UA 175B & 176 Tube Compressor Collection
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UA 175B & 176 Tube Compressor Collection
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C. Paschall
Instant Vibe
Instant bass vibe!!
T. Delannay
Pro UAD
Top plugins. Merci UAD.
E. Koch
2nd review, a few months in on these
One Star Down, when using these two in series, they are difficult to match up because the I/O Gain Detants are a bit on the coarse side, and the HR control detants are exactly the same, ( no hope for in between tweaks )
One Star Back UP, these two together SOUND BETTER THAN THE FAIRCHILD when you want to lay in a clean smash ...and of course are much more flexible for the same price also
j. chan ho
Must have comp
It's must have compressor. do not anything, only plug-in send to track or send to bus, sounds are better.
N. Butler
OMG!!!
No one told me that the 1176 was the lesser, solid-state descendent of the 176. I had no idea. This compressor just floors me every time. It’s an automatic awesomeriser. Drums, bass, vocals... stick a fork in it, we’re done!
R. Polson-Lahache
Mojo Compressor
Both of these compressors are fantastic; kinda like the 1176's but with more mojo! I recommend staging them with a gain plugin in the slot before to hit that sweet spot. The 175B is great but I do like the ratio options on the 176, just allows how much you wanna compress your signal. You can also mash the front end for some cool tones too.
R. Polson-Lahache
Mojo Compressor
Both of these compressors are fantastic; kinda like the 1176's but with more mojo! I recommend staging them with a gain plugin in the slot before to hit that sweet spot. The 175B is great but I do like the ratio options on the 176, just allows how much you wanna compress your signal. You can also mash the front end for some cool tones too.
K. Kelley
Does the Trick!
Sounds great on everything I throw at it! Tons of character and easy to use. Money well spent.
J. López Uribe
Lots of colour and glue
It adds beautiful warmth to bass and drums. Great compressors
A. Lawson
Big Yezza
Love these things, from old school grit to silky goo..
D. Louisin
Essential !!! Exellent !!! Effective !!!
My rating, triple E, for essential, excellent and efficient! I took the 176 mix in parrallel processing on the drum bus and "boom" the big slap in the face! on vocals, guitars, keyboards we enjoy !! Congratulations to the whole team !! tools now essential for working in the box
D. Louisin produce in the box.fr
P. Hoier
Colorful fast and punchy compression
Well it is really evident, as they say, that the UA 175B/176 collection captures the essense of more 'modern' 1176 compression in a more colorful Fairchild-like rendition. It's got the right amount of punch and smack, with loads of faithful warmth and grit. An interesting aspect by it self, as these qualities seems so well integrated into the overall sound outcome. On an electronic drum-bus it almost feels like modern dancemusic is taken back to the tubey sound of the 50's.
Needless to say, these compressors are done so perfectly right in the wellknown UA manner, that it almost doesn't surprise anymore!
E. Koch
serious Wow!!!...no compressor collection should be without..
i patched these up on a mic > 175B > 176 > vertigo just runing minimal transient shaping brick >ZOH-MAUG-DUDE, speechless really.....the infinitely variable A/R times, combined with the way they react to and so on the sound...and then you can even tweak the texture beyond that.... can also be very subtle tube/trans richness that is very clean and punchy, but so flexible beyond that.
J. Hart
My go to plugin
The 175B is a phenomenal limiter
J. Hart
My go to plugin
The 175B is a phenomenal limiter
J. Neves
Fantastic!!!
These are absolutely awesome! It's what 1176s should really sound like lol. Only joking, they simply sound like a million dollars!
S. May
GooooooD
Been at home using it lots trying it on pretty much everything
F. St-Gelais
Haven't used a 1176 since
How are THOSE not as legendary as the 1176? They sound better in almost every way! They were probably more expensive to produce so the law of commerce crowned an inferior product just like it did with Beta vs VHS tapes in the 80's. Oh well, who cares now that we have THOSE plugins to play with! Thanks you, UAD!!!!!!!
N. Butler
Nobody told me the 1176 was an inferior, solid state version of this!
I purchased the 175B/176 recently, and WOW does it have an incredible sound - and it imparts such a lovely heft and grandness to nearly everything - I've had a love affair with the 1176 for a couple decades, but for some reason never really understood the connection to the 176. I know this is the honeymoon phase, and it's not for everything, but the 175B/176 will definitely be a staple in the majority of my mixes going forward.
A. Eisele
Thick, Gluey Compression
What I especially like is that the compression does not very obvious compression artifacts; somehow it is transparent in its compression while adding that tube-driven thick tone. I've been using the UA 176 on instrument busses to glue channels together with thick but subtle compression. Highly recommended for vintage tones with dimensionality and depth.
