One more question, Tony: What can I do with a negative ratio? Can I use it to restore the dynamics of squashed audio material?

Thanks.

what on earth do you mean by "the boutique genre" ? it sounds like bullshit talk for: I only buy what is expensive because I don't know how to make the best of the least

I just spent handful of hours working on a new song with DC8C on a few tracks and the master. Pretty darn awesome.

I just got a new computer, so I'm redemoing some of the stuff I've been thinking about buying for a while guilt free. So I was able to compare it to The Glue directly. I prefer DC8C. It sounds clearer and more alive to me. I saw a couple people say something like that on forums and though "hm, that sounds like distortion sheen description, not necessarily what I want". But that's not what I'm hearing. It just has a more open sound somehow.

It is does require more tweaking to really maximize than The Glue. But it has like 3x the knobs, so that's kind of a given.

The oversampling is pretty CPU brutal though. Probably best to just leave it off until exporting/rendering.

Awesome job, Tony.

I also think a Lot of copies would be sold if there was a full demo version. There should be a lot more talk about this here and Gearslutz, so I'm guessing most people are shying away because of the lack of a demo, even if it is very reasonably priced.

The free on is allready soooo good.
Must grab this one.

I'm still hesitating, the lack of demo kinda puts me off, even if the price is grat : I already have a bunch of compressors, and don't know how much it overlaps/sounds different, so i guess i'll have to ask questions :

- Are the different modes from the "easy" panel just some kind of presets, or will it make similar settings from the Expert panel sound different if you keep the knobs settings but change the mode ?

- What is the cpu use ?

- How good is it as a "smack" compressor ?

- Is it good for upward/downward expansion ?

Thank you in advance !

Reasonably low. A touch high with oversampling.

Awesome. Surprisingly awesome with a few tweaks.

Yes.

I'm nominating it 'the compressor bargain of the year'. So versatile - it's a breath mint - it's a candy mint - it's a character mint - it's a clean mint - it's like eight mints in one.

Thanks, Mandolarian.
But argh, you're ruining all my efforts for reducing my plugin arsenal and limiting my GAS !

Sorry, but it's really affordable, so it causes only minor GAS, not hugely stinky GAS.

Can it really work as an expander? I haven't read anything like that.

Hmmm....I've got it working as a peak expander/upward compressor so far. Will have to check the downside - so many parameters to tweak.

Good to know, thanks.
And is it any good as a transient shaper ?

Oh, yes! Both sharp snappy shaping and blunt squashed clunking shaping (Think that's the technical term).

Even has an 'easy' preset for transient 'snapping':
"SNAP
This is the transient spitting machine.
a gain reduction around -2 dB might already
be enough to spice up drums.
Also suitable to emphasize the attack of
guitar/bass guitar signals. Be careful with
the output knob: the differences between
transients and the rest of the signal can be
huge."

Well, that's probably because the reduction meter currently acts like a VU meter.
So, if you see 2 db gain reduction, on percussive material,
it's most probably 5 to 7 db, in reality.

I talked to Tony about this
and he said the meter will show real reduction,
in the upcomming update ...

I.e.:
Great comp and great support !



Jan