[BC] processing way back when

[Milton R. Holladay Jr.]

I had one of those in use for a while; sounded very good; a pain to maintain
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From: "Mark Humphrey" <mark3xy at gmail.com>
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> Not the first limiter, but possibly the first "look-ahead" limiter was
> the General Electric BA-5-A, which is shown in my 1947 GE broadcast
> audio catalog.
> 
> According the the catalog blurb, its initial development was done by
> the CBS technical staff, and it included a delay line in the signal
> path, to "delay the signal until bias generator circuits have time to
> reduce the required amplifier gain", and also had a dual-time-constant
> release "anti-pump" circuit.