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ADR Vocal Stressor

Compressor-limiter-expander with built-in equaliser, mid-1970s (launched c.1975). The FET-based Compex dynamics circuit combined with a four-band sweep equaliser in one rack unit.

Source, read 15 Nov 2026

Records it appears on · 1

  • Ten

    Pearl Jam · Album, 1991

    • Lead vocal · Input chainReportedNamed as part of Vedder's vocal chain on the Ten sessions.

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Kiive Audio Complexx

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Models the ADR Compex, the dynamics section inside the Vocal Stresser, but without its equaliser.

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