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VanLichten · Post by **VanLichten** » Sun May 07, 2006 9:17 am

Crunchessor, Vanilla Comp, GPP one.

vista · Post by **vista** » Sun May 07, 2006 9:33 am

AKAI QuadComp

http://www.thomann.de/de/akai_quad_comp_vstplugin.htm

Cyrosis · Post by **Cyrosis** » Sun May 07, 2006 9:36 am

I'll go for Sonitus compressor/multiband.

CANE CREEK · Post by **CANE CREEK** » Sun May 07, 2006 8:53 pm

The UAD-1 comps are superb......

D-Fusion · Post by **D-Fusion** » Sun May 07, 2006 9:01 pm

Buzcomp

funkadil · Post by **funkadil** » Sun May 07, 2006 9:02 pm

Z3R0T0N1N wrote:l love Stardust by Arguru.

Buzzcomp Free bundle does most of my comp work, but Stardust for special needs.

and for some good old skool punch, Kjaerhus Classic comp.

sometimes for Bass (with a capital Bass) i will use Blockfish, from DFP.

I don't have any payware compressors, actually. I don't use enough of it to really need any more that the free ones that i mention here, and really they are very high quality anyway, free or not.

Wow, sturdust looks good. And arguru is really awesome (didn't he do voyager?). Thanks for pointing this out.

beej · Post by **beej** » Sun May 07, 2006 9:30 pm

CANE CREEK wrote:The UAD-1 comps are superb......

Those three are my favourite, alongside my laptop workhorses, the Waves Ren Comp and Ren Vox, both of which are very smooth. But the UAD ones are the ones that have the highest "make it sound like a record" factor...

MelodyMan · Post by **MelodyMan** » Sun May 07, 2006 10:00 pm

Vanilla Compressor (professional quality)
Classic Compressor (bread and butter, but very fine)
Blockfish (when i need saturation)
GComp2 (another fine bread and butter compressor)

PeterL · Post by **PeterL** » Mon May 08, 2006 4:57 am

I don't want to compare products, but Voxengo and Kjaerhus comps are both really great.

the_nihilist · Post by **the_nihilist** » Mon May 08, 2006 3:27 pm

Blockfish for drums
Waves Rcomp for everything else
I really want to buy voxengo marquis compressor, but need money first
Kjaerhus' comp sound way too polite to me, I can't get these things to sound really nasty and pumpy and driven, plus they suck way too much CPU out of my old comp.

bobby yarrow · Post by **bobby yarrow** » Tue May 09, 2006 4:38 am

I use the UAD-1 1176 a shameful amount. The LA2A is sometimes just the thing, but either works or doesn't (for me). The fairchild I don't understand at all, but it sounds great on the 2-buss and sometimes I'll try it on other stuff.

Neodyn is a really clever compressor, completely unlike the UAD-1 ones. I use it alot as well. I have a bunch of others, but rarely use them.

Branis · Post by **Branis** » Tue May 09, 2006 5:33 am

TLs Saturated Driver - great sound and low CPU usage (and it's FREE)!

Spaceman Sounds · Post by **Spaceman Sounds** » Tue May 09, 2006 5:48 am

Uad 1176 then LA-2A the Fairchild on drum bus

what is your favorite all around software compressor?