Curvy Channel (lite free sample pack)

Man, what a treat it is to get to capture these. Let's cut to the chase: this is basically a 100% analog, plugin-free recreation of the signal chain for all those legendary '70s EMI albums, accessible to us mortals. Think Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Queen, Deep Purple, Fela Kuti, Radiohead, Alan Parsons Project, XTC, Kate Bush, Siouxsie and The Banshees, Lady Gaga, Frank Ocean, Stevie Wonder, Massive Attack, Oasis, Nick Cave, all going for that sound. The Chandler Curve Bender, combined with the British 500 ohm circuit on the Highland Dynamics BG2, gives us a pretty dead-on signal chain of the EMI TG12345 equalizer and the EMI RS124 compressor, which is an Altec 438C vari-mu compressor modded by EMI's technicians and is legendary as The Beatles' "secret weapon." EMI would continue to use this compressor well into the '70s and beyond. Lastly, we route our signal through a Handsome Audio Zulu with the controls set for the 4 inch Studer J37 tape machine that gave EMI recordings such a polished, high quality sound.