To be fair, your post is just as off-topicwhyterabbyt wrote:you really didnt read the question, did you.inkwarp wrote:elyssia impressor
NI VC 76
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IL Maximus
Best DAW compressor?
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Robert Randolph Robert Randolph https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=7328
- KVRAF
- 2224 posts since 25 May, 2003 from Saint Petersburg, Florida
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- KVRian
- 851 posts since 26 Jan, 2014 from United States of America
I always use Sonar (Cakewalk) built in compressors while I have NI Komplete effects as well.
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Robert Randolph Robert Randolph https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=7328
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- 2224 posts since 25 May, 2003 from Saint Petersburg, Florida
Also FWIW, none of my top 3 favorite stock compressors are in the DAW I use (even though I really like the Masterworks Leveler).
In order, for me (I already said 1 and 2)
1. SAWstudio Compressor
2. Logic's
3. AM|Track (Samplitude)
4. MasterWorks Leveler.
5. DP8's dynamic equalizer (envelop followers on EQ gain, like hooking up a compressor's sidechained GR to an eq's gain)
In order, for me (I already said 1 and 2)
1. SAWstudio Compressor
2. Logic's
3. AM|Track (Samplitude)
4. MasterWorks Leveler.
5. DP8's dynamic equalizer (envelop followers on EQ gain, like hooking up a compressor's sidechained GR to an eq's gain)
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- 8680 posts since 9 Jan, 2004 from leroyaumeuni
Logic
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- 5479 posts since 15 Dec, 2011 from Bucharest, Romania
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I only use stock comps when doing One Synth Challenge. Other than that, use only 3rd party. Because of the better looking GUIs.
I only use stock comps when doing One Synth Challenge. Other than that, use only 3rd party. Because of the better looking GUIs.
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Winstontaneous Winstontaneous https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=98336
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- 2344 posts since 15 Feb, 2006 from Berkeley, CA
I'm very impressed by the stock Logic comps (especially with the recent update).
If you include the Stillwell JS plugins, Reaper also has a great selection (though metering is less than ideal).
Also love AudioMulch's limiter (and ducker/gate, though that statement may run afoul of the OT police).
If you include the Stillwell JS plugins, Reaper also has a great selection (though metering is less than ideal).
Also love AudioMulch's limiter (and ducker/gate, though that statement may run afoul of the OT police).
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- KVRian
- 835 posts since 28 Apr, 2014 from Texas
I like Reaper's ReaComp quite a bit and still use it sometimes over my third party plugins.
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- KVRist
- 172 posts since 19 Oct, 2013 from Romania
+1Robmobius wrote:Studio one's is very decent.
Sounds good, feels good, looks good. Easy.
But the Channel Strip and TriComp are just as well very nice. Like them a lot.
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- KVRAF
- 6154 posts since 4 Dec, 2004
Don't know about "best" (an all too common red herring when it comes to musical tools) but I agree that the Mixbus DSP is really well done. You can smash that comp and it still sounds good. Same goes for the EQ, it has the silkiest high end of any daw I've used. Everything there is top notch really, the saturation, the compression, all of it.do_androids_dream wrote:Harrison Mixbus has the best built in compressor for me. Why? Because, in general, it does the least amount of damage to the signal whilst still doing its job very well - interpret that as you will. As for using other compressors - depends on too many variables to get into in one post. All I will say though is that the better you get at mixing the less you will use compression
Those guys certainly do know audio.
- Rad Grandad
- 38044 posts since 6 Sep, 2003 from Downeast Maine
Samplitude Ammunition, Samplitude Am-track, Samplitude Advanced Dynamics, Samplitude Multi-band dynamics, Samplitude sMax11 and the Samplitude eFX Compressor aint so bad...Pro X2 suite has great plugins, that's why I like it
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- Banned
- 22457 posts since 5 Sep, 2001
Logic for sure.. in fact i could easily use it for almost every dynamics need.
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- 3167 posts since 31 Dec, 2004 from People's Republic of Minnesota
About as off-topic as a marketplace/no chat post informing someone that was chatting that there's indeed no chatting allowed, I guess.Robert Randolph wrote:To be fair, your post is just as off-topicwhyterabbyt wrote:you really didnt read the question, did you.inkwarp wrote:elyssia impressor
NI VC 76
GTO
IL Maximus
Logic's compressor for me as well.
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do_androids_dream do_androids_dream https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=164034
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- 2908 posts since 26 Oct, 2007 from Kent, UK
Yeah that's why I said 'for me' - so, 'in my experience' I guess I should have said. It's certainly preferable to Reaper's and Studio One's stock stuff (wasn't very impressed with most of S1's plugins to be honest). Logic's compressors fair much better (from what I remember when I used them at Uni - Logic Pro 8 though). I've done exhaustive comparisons with compressors on a wide variety of material and I found - in particular - that the Mixbus comps do the least damage to the low end. Even using other comps with sidechain filters to control what frequencies are being compressed didn't sound as good to me. Yes, they really do know their stuff. Bootsie's ThrillseekerLA came surprisingly close though - useful to know for me when I'm mixing in Reaper.LawrenceF wrote:Don't know about "best" (an all too common red herring when it comes to musical tools) but I agree that the Mixbus DSP is really well done. You can smash that comp and it still sounds good. Same goes for the EQ, it has the silkiest high end of any daw I've used. Everything there is top notch really, the saturation, the compression, all of it.do_androids_dream wrote:Harrison Mixbus has the best built in compressor for me. Why? Because, in general, it does the least amount of damage to the signal whilst still doing its job very well - interpret that as you will. As for using other compressors - depends on too many variables to get into in one post. All I will say though is that the better you get at mixing the less you will use compression
Those guys certainly do know audio.