KVR Audio

Rune L-H · Post by **Rune L-H** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 5:21 pm

tdm71 wrote:ANY plans for a MAC version??

THANKS

Sorry no, there will be no Mac version.

PeterL · Post by **PeterL** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 12:01 pm

Anyone else (who registered Compadre) has a reg-problem in Wavelab (nag screen doesn't disappear although plugin is registered)?
I 've emailed otiumFX about this and just want anyone to confirm this. BTW, works fine in CubaseSX2.

mayan · Post by **mayan** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 12:16 pm

I had a similar problem with Sonar. The milli-second that you feed some audio through it, the nag screen disappears. Try doing it in Wavelab.

PeterL · Post by **PeterL** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 12:21 pm

The plugin works in Wavelab (verified it when I load some presets), but this nag screen...

Kingston · Post by **Kingston** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 1:03 pm

yeh as soon as you start audio it disappears.

a minor hitch.

PeterL · Post by **PeterL** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 1:40 pm

Kingston wrote:yeh as soon as you start audio it disappears.

a minor hitch.

Yes, it works. Sometimes when you reload the plugin you have to start audio twice (Play-Stop-Play) then it disappears. I'm happy now.

kritikon · Post by **kritikon** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 1:45 am

I finally got to play around with the demo a fair bit last night...and was mightily impressed. The blurb is right! It really does drip with character. This is on my must-buy-next-payday list. I've not really tested it out on my own beats yet - I simply had a few loops I was working with. It's one of the few comps that will work extremely well on loops that are already heavily processed - I can see this would be ideal for anything evenly remotely orientated to Bigbeat style.

Most comps just squash all life out of processed loops, but I easily got Compadre to pump and breathe spectacularly without losing the feel of all the loops I tried it on. Even with noisy loops...it obviously lifted any noise that was present, but because it added such character, the extra noise just seemed to fit OK - didn't bother me at all.
And the sidechaining has some excellent filters on it - it was easy to zoom in on snares or hihats or just kicks, even in a loop. And my acid test of most compressors is how they sound when pushed hard - most s/w ones disappoint me, they often kill a channel...whereas Compadre seems to really liven up when you get up past 5-6 dB compression - it's certainly very good at simple dynamics control, but it excells at infusing character as a special FX. Sweet.

My only concern was with the hipass filter...I need to play around with it a bit more yet, but first impressions were that I couldn't get it to fizz in that "exciter" kind of way that an analogue hipass comp can when pushed hard - possibly I've just not pushed it hard enough on the right material yet.

I'm also extremely interested to see how it sounds on instruments too - I can imagine it'll work very well on most material.

I'll definitely buy this baby....plus GCO1 soon, and between those two s/w comps and my h/w I think I'll finally be sorted for comps. I'll be able to trim down my comp folder to 2, for sure.

Being very greedy, I'm also thinking at some point I'll start to harrass Otium to release a multiband comp....based on the same or similar coding to Compadre they could make a very tasty multiband with character...I rarely use one on channel compression, but I think I would if it sounded as good as Compadre.
Any other takers?

suthnear · Post by **suthnear** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 1:55 pm

This is a really nice compressor

You can stack quite a few instances before unusable distortion sets in and the sidechain feature is incredible for settling the kick and bass.

Rune L-H · Post by **Rune L-H** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 12:05 am

suthnear & kritikon... I'm glad you like Compadre

kritikon... about a multiband compressor. Thanks, I will consider that idea, but I must admit that it's also very rare that I use multiband compression myself. So I'll have to come up with something that can convince & excite myself as well

suthnear · Post by **suthnear** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 8:49 am

rune_lh wrote:suthnear & kritikon... I'm glad you like Compadre

I'm also waiting for payday but you will have my cash

MickGael · Post by **MickGael** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 3:08 pm

Despite the name ("Beatpuncher"), I keep finding that Compadre is also fantastic for sitting a vocal track in a dense mix...

Sooooo easy to use. Hell, all you really need to do is move the slider.

I have and use many very fine VST compressors, but I have to say that the last time I used a compressor that was this easy to get the sticky, floating sound I like in a compressor was my Summit DCL-200 tube compressor...which lists at $3,500 US!

Perhaps not the most versatile, but it is fantastic for "that sound."

egbert · Post by **egbert** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 3:24 pm

This beast has been putting a smile on my face all week. The sidechain thing is working a treat for me for one thing. I am also very happy with and the ease of dialing in patches and the sounds I am getting on electric bass and kick drum are really solid. It was a long time in the making but has turned out to be a great little addition to the armoury.

Eg

Kingston · Post by **Kingston** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 4:05 pm

MickGael wrote:I have and use many very fine VST compressors, but I have to say that the last time I used a compressor that was this easy to get the sticky, floating sound I like in a compressor was my Summit DCL-200 tube compressor...which lists at $3,500 US!

While I haven't used or heard the DCL-200 I know it's reputation . That's quite the statement and put a smile on my face!

Compadre has been my favourite for a while now for quite a lot of things. Good to have this newfound confidence in it.

Armadillo · Post by **Armadillo** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 4:57 pm

I just might have to check this thing out. Seems like it could be a competitor to Cruncessor; costing the same, having sidechain, and advertising the same purpose ie. making your drums slam hard

PeterL · Post by **PeterL** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 5:03 pm

Armadillo wrote:I just might have to check this thing out. Seems like it could be a competitor to Cruncessor; costing the same, having sidechain, and advertising the same purpose ie. making your drums slam hard

Have both (Crunchessor and Beatpuncher) and like them both. Different plugs, different character for different material

Try to compare yourself.
Both plugins are great quality for a great price.

otiumFX COMPADRE beatpuncher 1.0 released!