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Audio & Design (Recording) ltd. Compressors c. 1979

I was recently given hundreds of pages of Audio & Design (Recording) ltd. (hf. ADR) literature from the 1970s, and I’ll be uploading it over the course of… my lifetime, I suppose.  Anyhow, here’s a package of original data sheets ETC on their rack-mount compressors of the era:

DOWNLOAD: ADR_comps_1979

AND – BONUS – a period essay regarding compressor-usage by founder M. Beville: Beville_ADR_Comps_77

Products covered, with text, specs, and images, include: ADR Gemini Compact (their ‘prosumer’ unit), Gemini East Rider, F690 ducking limiter, Compex compressor / expander, F600 broadcast limiter, FM Stereo Ex-press limiter, and Transdynamic processor.

We previously featured ADR’s ‘Scamp’ series of modular processors from the same era.. click here for that jazz…

chris

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  • Hi Chris.

    Do you have any info on the earlier F600 RS model, which is 3 RU high?

  • Hi Chris,

    Do you have any ingo on the E500-rs by ADR by any chance? That would be a great help!

    Thanks in advance!

  • Loving this page!
    Is there a schematic or service manual for the adr e500-rs ?
    Mine just lost it :)

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