REQ: Tim Petherick BLUE MU V2 compressor / limiter

BLUE MU is a TUBE-TECH LCA 2B which is a tribute to the iconic FAIRCHILD compressor.

The LCA 2B is an all-tube VCA compressor/limiter. It’s a true TUBE VCA compressor, using a tube as the VCA (voltage-controlled amplifier). This kind of compressor is also known as a Vari Mu compressor.

LCA 2B is extremely versatile, and it works equally well on vocals, instruments, and as a bus compressor. Due to its very fast and smooth attack, it is also perfect for drums and percussion. The action of the LCA2B is always easy to hear, so finding the right setting on this compressor is not complicated.

LCA2B is designed to be the equivalent of the Fairchild 670, but only in terms of action, not the actual electronics. It is designed with the Fairchild in mind, delivering similar action but retaining its transparency or high frequencies, even when pushed to the limit). The fixed attack/release constants are duplicates of the Fairchild constants.