I was delightfully surprised when I happened upon the new 1029 Stereo VCA Compressor from AEA. Isn’t the company best known for its great collection of ribbon mics? AEA’s incredible mics are a 21st century studio standard. My partners and I have eight of their ribbons living in our mic closet right now. If you’ve been paying attention, you also know that AEA makes an incredible set of mic preamps with features specifically targeting the needs of ribbon junkies like me. My studio currently has four channels of the AEA RPQs [Tape Op #73] in our patchbay. I’m a big fan of AEA’s entire toolkit, and I was intrigued to hear what they had cooked up for their latest adventure: Not a mic, not a preamp, but a VCA-based stereo compressor!
Official site: aearibbonmics.com