Fairchild 670

TelePaul

Can someone explain - in very simple, Jelly Tots terms - what the Lat/Vert operation on a Fairchild 670 does?

PaulBrewer

No idea I'm afraid.

Where did you see a 670 ?

DamagedTrax

its similiar to mid/side in that it can process the lateral/vertical seperatly.

TelePaul

PaulBrewer wrote: »

No idea I'm afraid.

Where did you see a 670 ?

Bought one, I heard they were awesome.

TelePaul

DamagedTrax wrote: »

its similiar to mid/side in that it can process the lateral/vertical seperatly.

Ah okay, now we're getting somewhere. If it's not too much hassle, could you elaborate on the terms in bold?

PaulBrewer

TelePaul wrote: »

Bought one, I heard they were awesome.

Yea ? Best of Luck with it.

DamagedTrax

well mid/side (like on the pultec eqp1) splits the signal into (wait for it!) middle and side. allowing you to eq them seperatly from the one unit. very nice for putting a little sheen on the edges of a mix.

lat/vert on the 670 splits the signal into sum and differance and processes them seperatly thru the 2 stereo channels. basically just mid/side labelled differantly if im reading into it right.

DamagedTrax

TelePaul wrote: »

Bought one, I heard they were awesome.

:eek: couple of quid to spare eh?

man as sweet as they are theres like millions of things id spent that 20,000 on before one of them :eek:

**gets ready for the jealous rage when telepaul tells us he bought it in oxfam for €20**

jtsuited

TelePaul wrote: »

Bought one, I heard they were awesome.

you bought an actual 670???????????

TelePaul

jtsuited wrote: »

you bought an actual 670???????????

Was just joshing with Mr Brewer. What I AM enjoying is the T Racks knock-off though!

TelePaul

DamagedTrax wrote: »

:eek: couple of quid to spare eh?

I wish!

TelePaul

DamagedTrax wrote: »

well mid/side (like on the pultec eqp1) splits the signal into (wait for it!) middle and side. allowing you to eq them seperatly from the one unit. very nice for putting a little sheen on the edges of a mix.

lat/vert on the 670 splits the signal into sum and differance and processes them seperatly thru the 2 stereo channels. basically just mid/side labelled differantly if im reading into it right.

Great, thanks! Guess I have to read up on side-chaining!

DamagedTrax

... crisis averted...

nearly wet myself there.

TelePaul

DamagedTrax wrote: »

... crisis averted...

nearly wet myself there.

Here's the T Racks plug, looks pretty close to the original

PaulBrewer

TelePaul wrote: »

Was just joshing with Mr Brewer. What I AM enjoying is the T Racks knock-off though!

DamagedTrax

TelePaul wrote: »

Here's the T Racks plug, looks pretty close to the original

wonder why the made it a mirror image? licensing issue (uad have licensing on the name anyway)

madtheory

TelePaul wrote: »

Great, thanks! Guess I have to read up on side-chaining!

It's not side chaining. It's middle and side. These are two completely different things.

The archaic terminology comes from the Fairchild's original application- vinyl mastering. On vinyl, lateral is the stereo information, vertical is the mono.

studiorat

madtheory wrote: »

It's not side chaining. It's middle and side. These are two completely different things.

The archaic terminology comes from the Fairchild's original application- vinyl mastering. On vinyl, lateral is the stereo information, vertical is the mono.

^^
wot he said! You can compress the sides of the stereo field seperately to the center information. Handy for treating mixes where the vocal is too loud!

TelePaul

studiorat wrote: »

^^
wot he said! You can compress the sides of the stereo field seperately to the center information. Handy for treating mixes where the vocal is too loud!

Cheers for the tip!