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 controls have been updated for an intuitive workflow, while 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.

home page: https://kazrog.com/products/mhb-red