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Dr. Pepper 1176 setting

Dr. Pepper 1176 setting - Pro Tools Tutorial

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Dr. Pepper 1176 setting

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- [Voiceover] Universal Audio 1176 is one of the all time best compressor limiters, but it can be a little tricky to set up. Here's a tried and true setting that's been used on hits for almost 50 years called the Dr. Pepper setting. Now the reason why it's called the Dr. Pepper setting is because back in the 60's, the company that owned the Dr. Pepper soft drink ran a television ad that basically said you should drink Dr. Pepper three times a day. At ten AM, two PM, and at four PM. And it turns out these settings actually work really well on 1176. So let's check it out. There are a number of interesting quirks about the 1176 that you should know about first. For instance, the fastest attack and release time is all the way to the right. And this is slow on almost every other compressor. So in other words, all the way to the right gives you the slowest setting, but on the 1176 it gives you the fastest setting. So this is fast release and fast attack. And of course all the way to the…

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