FirComp: Free lookahead compressor for tracks or busses, looking for testers
- KVRist
- 60 posts since 19 Apr, 2021
Had a test of this, liking it so far.
Noise Producer
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- KVRAF
- 1619 posts since 30 May, 2003 from Milan, Italy
New version of FirComp2 out with VCA/RMS mode, and vid explaining it:
https://gumroad.com/jonvaudio/p/fircomp ... provements
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2Z3MVw ... io-Plugins
https://gumroad.com/jonvaudio/p/fircomp ... provements
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2Z3MVw ... io-Plugins
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- KVRian
- 895 posts since 1 Apr, 2005
I don't want to derail this thread, but this compressor is getting a lot of praise and since the DMG TrackComp thread has just been pushed I would like to take the chance to ask how the latter in DMG mode compares to FIR conceptually.
Does someone have/use both? Are they interchangeable for the most part?
Thanks,
LiteOn
Does someone have/use both? Are they interchangeable for the most part?
Thanks,
LiteOn
- KVRAF
- 5718 posts since 29 Sep, 2010 from Maui
I have them both, and don't see them as interchangeable. FirComp is about transparency, Track Comp is about character as far as I am concerned. They have different design goals imo.
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- KVRist
- 275 posts since 31 May, 2017
The VCA mode is so good.
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- KVRist
- 440 posts since 18 Feb, 2019
Awesome.
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- KVRian
- 777 posts since 21 Sep, 2008
I am amazed by this thing. I have just tried 0 attack on drums and it actually works, doesn't sound weird, and doesn't produce overshoots on the transients. And that was without look-ahead on. What is this, magic?
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- KVRist
- 213 posts since 26 Jul, 2019
Tried it as a limiter on a bass heavy track and try as I might it's pretty much impossible to make this bad boy distort. And as a compressor ... just wow. You've done an amazing job.
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- KVRist
- 275 posts since 31 May, 2017
Anybody using this as a buss compressor?
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- KVRAF
- 1619 posts since 30 May, 2003 from Milan, Italy
I've used it on a stereo buss in a mastering context.