Like Batman and Robin, wherever you found a Drawmer DL221 compressor then you were almost as likely to find the DS201 noise gate in the rack. Paul White reviewed it for Home Studio Recording in 1985 and said “For the small studio, the side chain access and monitoring is a significant selling point as it means that the unit can be conscripted into use as a de-esser or a de-popper with the simple addition of any equaliser you have lying around.” Full review at Mu:zines Drawmer DS201 Noise Gate (£345) ![]() British built, the DL221 was a workhorse compressor with a few tricks up its sleeve including being used as a de-esser, owing to the option to side-chain it with filters. In the 1980s Drawmer compressors were a staple of home recording studios, in fact many pro studios used them too. It offered 2 tracks of of 16bit 48kHz recording and was the ideal machine to master to for those who were preparing tracks for CD pressing. Depending on how much money one had it ranged from the Aiwa 770 pro cassette recorder, but for those willing to stretch the Sony DTC1000ES was mixing heaven. We struggled on the team about what to include as the 2 track mastering device. Yes you had to cable the stuff together in the 80s and it soon got costly, even if most of it used phono and jack cables. The icing on the cake, however, has got to be the mixer's routing system which has certainly taken a leaf out of the big boys' book Soundcraft, Harrison and the like.” Full review at Mu:zines Cabling (£200) Its facilities offer almost everything you would desire including a slightly unorthodox EQ stage that surprisingly, sounds better in reality than it looks on paper. In the March 1985 edition of Home Studio Recording Ian Gilby wrote “The Seck 1882 mixer is, without doubt, one of the most versatile and compact units on the market today. However it was well equipped and was used in many home studios. Added to this it was equipped with hundreds of tiny knobs and buttons which made it quite fiddly to use. The Seck 1882 took a somewhat unconventional approach to design, mounting the entire console on one circuit board. The Seck 1882 was often paired with the Fostex B16, offering remarkable value for money.
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