just as a sidenote:
mda dynamics is a very good freeware compressor
Voxengo needs a freeware compressor.
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Michael Benjamin Michael Benjamin https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=114545
- KVRist
- 172 posts since 28 Jul, 2006 from Germany
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- KVRAF
- 25018 posts since 12 Jul, 2003 from West Caprazumia
I love most of the MDA plugins - good sounding, simple but useful and very easy on the cpu - but I find the dynamics plugin to be really horrible sounding tbh...Michael Benjamin wrote:just as a sidenote:
mda dynamics is a very good freeware compressor
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- KVRAF
- 11374 posts since 3 Feb, 2003 from Finland, Espoo
There is a much better freeware compressor IMHO, the MjCompressor from smartelectronix too (by Magnus, nyquist fame).
It has no custom GUI nor gain reduction meters (which make it a bit tricky as it can be EXTREMELY transparent) but work with it a while and I guarante you fantastic results.
It's on my "best digital compressors top 10" list and this is counting all the hardware I have too!
Cheers!
bManic
It has no custom GUI nor gain reduction meters (which make it a bit tricky as it can be EXTREMELY transparent) but work with it a while and I guarante you fantastic results.
It's on my "best digital compressors top 10" list and this is counting all the hardware I have too!
Cheers!
bManic
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- KVRAF
- 2054 posts since 3 Jun, 2001 from Not far from Australia
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- KVRAF
- 25018 posts since 12 Jul, 2003 from West Caprazumia
bmanic wrote:There is a much better freeware compressor IMHO, the MjCompressor from smartelectronix too (by Magnus, nyquist fame).
It has no custom GUI nor gain reduction meters (which make it a bit tricky as it can be EXTREMELY transparent) but work with it a while and I guarante you fantastic results.
It's on my "best digital compressors top 10" list and this is counting all the hardware I have too!
Cheers!
bManic
yeah, for mastering puposes it might be useful - but as a track insert it's imo useless due to being a Magnus plugin (it looks as if Magnus' main challenge when coding is to make simple plugins which waste as much cpu resources as possible
) - it uses about three times as much cpu-cycles as CGO-1 
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- KVRAF
- 6478 posts since 16 Dec, 2002
lest we forget: vanilla compressor 
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- KVRAF
- 25018 posts since 12 Jul, 2003 from West Caprazumia
indeed - usable quality and low on the cpu!Midiworks wrote:http://www.kvraudio.com/get/1144.html
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- KVRAF
- 19156 posts since 13 Feb, 2003 from Vancouver, Canada
My God, somebody skin that sweet compressor!Kingston wrote:lest we forget: vanilla compressor
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- KVRAF
- 25018 posts since 12 Jul, 2003 from West Caprazumia
Kingston wrote:lest we forget: vanilla compressor
fantastic sound and still uses only about half as much cpu as MJCompressor which imo doesn't sound as good and is surely by far not not as flexible...
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- KVRAF
- 11374 posts since 3 Feb, 2003 from Finland, Espoo
Oh yes, vanilla compressor is fantastic as well. I do however use MjCompressor mainly on tracks. I don't think it uses too much resources but then again, I never check how much a plugin uses CPU but rather how it sounds. If I run into trouble I simply upgrade my computer setup.. err.. right.. not! 
.. I see your point jens.
EDIT: Just realised how much MjCompressor actually uses CPU juice! It's more than 6 times that of vanilla compressor! Shees! ..but it DOES sound bloody awesome!
EDIT2: nope, sorry that was not correct. MjCompressor uses 6% cpu on my Athlon XP 3200+ where vanilla uses 4%. Somehow the vanilla compressor doesn't seem to work in latest FL Studio beta, hence it showed 1% of cpu usage.
Cheers!
bManic
.. I see your point jens.
EDIT: Just realised how much MjCompressor actually uses CPU juice!
It's more than 6 times that of vanilla compressor! Shees! ..but it DOES sound bloody awesome!EDIT2: nope, sorry that was not correct. MjCompressor uses 6% cpu on my Athlon XP 3200+ where vanilla uses 4%. Somehow the vanilla compressor doesn't seem to work in latest FL Studio beta, hence it showed 1% of cpu usage.
Cheers!
bManic
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- KVRAF
- 25018 posts since 12 Jul, 2003 from West Caprazumia
but also don't forget the free VBaudio StripTool V1 - incredibly low on the cpu and very good sounding (but not many controls)
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- KVRAF
- 19156 posts since 13 Feb, 2003 from Vancouver, Canada
Yeah, that thing is great - really good top end on the EQ too. But the worst controls ever; up is down, left is right, etc. Could really use an update.jens wrote:but also don't forget the free VBaudio StripTool V1 - incredibly low on the cpu and very good sounding (but not many controls)
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- KVRAF
- 25018 posts since 12 Jul, 2003 from West Caprazumia
bmanic wrote:Oh yes, vanilla compressor is fantastic as well. I do however use MjCompressor mainly on tracks. I don't think it uses too much resources but then again, I never check how much a plugin uses CPU but rather how it sounds. If I run into trouble I simply upgrade my computer setup.. err.. right.. not!
.. I see your point jens.
Cheers!
bManic
I always run out of cpu so I have to be very careful - ~5% is imo too much for any uni-functional effect-plugin... most of the synth-edit made delays (and a few others as well) also use that much on my machine b.t.w. while some hand-coded delays use less than 1%
these differences are significant and can't be mentioned often enough - but on the other hand you are right of course: in the end it's the sound that counts most...
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- KVRAF
- 25018 posts since 12 Jul, 2003 from West Caprazumia
right-click the controls - they are totally user-definablebduffy wrote: But the worst controls ever; up is down, left is right, etc. Could really use an update.
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