Probably depends what you need it for. If you want a comp that adds color to your music then VW is the one. But you probably wouldnt want to use it for clean mix comping.eyeknow666 wrote:Im really surprised at those who don't like the vitage warmer.......
It is considered by so many to be a real gem
PSP MasterComp
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- KVRAF
- 3745 posts since 29 Sep, 2002 from Killafornia
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- KVRist
- 292 posts since 25 Dec, 2003 from Bay Area, CA, USA
eyeknow666 wrote:Im really surprised at those who don't like the vitage warmer.......
It is considered by so many to be a real gem
Add me to that list. The trick is to use the "mix" knob and the saturation trims on the back, but overall the distortion/compression still sounds farty in the bass region to me. It just gets too heavy-handed too fast...
Off to try the MasterComp demo, hopefully this one will be more impressive.
@cold c: Thanks for the automation tip!
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- KVRAF
- 6478 posts since 16 Dec, 2002
The decision to use a gui almost identical to VW is gonna backfire on them. Most people who actually know what they're doing associate VW with digital grit, grain and farts. That could be a compliment if it was good sounding digital grit, grain and farts but that's not the case with VW.
Sure they gui is usable, but they could've at least change the color scheme.
This new compressor seems to be in a different class entirely.
(blue leds anyone?)
Sure they gui is usable, but they could've at least change the color scheme.
This new compressor seems to be in a different class entirely.
(blue leds anyone?)
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- KVRAF
- 11381 posts since 3 Feb, 2003 from Finland, Espoo
The difference being, one is actually good at compressing..aMUSEd wrote:I thought they were both compressors.bmanic wrote:Master compressor obviously has nothing else in common with VW than the GUI.aMUSEd wrote:So is this basically an evolution from Vintage Warmer or something completely new? It looks very similar but "souped up".
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- KVRian
- 1219 posts since 12 Aug, 2002
Shortly after this Vintage Warmer thingy came out we had a veritable spate of...erm..."vintage warmed" albums come through here for mastering. We would put them up on the mains...listen for a few seconds...and go, "Huh?!"
Blimey, folks *really* liked to slop that thing on.
I'd have to ring up and say, "Take it off...all of it."
These "warmer" jobbies...veeerrry, veeerrry dangerous they are. Veeerrrrry dangerous indeed...
Blimey, folks *really* liked to slop that thing on.
I'd have to ring up and say, "Take it off...all of it."
These "warmer" jobbies...veeerrry, veeerrry dangerous they are. Veeerrrrry dangerous indeed...
To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders - Lao Tzu
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- KVRAF
- 2049 posts since 18 Sep, 2003 from Seattle USA
bmanic - are you still hangin around here?
I'm thinking about the Sonalksis SV-315 Compressor - you've said it has a rubbery feel or sound, whatever you meant I'm looking for a non-transparent mastering compressor that is spongy or rubbery (haha great definitions, eh?) and that pumps - if I want it to - in a musical way.
Is that the Sonalksis SV-315 or the PSP MasterComp - or both in your opinion? I won't nail your head to the floor if I don't like either one - I just want to know what you (everybody else is welcome too!) think about these 2 mastering comps in comparison.
PS - Please no more VW stories folks - it's really a differnt thing altogether
I'm thinking about the Sonalksis SV-315 Compressor - you've said it has a rubbery feel or sound, whatever you meant I'm looking for a non-transparent mastering compressor that is spongy or rubbery (haha great definitions, eh?) and that pumps - if I want it to - in a musical way.
Is that the Sonalksis SV-315 or the PSP MasterComp - or both in your opinion? I won't nail your head to the floor if I don't like either one - I just want to know what you (everybody else is welcome too!) think about these 2 mastering comps in comparison.
PS - Please no more VW stories folks - it's really a differnt thing altogether
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- KVRAF
- 11381 posts since 3 Feb, 2003 from Finland, Espoo
.. it seems like I'm still hangin around here yes! 
Well, for master comp I don't really prefere any plugin compressor anymore. I'll either let a real mastering house do it or then I put a tiny little bit of sintefex fairchild on it (or the fairman if I don't want to lose bottom end) to glue the track together.
Of those two plugins that you mentioned I think that for a whole mix the PSP master comp might work better but this I am unsure of until I get my hands on a properly usable demo! I very much like the sonalksis compressor for individual tracks but I rarely use it on the master bus anymore. It's also a rather hard compressor to get pumping at will. Yes, it DOES have a sort of a rubbery, kind of squishy sound to it but it might not be what you want. If you feed a kick drum with a really sharp attack trough it it will compress it to sound *FLAP!!*THUDD* instead of *TCHACK!*THUDD*.. if you know what I mean?
Also, you have the Soniformer2 no? It can do some nice pumping now with that new downwards compression when you play with the attack and release settings.
And last but not least, never forget about the golden compressor from kjaerhus when it comes to plugins!
Cheers!
bManic
Well, for master comp I don't really prefere any plugin compressor anymore. I'll either let a real mastering house do it or then I put a tiny little bit of sintefex fairchild on it (or the fairman if I don't want to lose bottom end) to glue the track together.
Of those two plugins that you mentioned I think that for a whole mix the PSP master comp might work better but this I am unsure of until I get my hands on a properly usable demo! I very much like the sonalksis compressor for individual tracks but I rarely use it on the master bus anymore. It's also a rather hard compressor to get pumping at will. Yes, it DOES have a sort of a rubbery, kind of squishy sound to it but it might not be what you want. If you feed a kick drum with a really sharp attack trough it it will compress it to sound *FLAP!!*THUDD* instead of *TCHACK!*THUDD*.. if you know what I mean?
Also, you have the Soniformer2 no? It can do some nice pumping now with that new downwards compression when you play with the attack and release settings.
And last but not least, never forget about the golden compressor from kjaerhus when it comes to plugins!
Cheers!
bManic
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- KVRAF
- 2049 posts since 18 Sep, 2003 from Seattle USA
Thanks bmanic - my sonalksis demo ran out so I'm going by memory but when I demo'd it I was trying to get the most transparent sound I could...
Yes I have soniformer2 - I'll see what I can get out of the new downward mode, great idea!
Concerning the PSP MasterComp demo - are you able to get some automation envelopes happening in your host - it's kind of awkward but by grabing an envelope with 2 nodes on it in Sonar4 I could effectively move the attack knob in real time while the audio was playing.
PS: I guess the sound and feel I'm looking for is more or less 'rms-ish' I'll try and tweak GCO1 from Kjaerhus I remember it having a peak-y kind of feel but then again with the envelopes I should be able to get a pump out of it - especially if I use the pump envelope, good idea too!
Yes I have soniformer2 - I'll see what I can get out of the new downward mode, great idea!
Concerning the PSP MasterComp demo - are you able to get some automation envelopes happening in your host - it's kind of awkward but by grabing an envelope with 2 nodes on it in Sonar4 I could effectively move the attack knob in real time while the audio was playing.
PS: I guess the sound and feel I'm looking for is more or less 'rms-ish' I'll try and tweak GCO1 from Kjaerhus I remember it having a peak-y kind of feel but then again with the envelopes I should be able to get a pump out of it - especially if I use the pump envelope, good idea too!
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 1119 posts since 29 Jun, 2004 from within you without you
All I can say after playing with this a few days is - fully functional demo or not - it doesn't take a rocket scientist (Lord knows I'm not one ) to feel the vibes this compressor is capeable of.
It's definitely not for tracking. But even with nice, low 1:1 ratios, it gives source material enhanced vitality and glue.
Sort of like my UAD Fairchild, but modern (futuristic?)-sounding.
) to feel the vibes this compressor is capeable of.It's definitely not for tracking. But even with nice, low 1:1 ratios, it gives source material enhanced vitality and glue.
Sort of like my UAD Fairchild, but modern (futuristic?)-sounding.
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- KVRAF
- 4738 posts since 20 Feb, 2004 from Gothenburg, Sweden
Hi PSP!MidgeUre&MikeLove wrote:Wow - I don't post here much, but I really had to chime in. It is hard to evaluate such a static demo, but it is obvious to my ears that the compressor quality is to die for. What do I mean: the multitudes of fine detail and transparency in the sound. Finally, a real compressor, and better than anything TDM or RTAS (very initial comparison) we have heard. As for VW, it is not so transparent (I agree), and is best used as an effect. But the real PSP gem will always be the Mix Saturator. No eq or compressor (or even Tape Bus plugin) can even come close to what Mix Sat can do. If you ran clean signal through a rack of vintage 1073's, and then laid stereo completely onto 2" high domain 5 times in a row (minus the noise, of course), then you might have something akin to mix sat. Big big sound.
Stefan H Singer
https://dropshotaudio.com/
https://dropshotaudio.com/
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- KVRAF
- 25035 posts since 12 Jul, 2003 from West Caprazumia
yeah, looks like...stefancrs wrote:
Hi PSP!
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- KVRAF
- 11381 posts since 3 Feb, 2003 from Finland, Espoo
Good description! This is what I felt too. It sort of glues stuff together but only time will tell if it does it in a truly nice way (first impressions always deceive me!).JeffSanders wrote:All I can say after playing with this a few days is - fully functional demo or not - it doesn't take a rocket scientist (Lord knows I'm not one
It's definitely not for tracking. But even with nice, low 1:1 ratios, it gives source material enhanced vitality and glue.
Sort of like my UAD Fairchild, but modern (futuristic?)-sounding.
Cheers!
bManic
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- KVRAF
- 2049 posts since 18 Sep, 2003 from Seattle USA
anyone else looking at this or have any further thoughts...I really like the sound of it so far for a mastering comp (for a whole mix - by definition ) and don't have many things that can equal it in my testing...Friday is release date - if I can hold my breath that long...
) and don't have many things that can equal it in my testing...Friday is release date - if I can hold my breath that long... -
- KVRAF
- 11381 posts since 3 Feb, 2003 from Finland, Espoo
On the plugin side of things it really looks like this is going to be one of the best mastering compressors around. If I didn't have a hardware compressor I'd probably buy this baby! I'm still waiting for the proper demo tho..
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- KVRAF
- 2049 posts since 18 Sep, 2003 from Seattle USA
Interesting! I think this might just do the trick for a real good plugin mastering compressor...I've asked folks in quite a few forums about their opinion about it as a mastering compressor - I'm hearing stuff like I'll just use Vintage Warmer...ugh - unbelievable, 2 very different sounds for very different purposesbmanic wrote:On the plugin side of things it really looks like this is going to be one of the best mastering compressors around...
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oh well... I'm guessing the demo and the look are sinking this thing!