Gear · compressor
dbx 165
Records it appears on · 1
- Do You Really Want to Hurt Me
Culture Club · Kissing to Be Clever, 1982
- Lead vocal · Input chainReportedOne of two dbx compressors (160 or 165, whichever the racks had free) used on the lead vocal.
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Universal Audio dbx 160 Compressor / Limiter
compressor
Models the dbx 160, an earlier relative. It gives the dbx style of compression, not this unit.
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Waves dbx 160 Compressor / Limiter
compressor
Models the dbx 160, an earlier relative. It gives the dbx style of compression, not this unit.
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