Need Some Compression? The Urei / Universal Audio 1176 Introduced

Here is the first true peak limiter/compressor introduced in the late 60s that used solid state electronics. These are workhorses in the industry and have been a huge part of the sound behind most hit records. Wes shares its sonic properties with 2 1176s daisy chained together.

Wes is in RAK Studios http://rakstudios.co.uk/ is one of the UK's best-known recording studios. It was founded in 1976 by English record producer Mickie Most. There are four studios at RAK, all of which are kitted out with classic, top-of-the-range recording equipment.

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Wes Maebe's http://www.wesonator.com clients have included UB40, Gabrielle Aplin, Elliott Randall, Ann Peebles, Sting, Alexandra Burke, Melanie C, Chaka Khan, Robert Plant and Cat Stevens.

Morris Michael ('Mo' | who is heard singing in this video) was born in London’s Hackney Hospital in 1959, the son of immigrants from Antigua who had arrived in the Windrush era to find a better job than cutting sugar cane. In the 80s Mo Mo recorded with artists such as Scritti Politti, The Blow Monkeys, Tina Turner, Ruby Turner, Evelyn Thomas, Precious Wilson, Imagination, Belouis Some, Hazel O’Connor, Living in a Box, Techno Twins, Errol Brown, Samantha Fox, Quincy Jones, Paul Weller, Wham!, Altered Images, Suggs, Erasure, Yazz and others. He did a session with Steely Dan producer Gary Katz, a song called “Rhythm of Life” which was recorded by an artist called Hugh Harris, who was going out with Sinead O’Connor. The track was in the movie “Uncle Buck”.

In January 2013 Morris returned to music full time, since when he has been writing like fury, started gigging again, joined The Fireside Sessions in Southern Ireland and is rapidly building a reputation as a writer and troubadour in the style of one of his heroes, James Taylor.