Whats your all-purpose/secret sauce compressor plugin?
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- KVRAF
- 1525 posts since 29 Oct, 2015 from Jupiter 8
for me it's because i don't like how it sounds.
I'd take my stock Reacomp over it any day and i think it should have an even more unimposing interface to most.
I also don't like being stuck to several different “preset behaviors“ where you basically have to be very good at every single one of the algos to know their limits and have to swap and change most parameters again if one algo doesn't give you the exakt result you'd like, whereas the “freely customize everything on one single screen / algorithm“ is more to my liking.
This shouldn't stop anyone else but me though to have Pro-C as their valid choice of dynamics excellence, same as not everyone needs to like my favorite tools.
I'd take my stock Reacomp over it any day and i think it should have an even more unimposing interface to most.
I also don't like being stuck to several different “preset behaviors“ where you basically have to be very good at every single one of the algos to know their limits and have to swap and change most parameters again if one algo doesn't give you the exakt result you'd like, whereas the “freely customize everything on one single screen / algorithm“ is more to my liking.
This shouldn't stop anyone else but me though to have Pro-C as their valid choice of dynamics excellence, same as not everyone needs to like my favorite tools.
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- Banned
- 194 posts since 25 Apr, 2021
Molotok, of course.
(And DC1A on buses)
(And DC1A on buses)
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- KVRAF
- 6462 posts since 17 Dec, 2009
fair assessment.FapFilter wrote: ↑Mon Sep 27, 2021 6:02 pm for me it's because i don't like how it sounds.
I'd take my stock Reacomp over it any day and i think it should have an even more unimposing interface to most.
I also don't like being stuck to several different “preset behaviors“ where you basically have to be very good at every single one of the algos to know their limits and have to swap and change most parameters again if one algo doesn't give you the exakt result you'd like, whereas the “freely customize everything on one single screen / algorithm“ is more to my liking.
This shouldn't stop anyone else but me though to have Pro-C as their valid choice of dynamics excellence, same as not everyone needs to like my favorite tools.
It's really more of a "8 compressors in 1" (kinda like TrackComp or Logic's Stock compressor) than multi-compressor like DC8C or Presswerk (or Unisum)
For me i think it's the most used utility compressor, due to negligible CPU footprint. I can throw it anywhere and forget about it, and Opto is often on vocals when I want to keep it smoother. Opto action is similar to Pulsar Mu in its action, without the grime.
It's also one of the rare compressors with release hold.
One Molot costs like 15 Pro-C2's in terms of CPU.
- KVRAF
- 6980 posts since 28 Dec, 2015 from Atlantis Island
Logic Pro Compressor blows everything else out of the water.
Just sayin'...
Just sayin'...
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- KVRAF
- 6980 posts since 28 Dec, 2015 from Atlantis Island
Sonible smart.comp is a fast follower (and sometimes even a leader).
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- Banned
- 7624 posts since 13 Nov, 2015 from Norway
TDR Feedback Compressor is very nice. NOT an expert though
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- KVRAF
- 3089 posts since 4 May, 2012
Another vote for Supercharger.
Pulsar's Mu has got some sauce too.
Pulsar's Mu has got some sauce too.
- KVRAF
- 2032 posts since 15 Mar, 2002 from Seattle, WA - USA
At the very least it's a plugin that Logic users should not be sleeping on, me included. The same goes for PHAT FX (essentially CamelPhat 2.0) which also includes all of the stock compressor emulation models with tons of distortion/clipping modes to choose from.martinjuenke wrote: ↑Mon Sep 27, 2021 7:45 pm Logic Pro Compressor blows everything else out of the water.
Just sayin'...
- KVRAF
- 2032 posts since 15 Mar, 2002 from Seattle, WA - USA
I did pick up Mu when it was on sale and even to my amateur ears it sounds smoother and more controlled than any of the other vari-mu compressors I've tried so far. I keep forgetting I own Supercharger, so I should start experimenting with it more.Unaspected wrote: ↑Mon Sep 27, 2021 8:05 pm Another vote for Supercharger.
Pulsar's Mu has got some sauce too.
- KVRAF
- 7357 posts since 9 Jan, 2003 from Saint Louis MO
DDMF MagicDeathEye is what goes into all my mastering and a lot of individual tracks. To me it feels like there are no bad settings possible (unless you crank the makeup gain so much you clip something else later, so don't do that).
Supercharger GT is a close second, if I want to add more punch and/or saturation.
Supercharger GT is a close second, if I want to add more punch and/or saturation.
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- KVRist
- 275 posts since 11 May, 2010
I don't have the ears (hobbyist) that many of you probably have for telling compressors apart. I mainly use the LP compressors but also Kotelnikov, which seems to be very transparent to me (I see it's reducing gain, but it's harder to actually hear it! ). Then again I don't tend to compress all that much with any single compressor though of course that depends on the material.Tronam wrote: ↑Mon Sep 27, 2021 8:07 pmAt the very least it's a plugin that Logic users should not be sleeping on, me included. The same goes for PHAT FX (essentially CamelPhat 2.0) which also includes all of the stock compressor emulation models with tons of distortion/clipping modes to choose from.martinjuenke wrote: ↑Mon Sep 27, 2021 7:45 pm Logic Pro Compressor blows everything else out of the water.
Just sayin'...
I also use the compressor in the Lindell 80 channel strip, certainly that is a very coloring plugin but I happen to like the color a lot Obviously you don't have near the control in that compressor that you might in others. In my case that is sometimes a good thing to have less controls!
I always forget about Phat FX and really need to get to know it. I know it used to be a standalone Camel product like alchemy and *blam* it just appeared in Logic one patch along with what used to be called Step FX! I didn't know it was using the stock compressor, that is really cool.
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- Banned
- 380 posts since 13 Jul, 2021
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- KVRAF
- 2565 posts since 2 Jul, 2010
Having picked up Pro-C fairly recently, I know what you mean. With DC8C I can jump from a "preset behaviour" to the advanced screen and push parameters further. In one recent case I wasn't able to get the spitting snap that I wanted with Pro-C, but easily got there with DC8C.FapFilter wrote: ↑Mon Sep 27, 2021 6:02 pm for me it's because i don't like how it sounds.
I'd take my stock Reacomp over it any day and i think it should have an even more unimposing interface to most.
I also don't like being stuck to several different “preset behaviors“ where you basically have to be very good at every single one of the algos to know their limits and have to swap and change most parameters again if one algo doesn't give you the exakt result you'd like, whereas the “freely customize everything on one single screen / algorithm“ is more to my liking.
This shouldn't stop anyone else but me though to have Pro-C as their valid choice of dynamics excellence, same as not everyone needs to like my favorite tools.
That said, in other ways the workflow and sound quality are very nice so I hope to get to know its modes and limitations better. The sidechain EQ is very nice, and may well push bx_opto out of my go-to set.