Gear · compressor
Inward Connections Vac Rac TSL-3
Dual-channel valve limiter, 1990s–2011. Optical gain cells with valve amplification and only reduction and make-up gain controls.
Source, read 15 Nov 2026
Records it appears on · 1
- Paramore
Paramore · Album, 2014
- Lead vocal · Input chainReportedLimiter named as one of two options in the lead vocal chain; the article gives it as an alternative to the Retro 176.
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