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Modern Fire Chainer

by Antress
Best for Mixers chasing tube-style vari-mu compression for rounded bass, piano, guitars, vocals, and program material.
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Key Features

  • Fairchild 660-style compressor model.
  • Input gain and threshold controls with 0–20 dB input range.
  • Selectable attack and release time constants, including automatic release modes.
  • Variable ratio from 1:1 to 20:1.
  • DC Adjust control spans compression to limiting behavior.
  • VU, gain-reduction, or off metering plus output gain control.

Description

Modern Fire Chainer is an Antress compressor modeled on the Fairchild 660 design. It provides input gain, threshold, time-constant selection, attack, release, ratio, DC adjustment, metering, and output gain so you can move from gentle tube-style leveling to stronger compression and limiting behavior.

The control range covers input and output gain from 0 to 20 dB, ratio from 1:1 to 20:1, selectable attack and release values, and VU or gain-reduction metering. DC Adjust provides the comp-to-limit range described in the listing.

The supplied source provides a Win32 VST download at approximately 2.3 MB.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Modern Fire Chainer modeled on?

Antress describes it as a Fairchild 660 compressor clone. Its controls are aimed at tube-style compression and limiting behavior.

What timing controls are available?

The listing provides a time-constant selector, selectable attack values, and release values from 0.3 seconds to 5 seconds plus two automatic modes.

Which format is listed?

The supplied page lists a Win32 VST download of approximately 2.3 MB.

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