Members 144dB Posted December 27, 2015 Members Share Posted December 27, 2015 Hey all, The Fairchild 670 is a revered vintage compressor, and I'm curious if there is a good audio example of what makes it so well known. The Beatles are mentioned frequently, but I don't know if they used it on vocals, on guitar, on drums, or on the whole track as a buss compressor. If a song comes to mind that really smacks of Fairchild, please reply. Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nat whilk II Posted December 27, 2015 Members Share Posted December 27, 2015 These are examples where they really pushed the Fairchild hard - Ringo's drums on Sgt. Pepper - those huge, resonating toms. Also the cymbals - they would have Ringo's kick trigger the compressor on the cymbals, to get that bwooOOOSH bloom on the crashes. Paul's piano on Lady Madonna - very, very compressed thru Fairchild According to a Sound on Sound article titled "Classic Compressors; Geoff Emerick always put the Beatles' vocals through it [the Fairchild 670] for precisely this reason: "Just the sound of the amplifier, even if you didn't do any limiting, just added a certain presence.” nat whilk ii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members onelife Posted December 27, 2015 Members Share Posted December 27, 2015 I don't say this with any authority but "Taxman" sounds to me like the entire mix is pushed through one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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