TC ELECTRONIC Finalizer

Sometimes, products enter our collective consciousness to such an extent that they become synonymous by label or design: so say the word “Fender” and I bet most people would say “Stratocaster”, or the word Mini might be followed by “Moog”, which says an awful lot about the way us tech-heads think (we don’t immediately think BMW!). So it’s even more remarkable that when you say TC, many professionals would probably not say “Electronic”, its highly regarded brand, but “Finalizer!”

HISTORY REPEATING

TC Electronic released the Finalizer in 1996, which was built on the shoulders of the M5000 multiband compressor. It was an immediate hit, sharpening the focus on mastering, which was a process that many were unsure