Michael Brauer’s Rare Vintage Hybrid Compressor.

MHB Red – At a Glance

  • Developed with Michael Brauer—Modeled on the personal Fairchild* 666 of Grammy-winning mix engineer Michael H. Brauer (Coldplay, John Mayer, Florence and the Machine), capturing the behavior of a compressor that has been a key part of his vocal chain for decades.
  • A Fairchild unlike any other— The 666 was Fairchild’s hybrid opto-compressor, distinct from the Delta-Mu 660 and 670. Its unique combination of tube amplification and solid-state control circuitry produces a musical compression character all its own—part compressor, part saturation box.
  • Modernized controls with vintage soul—Attack, ratio, threshold, release, and makeup gain have been updated for an intuitive workflow. In contrast, a dedicated THD control lets you dial in everything from subtle tube warmth to aggressive saturation.
  • Built for the mix—Sidechain high-pass and low-pass filters, stereo link, wet/dry mix for parallel compression, and Kazrog’s Analog Entropy feature for authentic component-level variation between channels.

System Requirements

300 × 250 Ad
  • macOS 10.13.x or higher required
  • VST, AU, AAX (64-bit) compatible host required
  • Pro Tools 12 or higher required for the AAX version
  • Apple M1 (or Intel i5 “Ivy Bridge”) CPU or newer is strongly recommended
  • All Kazrog plugins are Universal Binary 2 (native support for both Apple Silicon and Intel architecture)