FMR Audio RNLA Leveling Amplifier Compressor
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From the Manual:
The Really Nice Levelling
Amplifier (RNLA) is a compressor, of sorts, with a character that works well
with vocals, bass guitar, acoustic guitars and two-mix sources. The sonic
performance of the RNLA harkens back to the Really Nice Compressor’s (RNC’s)
origins. The original RNC was, in fact, based upon an optical gain element (you
can read the details as expressed in the 1984 US patent #04459557). This
approach was ultimately rejected (and tucked away) due to its imparting of a
sonic signature (i.e., “color”), not wanted in the final, sonically-neutral
compressor. However, just like trying to throw away a ball of adhesive tape,
this one has also stuck with (to?) us! What’s the old saying? What’s old, is new
again? The implementation is a little different from the 1984 version (Ooooooo,
VINTAGE! Yeah, right.), but the final sound is eerily similar (a friend
describes it as “thick and gooey”). This one is also eminently more manufacturable and
cost-effective...
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Manual (pdf format, 542k in
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