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inzeenir · Post by **inzeenir** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 7:56 pm

Which software compressor gives good results with alesis style pumping sidechain compression?

Bonteburg · Post by **Bonteburg** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 8:04 pm

any comp gives you that daft punk pump provided you kick it real hard.

Marco

snooky · Post by **snooky** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 8:41 pm

Stardust!!

snooky · Post by **snooky** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 8:42 pm

the compressor not the tune

Karen-K · Post by **Karen-K** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 8:51 pm

depending on the soft you are using but the best tool I've used to get it is FL peak controler....very acurate and simple to use.
If you don't use FL go for some voxengo stuff (Marquis looks excellent) or similar tools.

Kisses
Karen

scuzzphut · Post by **scuzzphut** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 9:02 pm

snooky is right.
a second vote here for stardust. definitely give it a try

jmh · Post by **jmh** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 10:09 pm

Stardust indeed. There was that other thingamajig that emulated the typical processing material goes thru before being aired on radio, can't recall its name. That'd be even better if parameter tweaking didn't equal editing a text file.

There's something lurking out there, getting released in the near future, that's also rather excellent for the task. You wouldn't necessary know from its name it can do such things though...

JMH

deastman · Post by **deastman** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 10:44 pm

inzeenir wrote:Which software compressor gives good results with alesis style pumping sidechain compression?

I don't have an answer for you, but are you saying that Daft Punk used an Alesis 3630 compressor on One More Time? That has got to be the worst sounding compressor ever made!

And I should know, I have one sitting right here... although I'm almost ashamed to admit it!

inzeenir · Post by **inzeenir** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 11:18 pm

Will try that stardust, looks like a nice tool!
And daft punk as far as I know really used alesis for the pumping effect, don't know if it was on One More Time though.

Urs · Post by **Urs** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 12:16 am

I get headaches when I hear this stuff. Daft Punk sounds like good ideas rendered to shyte (to me). Why would one want to have the base drum puke over everything?!? It's just, you know, I don't know...

Urs

funkadil · Post by **funkadil** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 12:30 am

It sounds cool sometimes I think. Its like energy, not from the music but from the noise, the sound. A Melded overload of gum-thwacking bumpn' mix-moving kicks. Its just an effect to sound, leaving the realm of accepted techniques, until it becomes accepted in commercial music. Taste?

Barf · Post by **Barf** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 12:36 am

'Daft Pump'

Mr. Tunes · Post by **Mr. Tunes** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 12:59 am

deastman wrote:
inzeenir wrote:Which software compressor gives good results with alesis style pumping sidechain compression?
I don't have an answer for you, but are you saying that Daft Punk used an Alesis 3630 compressor on One More Time? That has got to be the worst sounding compressor ever made! And I should know, I have one sitting right here... although I'm almost ashamed to admit it!

Hah yeah but they're pretty good if you want to get a few for an analog studio setup where you need many compressor inserts for cheap.

> DiGiT < · Post by **> DiGiT <** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 4:07 am

probably the best compressor i have found on the pc is elemental audio neodynium... you can get any sound out of this one with an extremely easy interface. the sound is great too!

Resonant Serpent · Post by **Resonant Serpent** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 4:57 am

deastman wrote:
inzeenir wrote:Which software compressor gives good results with alesis style pumping sidechain compression?
I don't have an answer for you, but are you saying that Daft Punk used an Alesis 3630 compressor on One More Time? That has got to be the worst sounding compressor ever made! And I should know, I have one sitting right here... although I'm almost ashamed to admit it!

I've heard in quite a few places that they used the 3630. I've seen a few in some studios I visited with a friend and thought it was kind of strange that someone would have gear that cost 3 to 5k next to a 99.00 alesis compressor.

Then I was reading TapeOp, and I found this:

http://www.blacklionaudio.com/alesis_3630_mod.html

Everyone I talked to said that it really made a difference, so I took a shot and tried it. It kicks ass.

Pumpin "daft punk" effect