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ancoats · Post by **ancoats** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 10:32 pm

I'll keep it simple. Is the compressor onboard the channel strip plug (GAC) of the same quality as the GCO single compressor plug? Or are the sum parts in GAC mere shadows of their singular selves?

This will influence a buying decision.

greendoor · Post by **greendoor** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 11:43 pm

Torben has always said that GCO-1 is the flagship compressor. It has more features - except for the critically important new features (like side chain) which it lacks, so I am baffled too. It would appear that Torben wants you to buy them all to get the features you need - probably fair enough, but Torben denies that is the case. I'm sitting on the fence on this one, hoping for something better to come along.

AndrewSimon · Post by **AndrewSimon** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 11:48 pm

According to Torben GAC is "temporarily ahead" of GCO as far as side chain feature but this won't last long.

steffensen · Post by **steffensen** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 12:04 am

just buy GUP-1 and get on with it.

flugel45 · Post by **flugel45** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 5:45 am

greendoor wrote:Torben has always said that GCO-1 is the flagship compressor. It has more features - except for the critically important new features (like side chain) which it lacks, so I am baffled too. It would appear that Torben wants you to buy them all to get the features you need - probably fair enough, but Torben denies that is the case. I'm sitting on the fence on this one, hoping for something better to come along.

My feelings exactly. I own the flagship, and don't feel I should have to buy the lesser product just for side chain capability.

If it's true GCO-1 will be updated with sidechaining soon, I will be a happy camper.

JD

EnzymeX · Post by **EnzymeX** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 8:06 am

Yes, Please implement sidechain and wet/dry mix in GCO! That would make it a true "flagship" product.

flugel45 wrote:
greendoor wrote:Torben has always said that GCO-1 is the flagship compressor. It has more features - except for the critically important new features (like side chain) which it lacks, so I am baffled too. It would appear that Torben wants you to buy them all to get the features you need - probably fair enough, but Torben denies that is the case. I'm sitting on the fence on this one, hoping for something better to come along.
My feelings exactly. I own the flagship, and don't feel I should have to buy the lesser product just for side chain capability.

If it's true GCO-1 will be updated with sidechaining soon, I will be a happy camper.

JD

verstaerker · Post by **verstaerker** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 8:43 am

wtf wet/dry mix? anyway your host should be able to do this

steffensen · Post by **steffensen** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 9:15 am

most host cant do wet/dry no. FLS can tho..and u can easily do something like that in eXT as well. OR u can route in your host and putting the compressor as Send. that also works.

greendoor · Post by **greendoor** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 10:24 am

The flagship compressor should have wet/dry mix. It's almost a standard proceedures these days to mix in a compressed vocal with the original uncompressed vocal. It's best done with wet/dry mix to ensure 100% phase coherance. Probably not an issue with good VST hosts, but definately an issue with some.

steffensen · Post by **steffensen** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 10:50 am

it really should be a standard in every host to have wet/dry.

Torben · Post by **Torben** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 5:38 am

ancoats wrote:I'll keep it simple. Is the compressor onboard the channel strip plug (GAC) of the same quality as the GCO single compressor plug? Or are the sum parts in GAC mere shadows of their singular selves?

This will influence a buying decision.

The short answer is that the quality of the compressors is the same but the GCO-1 is more versatile.

verstaerker, doing a mix in the Host between the dry signal and the wet from a compressor might not always be the best idea. In some cases there might be phase considerations other than the latency. The best way is always to mix inside the compressor itself.

Torben

ObsoleteAcc99 · Post by **ObsoleteAcc99** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 5:44 am

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Torben · Post by **Torben** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 11:02 am

ttoz wrote:any eta on the mac versions Torben? even an IDEA?

Things have gone rather unexpected in this project. At the moment I won’t dare to promice any date.

Torben

ObsoleteAcc99 · Post by **ObsoleteAcc99** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 10:26 pm

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Frippertronix · Post by **Frippertronix** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 10:55 pm

Torben wrote:
ttoz wrote:any eta on the mac versions Torben? even an IDEA?
Things have gone rather unexpected in this project. At the moment I won’t dare to promice any date.

Torben

Torben, how are things coming on your synth?

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