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Pair of Symetrix 501's. RMS level detection baby.

I actually just bought my second Symmetric 501. I'm actually covered on utility compressors, but I decided to invest in a very fancy saturation/compression box from Overstayer and the supply chain issues have had me waiting for a half year with no end in sight. The trouble is I became focused on having a grindy, stereo drum parallel thing and I will be doing more mixing in the next few months than I will probably do for the rest of the year.

So I'm going to stereo link a pair of toggle switch 501s for the purpose. My lone 501 has often served as the blowing things up box, so why not do it in stereo?

losthighway wrote: My lone 501 has often served as the blowing things up box, so why not do it in stereo?

This is funny to me just because for many years my 501 was more my "clean" compressor. Been an Alesis Microlimiter fan for years for the blowing things up bit....although I do wish it were just a little bit cleaner with the noise floor is just right on that border of being too much to be usable.

501 = super versatile. I really should get a 2nd one and maybe try it as being my blowing things up box.

Garth wrote:

losthighway wrote: My lone 501 has often served as the blowing things up box, so why not do it in stereo?

This is funny to me just because for many years my 501 was more my "clean" compressor. Been an Alesis Microlimiter fan for years for the blowing things up bit....although I do wish it were just a little bit cleaner with the noise floor is just right on that border of being too much to be usable.

501 = super versatile. I really should get a 2nd one and maybe try it as being my blowing things up box.

Oh yeah, they can play nice. It's funny I tend to put different devices in lanes like processing a certain instrument is it's special role. Once I was mixing some backup vocals and feeling saucy. I decided not to use my fancy tube compressor and be so crazy as to put the vocals through the 501. When I heard the results of my maverick decision to make wildly unorthodox compressor choices I went "Yeah.... That sounds pretty normal and good. It works fine."

One of the EA slap-my-ass red DIs. I’m going to be recording at home more. And I like that I can also use it to seal wax on envelopes.

New bass rig acquired. 400+ and the 800 watt version of the 2x15.

losthighway wrote: Sun May 29, 2022 9:03 am the blowing things up box,

yeah going to have to try that for sure, thanks.

Owen wrote: Mon May 30, 2022 5:52 pm New bass rig acquired. 400+ and the 800 watt version of the 2x15.

Nice! And in mint condition!

Like it just came out of the packaging, freshly tubed too!

A too-pricey but seemingly very useful tool: