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jbarish · Post by **jbarish** » Wed Feb 14, 2018 4:38 pm

Endor-8o8 wrote:MasterComp is a very different beast than Novatron. Novatron is all about vibe, saturation and color. MasterComp is about transparent and clean Bus/Mastering compression duties.

This is very true but I'm wondering if there's anything about MasterComp that isn't accomplished better these days by newer tech (i.e. TDR Kotelnikov etc)

Endor-8o8 · Post by **Endor-8o8** » Wed Feb 14, 2018 4:44 pm

jbarish wrote:
Endor-8o8 wrote:MasterComp is a very different beast than Novatron. Novatron is all about vibe, saturation and color. MasterComp is about transparent and clean Bus/Mastering compression duties.
This is very true but I'm wondering if there's anything about MasterComp that isn't accomplished better these days by newer tech (i.e. TDR Kotelnikov etc)

You should give a try to both. Maybe for very clean mastering and bus compression Kotelnikov is better. A lot of people rave about Kotelnikov and its clean results.
You can download the free version of Kotelnikov and try the demo of MasterComp. Your ears and material will judge if it's missing in your arsenal or not.

EDIT : Kotelnikov will not need Ilok.

jbarish · Post by **jbarish** » Wed Feb 14, 2018 8:28 pm

Endor-8o8 wrote:
jbarish wrote:
Endor-8o8 wrote:MasterComp is a very different beast than Novatron. Novatron is all about vibe, saturation and color. MasterComp is about transparent and clean Bus/Mastering compression duties.
This is very true but I'm wondering if there's anything about MasterComp that isn't accomplished better these days by newer tech (i.e. TDR Kotelnikov etc)
You should give a try to both. Maybe for very clean mastering and bus compression Kotelnikov is better. A lot of people rave about Kotelnikov and its clean results.
You can download the free version of Kotelnikov and try the demo of MasterComp. Your ears and material will judge if it's missing in your arsenal or not.

EDIT : Kotelnikov will not need Ilok.

I already own Kotelnikov, so I think I'm good unless anyone can tell me something MasterComp can do better.
Then I'll need to investigate. $29 is a great deal but not so much if I've already got those bases covered.

DrReacto · Post by **DrReacto** » Wed Feb 14, 2018 10:10 pm

MasterComp can do expansion with fractional ratios, not sure if Kotelnikov can do that.

MogwaiBoy · Post by **MogwaiBoy** » Thu Feb 15, 2018 3:17 am

MasterComp hasn't been updated in years and brings FL Studio to a crawl where it takes 30 seconds just to click a button.

I got it in a trade with other PSP plugins but honestly I've never ever been able to use it. Ditto Buspressor. I sent a support email to PSP but they never responded. Don't get me wrong, they make some absolutely incredible stuff (e27, FETpressor) that work perfectly bug-free.

Kotelnikov is wonderful though. Are you looking for something cheap-ish but more "colourful" to complement it? Check out MJUC.

Aloysius · Post by **Aloysius** » Thu Feb 15, 2018 6:19 am

Near impossible to pass up for less than 22 EUR in My Account @ PSP. The few reviews I've read are very positive.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLW93tCQWEE

electricthing · Post by **electricthing** » Thu Feb 15, 2018 7:15 pm

Edit; nevermind

michaeltn86 · Post by **michaeltn86** » Thu Feb 15, 2018 8:42 pm

I'm not a person whom favour ilok, but I understand why many developers are migrating to it. these kinda of of misunderstanding would be avoid. and slate opened "all the doors" to ilok.

anyway, hope psp puts its effects bundle on sale. hopefully I'm buying it.

edit: ps: developers should think about Valhalla or TDR plugins business model imo. that way these kind of misunderstanding would be avoided. make it non-recallable or silence every 30 seconds, and downloadable only when u buy it. and that would prevent u to join ilok. I'd much prefer non ilok protection as ilok *****. can't even imagine how developers feel that they have to pay to get protected and being "cracked" even so. waste of money, time, and bad to end customers. anyway, I understand them.

electricthing · Post by **electricthing** » Thu Feb 15, 2018 8:56 pm

edit; nevermind

michaeltn86 · Post by **michaeltn86** » Thu Feb 15, 2018 8:57 pm

sorry. there's nothing to read and I bumped this topic so psp can have more sales ;p

CrystalWizard · Post by **CrystalWizard** » Fri Feb 16, 2018 4:59 am

Wow $29 ? Unless you already havea great transparent, clean compressor it is a no brainer. I paid much more and i'm quite happy with it.

nicksohn · Post by **nicksohn** » Sat Feb 17, 2018 8:00 am

I have fabfilter pro-c2 for transparent job.
do i need this one?

Mr. Spock · Post by **Mr. Spock** » Sat Feb 17, 2018 2:55 pm

TDR Kotelnikov is certainly the most transparent compressor and it is excellent.

I personally prefer Mastercomp though. It's also transparent but not as much. So it still has a bit of a character you'd expect from a buss compressor. I also prefer it to The Glue. It sounds clean but not sterile
and is great for cleaning up and making lower frequencies tighter. Also the metering is really great.

My 2 cents

PSP MasterComp. Please discuss (on sale for $49 atm).