 Bomber DAC
The Burl Audio B2 Bomber DAC is a high quality 2-channel 192kHz digital to analogue converter.
2015
Burl Audio B2 Bomber ADC
The Burl Audio B2 Bomber ADC is a high quality 2-channel 192kHz analogue to digital converter.
2015
IGS Double Triode Limiter
The IGS Double Triode Limiter is more than classic tube triode microphone preamp. The old-fashioned design was upgraded with a musical opto-limiter. The limiter is based on circuit used in 60’s and 70’s.
2015
IGS Spring Time Analog Studio Reverb
The IGS Spring Time is a 4-channel analogue studio reverb built using pairs of springs. One short and one long pair. Every channel has separate wet and dry volume knobs. Also, each channel has a 3 band EQ for the wet signal.
2015
Overstayer Stereo Voltage Control Model 3722 Compressor Limiter
The Overstayer Stereo Voltage Control Model 3722 is a fluid integrated mixing signal chain in a single rack space.
2015
Overstayer Stereo Field Effect Model 3706 Compressor Limiter
The Overstayer Stereo Field Effect Model 3706 Limiter/Compressor is an evolution of our passion for FET compressors and classic analogue recording chains.
2015
Retro 176 Limiting Amplifier
The Retro 176 Limiting Amplifier is based on a Bill Putnam classic, the UA 176.
2015
Manley Force Four Channel Vacuum Tube Microphone Preamplifier
From America's premier high-end studio gear manufacturer, the Manley Force contains four channels of real High Voltage vacuum tube microphone preamplifiers extracted from the hugely popular and award-winning Manley CORE®, housed in an exquisitely gorgeous chassis, and meticulously hand-crafted in California.
2015
Manley ELOP+ Stereo Optical Vacuum Tube Limiter Compressor
Since the early 1990’s, the Manley ELOP® stereo electro-optical limiter has been a tracking hero - effortlessly controlling dynamics on countless records around the globe and delivering the coveted classic, all-tube sound for which Manley Labs is known.
2015
Locomotive Audio WT-72 Valve Mic Preamp
The Locomotive Audio WT-72 is a two-channel all-tube equaliser that is renowned for its warm and musical sound and is commonly used in professional recording studios for mixing and mastering applications.
2015
Tascam HS-20 Network Recorder
The Tascam HS-20 is a professional solid-state audio recorder and player, built for the needs of network-connected installations. Reliable recording and playback can be controlled, accessed, and scheduled from an internet connection, allowing remote access without visiting the site.
2015
SPL IRON Mastering Compressor
As a mastering compressor, the SPL IRON is inspired by the legendary vintage tube compressors à la Fairchild, Collins or Gates and has been developed in a way to give modern productions more energy and power with the advantages of the 120V technology.
2015
Drawmer 1978 Stereo Tone Shaping FET Compressor
The award-winning Drawmer 1978 boasts an unparalleled array of controls, offering complete mastery over your mix, all within a deceptively simple 1U frame.
2015
Neve 1073DPX Microphone Preamplifier
The Neve 1073DPX has two channels of 1073® Class A design microphone preamplifiers, each with 3-band EQ (fixed HF plus two switchable bands with cut/boost capability) and a high pass filter.
2015
Burl Audio B26 Orca Control Room Monitor
The Burl Audio B26 Orca is the most highly evolved of all aquatic species. One who uses sonic superiority and harmony to dominate his environment, the ORCA is the APEX PREDATOR of all of the oceans of the Earth. Thriving off of the Island of VANCOUVER, pods of ORCAS silently stalk their prey, present just under the surface, listening, threatening.
2015
Neve 33609/N Stereo Limiter Compressor
The Neve 33609/N is a desert island stereo compressor offering comprehensive limiting and compression facilities, ideal for music recording, mastering, post-production and broadcast applications.
2016
Locomotive Audio WT-COMP Compressor
The Locomotive Audio WT-COMP Compressor will put a stamp on any material run through its circuitry. The smooth and euphonic sound of soft-knee vari-mu compression paired with thick, distinct and colourful harmonic saturation makes the Weight Tank Compressor very unique.
2016
Crane Song Solaris Quantum DA Converter
The Crane Song Solaris Quantum DAC is a 2 channel Digital-to-Analog Converter, designed by Dave Hill. It is centred around a 32-bit converter and 32 bit ASRC (Asynchronous Sample Rate Converter) that up-samples to 211kHz in order to reduce jitter.
2016
Stam SA4000 Mk3 VCA Bus Compressor
The Stam SA4000 Mk3 is the legendary stereo bus compressor replica that will give your mixes the ultimate glue and character from two different vintage consoles in one unit.
2016
Electronaut M97 Compressor Limiter
The Electronaut M97 is a modern take on an idea that has been evolving for 70 years — a triode amplifier with a variable amplification factor (expressed mathematically as ‘µ’ or ‘mu’), configured to provide dynamic range compression and limiting for high-quality audio.
2016
Overstayer M-A-S Model 8101
The Overstayer M-A-S Model 8101 gives you the harmonic character and peak rounding of classic recording and mixing chains in a simple, highly controllable rack-mount unit.
2016
Manley Nu Mu Stereo Limiter Compressor
The Manley Nu Mu Stereo Limiter Compressor uses the special T-Bar mod tube front end of the legendary Variable Mu® with same super smooth side chain and timing characteristics followed by a high voltage discrete and FET solid-state amplifying and output stage for a faster and punchier audio path.
2016
ART Digital MPA-II Microphone Preamplifier
The all new ART Digital MPA-II delivers all of the same great features of the ProMPA with the added versatility of digital output. Like the ProMPA-II, each input circuit has 48v phantom power and features variable input impedance which can radically vary the overall performance of any high quality dynamic or ribbon microphone.
2016
Chandler Limited RS124 Compressor
The Chandler Limited RS124 Compressor is a recreation of one of the most coveted audio valve compressors of all time, the legendary EMI/Abbey Road RS124, reimagined for use in the modern studio environment.
2016
Sonic Farm Xcalibur Saturation Preamplifier
The demand for a preamp that can elevate music production to new heights has been resounding, and now that very solution is at hand with the Sonic Farm Xcalibur and Xcalibur JC Saturation Preamplifiers.
2016
WesAudio TIMBRE Vari-Mu Compressor
WesAudio TIMBRE - an all tube vari-mu compressor based on the 6386 tube, inspired by the old, famous and much desired Gates STA-Level compressor.
2016
SPL PQ Mastering Equaliser
The SPL PQ is a unique equaliser, for several reasons. It has two times five fully parametric filter bands, each of which can be switched between constant Q and proportional Q! And there’s sheer unlimited headroom and a very special kind of EQ sound – thanks to 120V technology.
2016
Undertone Audio UnFairchild 670M II Compressor
The Undertone Audio UnFairchild 670M II Compressor combines vintage warmth with modern precision. Rooted in the classic Fairchild 670, it offers rich harmonic saturation and exceptional dynamic control, making it a versatile tool for audio professionals.
2016
Undertone Audio MPEQ-1 Equaliser
The Undertone Audio MPEQ-1 is one of the most powerful and musical Class A equalisers ever built as well as a wonderfully flexible, beautiful sounding Class A Mic Preamp/DI.
