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psych · Post by **psych** » Sat Feb 27, 2010 11:22 pm

Hi Folks,

I play guitar, dabble with bass and keys. Mostly hobby. Which IK t-racks single plug would you suggest? Which are others going to pick and why?

Psych

Download SOphist · Post by **Download SOphist** » Sat Feb 27, 2010 11:42 pm

if i had to choose one, i'd go with the fairchild emu. 'cause everybody needs a fairchild nowadays.

dodokvr · Post by **dodokvr** » Sat Feb 27, 2010 11:50 pm

It's a tough one because nobody knows what you have or use?

Vintage Tube Compressor/ Limiter Model 670 was probably the most popular in the singles sale.

yellowfever · Post by **yellowfever** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 12:08 am

They're all really good. I got a few in the group buy last summer; the 2 I use most is the Fairchild compressor and the Pulteq EQ.

shanecgriffo · Post by **shanecgriffo** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 12:13 am

fairchild!

psych · Post by **psych** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 12:14 am

I just have the usual effects that come with my daws. reaper and live 8. I know its hard to make recommendations not knowing. but discussion helps. I play mostly rock, blues, and trying to play jazz.

Psych

Funkybot's Evil Twin · Sun Feb 28, 2010 12:45 am

The Fairchild is great on things like vocals and acoustic guitar. The Opto Compressor is a solid all rounder, and definitely has that "Opto" character on the attack and release (sort of like a super LA2A). And the Pultec is just a really cool sounding character EQ. Take your pick. You can't go wrong with either of those three.

michael2 · Post by **michael2** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 2:08 am

Pultec makes things sound fat as hell, the Fairchild sounds great too. I like running groups of vocals through the Opto. If I had to choose one I would probably get the Opto (I do a lot of vox), and a close second would be the Pultec. THe weird thing for me with these plugs is: I never really use them for what they are supposedly for. if I need a "compressor" I use something else. I usually use these plugs for a colorful sound that they make (that I find pleasant).

geroyannis · Post by **geroyannis** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 2:37 am

Of course the Opto compressor. Sure, you can find uses for the other plugins, but the opto is suitable for so many things it's not even funny.

lightsfadelow · Post by **lightsfadelow** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 4:32 am

I have no idea what else you have, so it's hard to pick complimentary plugs for you...

I have the fairchild, pultec, opto, clipper, and the multiband limiter. i'd agree they are all solid plugs.

one thing i'd warn is that if you plan to be working on an x64 system with an x64 DAW, IK has said that they have NO timetable to releas x64 versions of the singles. (they do work ok with jbrige...)

so, for example, if i had to do it over, i might have bought the PSP sQuad pack instead of the pultec. it's x64 and you can get a better warmth out of it than the pultec. voxengo also is almost all x64 native, so you might want to check on some of their plugs instead.

and finally, check out http://varietyofsound.wordpress.com/ for great sounding free plugs.

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 5:16 am

geroyannis wrote:Of course the Opto compressor. Sure, you can find uses for the other plugins, but the opto is suitable for so many things it's not even funny.

I know it's easy to say this when I have 5 of them.......but +1 to the opto.

4damind · Post by **4damind** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 9:10 am

Pultec and Fairchild (in this order)

4tune · Post by **4tune** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 4:19 pm

If I could only keep one of them all I would keep the opto.

aurelius roq · Post by **aurelius roq** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 4:39 pm

What compressors do you have now?
What is your goal?

lightsfadelow · Post by **lightsfadelow** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 6:02 pm

Also why must it be a T-racks Single? Do you have some sort of coupon or you just think that's what you should get? There are lots of good plug-in vendors out there.

Which t-racks single plug in do you recommend?