I guess this demo works as a ear trainer. Also, check out the .wav maybe mp3 screws it up? (not on my system though, I hear it clearly in the mp3 too but I made the snippet so I can't give a fair comparison).Cheers!
bManic
Compadre - a little audio demo to wet your apetite
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 11383 posts since 3 Feb, 2003 from Finland, Espoo
The kicks gain reduction is over 16dB !!!!! If you really can't hear that it's time to learn how to hear a compressor. The original kick sound in the 4 first bars is looooooooooooooooooooong, after that it get's extremely SHort and snappy. I guess this demo works as a ear trainer. Also, check out the .wav maybe mp3 screws it up? (not on my system though, I hear it clearly in the mp3 too but I made the snippet so I can't give a fair comparison).
Cheers!
bManic
I guess this demo works as a ear trainer. Also, check out the .wav maybe mp3 screws it up? (not on my system though, I hear it clearly in the mp3 too but I made the snippet so I can't give a fair comparison).Cheers!
bManic
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championrabbit championrabbit https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=53166
- KVRian
- 559 posts since 30 Dec, 2004
I hear that it's boosted the gain and shortened the decay, but what is it that you think makes this worth paying for?bmanic wrote:Just for fun I rendered only the kick so that you can hear how much difference compadre makes.
original kick:
http://cmt.siba.fi/nisilen/kicknocompadre.wav
Compadre enhanced kick:
http://cmt.siba.fi/nisilen/kickcompressed.wav
Cheers!
bManic
The net is FULL of excellent free compressors.
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championrabbit championrabbit https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=53166
- KVRian
- 559 posts since 30 Dec, 2004
I hear that it's boosted the gain and shortened the decay, but what is it that you think makes this worth paying for?bmanic wrote:Just for fun I rendered only the kick so that you can hear how much difference compadre makes.
original kick:
http://cmt.siba.fi/nisilen/kicknocompadre.wav
Compadre enhanced kick:
http://cmt.siba.fi/nisilen/kickcompressed.wav
Cheers!
bManic
The net is FULL of excellent free compressors.
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 11383 posts since 3 Feb, 2003 from Finland, Espoo
Well, just go download the demo and decide for yourself. I have yet to find any other compressor that does the radical "shaping" of compadre. It's compressor part is quite agressive and definately has a sound of it's own. I know there are a lot of good free compressors but none sound like compadre. Does it sound better? I'd say it sounds DIFFERENT enough to be worth it.
Cheers!
bManic
I have yet to find any other compressor that does the radical "shaping" of compadre. It's compressor part is quite agressive and definately has a sound of it's own. I know there are a lot of good free compressors but none sound like compadre. Does it sound better? I'd say it sounds DIFFERENT enough to be worth it.Cheers!
bManic
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- KVRAF
- 5350 posts since 8 Aug, 2003 from Berlin Germany
Yeah, sorry to rain on your parade, but I'm underwhelmed. The glance verb on the other hand is really nice, and free!championrabbit wrote:I hear that it's boosted the gain and shortened the decay, but what is it that you think makes this worth paying for?bmanic wrote:Just for fun I rendered only the kick so that you can hear how much difference compadre makes.
original kick:
http://cmt.siba.fi/nisilen/kicknocompadre.wav
Compadre enhanced kick:
http://cmt.siba.fi/nisilen/kickcompressed.wav
Cheers!
bManic
The net is FULL of excellent free compressors.
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- KVRAF
- 4749 posts since 15 Jul, 2001 from Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, U.K
Great GFX, no doubt about that.
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- KVRAF
- 6478 posts since 16 Dec, 2002
Bmanic, when will you learn. This is THE wrong forum for that.I guess this demo works as a ear trainer.
Also, you're demoing the smack & slam compressor of the year with 'that pansy subtle 3dB nonsense' as someone aptly put it. You might see 16db of gain reduction on the meters but you of all people should know that it has little or nothing to do with the sound you're working on.
Remember the audience you're trying to seduce...
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- KVRist
- 297 posts since 30 Dec, 2003 from Denmark
championrabbit & soma..
The best (only!) way of getting an idea how a plug-in performs, and if it's something that suits your taste, is by downloading the demo and trying it out on your own system with your own material.
The best (only!) way of getting an idea how a plug-in performs, and if it's something that suits your taste, is by downloading the demo and trying it out on your own system with your own material.
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- KVRAF
- 4749 posts since 15 Jul, 2001 from Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, U.K
I think what he means is we expected to hear some Big Punchy Beats..not a compressed kick drum.
Kingston wrote:Also, you're demoing the smack & slam compressor of the year with 'that pansy subtle 3dB nonsense' as someone aptly put it. Remember the audience you're trying to seduce...
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 11383 posts since 3 Feb, 2003 from Finland, Espoo
No.. duh, you all got it totally wrong it seems. I don't think even compadre is the best compressor around for crunching full beats. I demoed exactly what I use compadre for, namely SHAPING single percussive sounds.
Kingston, are you denying that the flabby original kick sound didn't change at all??? YOU of all people should hear it very well indeed and also, no, it's not even close to subtle. I did the girlfriend test.. she spotted it in the whole mix, immediately. Everything except the bass. Oh well.. at least I tried to show what Compadre can do. If people are expecting the UBER mega compressor that squeezes the hell out of a drumloop then compadre can definately do that too but so can many other compressors. Where compadre excells IMO is the way you can radically shape sounds.
Ok, this thread is over.
Kingston, are you denying that the flabby original kick sound didn't change at all??? YOU of all people should hear it very well indeed and also, no, it's not even close to subtle. I did the girlfriend test.. she spotted it in the whole mix, immediately. Everything except the bass. Oh well.. at least I tried to show what Compadre can do. If people are expecting the UBER mega compressor that squeezes the hell out of a drumloop then compadre can definately do that too but so can many other compressors. Where compadre excells IMO is the way you can radically shape sounds.
Ok, this thread is over.
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- KVRAF
- 6740 posts since 25 Mar, 2002 from sheffield, england
Its over when we say it is!bmanic wrote:Ok, this thread is over.
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- KVRAF
- 6478 posts since 16 Dec, 2002
I didn't say anything along those lines, I was merely critisising your demo approach. In this forum anything subtle will mostly go unnoticed.are you denying that the flabby original kick sound didn't change at all?
Especially when you know this is the case you have to show it to people. You know full well our meaning of radical is wine tasting territory in KVR.Where compadre excells IMO is the way you can radically shape sounds.
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- KVRAF
- 4749 posts since 15 Jul, 2001 from Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, U.K
well DUH yeh it seems we have.
the plugin is called beatpuncher, I guess thats what many wanted to hear.
but hey WTF do us lot know eh
the plugin is called beatpuncher, I guess thats what many wanted to hear.
but hey WTF do us lot know eh
bmanic wrote:No.. duh, you all got it totally wrong it seems.
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- KVRAF
- 1954 posts since 15 Nov, 2003 from London, UK
Bmanic,
People actually seem to like your compressor but you still need to do 2 things to help yourself here:
1. Give a demo that shows it mashing the utter crap out of something. People seem to prefer this kind of thing in a a demo, show what it can do when cranked up!
2. Drop the slight attitude at people making suggestions. To tell your own potential customers that they are wrong is really pretty poor if you want people to like you and your product/s.
Just give us a savage demo and most people will be happy!
People actually seem to like your compressor but you still need to do 2 things to help yourself here:
1. Give a demo that shows it mashing the utter crap out of something. People seem to prefer this kind of thing in a a demo, show what it can do when cranked up!
2. Drop the slight attitude at people making suggestions. To tell your own potential customers that they are wrong is really pretty poor if you want people to like you and your product/s.
Just give us a savage demo and most people will be happy!