Punch Up Your Mixes With the dbx 160 Compressor | UAD Quick Tips

Learn how to add energy and life to drums with parallel compression, even out a bass performance, and bring presence to acoustic guitars with the dbx 160 Compressor/Limiter.

The dbx® 160 Compressor/Limiter stands alone with its enigmatic brand of solid-state VCA compression. Famous for its simple control set and firm, often radical compression characteristics, the UAD dbx 160 plug-in features nonlinearities not found in other VCA compressors, giving it a sonic personality all its own.

Now available for individual purchase, or on subscription as part of UAD Spark. Runs on Apollo & UAD-2, or natively on Mac & Windows.

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[keithrowe]

Thanks for this. Just an observation: I’m starting to think that the YT algorithm has a large amount of compression to it already. On the bass, through headphones I honestly couldn’t tell the difference between on and off. But when I try things in my DAW the difference is immediate and huge.

[BlackenedNL]

Yes this and the LA-3A REALLY need a GUI upgrade this year UA, for free

[bitflux]

the 5 minute uad tips are gold, im always overwhelmed with all the uad plugins i dont what to do with them or where to start, these vids point you in the right direction, please keep em coming

[bobgulian]

Yay Ben, you're becoming my fav YouTube audio engineering instructor with these tips and the Luna office hours. Yeah, it's very UAD centric but uh...so am I? Huh, guess I drank the whole glass of koolaid. Nevertheless, your demo-instruction has improved amazingly since Puremix days. Thanks!

[jenslempke]

Dbx fits best with short transients like drums IMHO. It gives that punch. For guitar I prefer 175B and for bass the 176. For vocals the 1176 and for keys the La3a.

[MajorSeventh]

A plugin shouldn't require a magnifying glass to use it. MkII pls and GUI update for the legacy.

[prodprotege]

Thank you for this video! I liek to use dbx 160 on guitars in my mixes

[bettertoolatethannever]

great vid hoss, im getting this, cheap as chips, today!

[TrueToTheCraft]

I’m pretty sure ppl who use their plugs especially the native ones are bedroom producers, it’s a shame they only ever seem to show these plugins with acoustic instruments. Why not demo them being used on soft synths and hardware synths

[beatprocess]

was thinking about but then i listened to analog Obsession version.

[marklholloway]

April 2021: PLEASE upgrade the UI to support Retina. It’s terrible to work with on Mac displays.

[Gang-j]

Why is the output not on 0 in its default state? Just curious.

[PlayerFiveVids]

is there a 165a plugin? maybe with a W/D function?