Which t-racks single plug in do you recommend?

[Arksun]

I have to say if I'm being honest I wasn't overly impressed with the fairchild. No idea if its like the real thing or not as I've never used one, but it wasn't really giving me the kinda mojo I was perhaps hoping for.

I also noticed that all the presets that came with it raise the volume considerably,giving a hyped louder = better response.

Having said that, using it in M/S mode does yield some very interesting results!

If I was to recommend just one of the singles plugs, it would have to be the Opto compressor. Lovely sound, solid and transparent, pretty versatile can put it on anything.

[Peter - IK Multimedia]

About the "louder = better" the "Compare" feature on the shell lets you dial the level to be the same on both to better avoid that perception. Just an FYI. Thanks!

[Tp3]

Although I DO buy products that emulate hyped vintage gear, I still find this text :

No idea if its like the real thing or not as I've never used one

...To be intriguing and absurd - at the same time (in the virtual world)...

What will you say to someone who was to tell you that driving THIS thing "feels
EXACTLY like driving a Ferrari Testarossa" ?? can you PROVE it's NOT ?

Sorry to invade the topic... and I DO know that the V word is a golden selling point... but
common, development guys... time to develop NEW things that are not based on "vintage gear", and
let us judge... there's someone here, "The G Force" that already does that...

[Arksun]

Although I DO buy products that emulate hyped vintage gear, I still find this text :

No idea if its like the real thing or not as I've never used one

...To be intriguing and absurd - at the same time (in the virtual world)...

I'm not quite sure I understand why thats an absurd statement?. I've never used a real Fairchild compressor, thats just a statement of fact. I'm also one of those that doesn't particuarly care for exact authenticity of a plugin trying to emulate something. I got it as part of the amazing group buy they did a while back. Either it sounds good to me or it doesn't, that's all I really care about

...okok and the useability/tweakability etc etc etc, but you know what i mean

[K-Slash]

Well, you can't emulate the feeling of driving a Ferrari in software.

But you can emulate the sound of a vintage piece of hardware gear, so that's all we need for music .

[Peter - IK Multimedia]

...not to mention there are plenty of people who HAVE used them, and many many more than that who have heard them used

[Uncle E]

What will you say to someone who was to tell you that driving THIS thing "feels
EXACTLY like driving a Ferrari Testarossa" ?? can you PROVE it's NOT ?

No one would ever confuse a Fiat with a Ferrari but you'll never know just how wide the chasm is between them until you've driven them both. "If it sounds right... it must be right" but there's always the possibility of it getting more right.

[Tp3]

I'm not quite sure I understand why thats an absurd statement?. I've never used a real Fairchild compressor, thats just a statement of fact.

Ohhhh....
L. ,you take my statement as something PERSONAL and it was NOT meant to be like that. as it did, I'm deeply
sorry

What I was trying to say is that I find it absurd that people (MYSELF INCLUDED !) base their buying decision
upon some piece of a legend they have NEVER HEARD (that is why it is a legend some legends were originally
conceived as $hit - so I was told by a "Vintage" technician - and only much later have they received their
"legend" status). people just "know" it is good because it was used by this-and-that at that-and-that fancy
studios, near "somewhere road"...

And ** I ** find this fact intriguing and absurd...

I'm also one of those that doesn't particularly care for exact authenticity of a plugin trying to emulate something. I got it as part of the amazing group buy they did a while back. Either it sounds good to me or it doesn't, that's all I really care about

These days, being SO difficult to tell processors one from another... that statement should be taken with a grain of salt.... (NOT YOUR statement but the GENERAL STATEMENT that says the same thing...I could have gone to great lengths and prove that this statement - about us "trusting first and foremost our ears" - is WRONG ...and back myself with PROVEN researches... but I'll spare you the burden )

...not to mention there are plenty of people who HAVE used them, and many many more than that who have heard them used

Yea, I guess so... but how to you define "many" (or even "many many") ? I'm sure that if you'll COMBINE the
people that own (or owned) AND the people who heard them (and KNOW it was them...) - you'll be like... umm...
1/1000k of the virtual user base ?...

there's always the possibility of it getting more right

hehe "welcome to the future, ha babe ?..."

Some wise (VERY wise) "Vintage" technician has taught my years ago something that I like (although it is
REALLY hard to apply these days) :

When it comes to knowing your tools, the SWORN enemy of "The Good" is "Even Better !"

[Peter - IK Multimedia]

Not really. No need to argue numbers - the listeners who have heard the gear far outnumber the people who can/will/might buy it. THOSE are the "many many more" I didn't take a head count, but it's a lot more than the people who actually create the sound.

[Uncle E]

When it comes to knowing your tools, the SWORN enemy of "The Good" is "Even Better !"

Indeed! I've always said that pro quality home recording hurts more than it helps, simply because we keep striving to make what we've done better rather than putting it to bed and moving on to the next project. This has certainly been my biggest fault over the last 10 years.

Actually, the point you've made fits perfectly with the Opto, which doesn't sound like a real LA2A or the CL1B plug-in but is cool and unique in its own way.

[Peter - IK Multimedia]

Exactly - the Opto sounds just like the hardware version of which only one single unit exists

[Amberience]

Although I DO buy products that emulate hyped vintage gear, I still find this text :

No idea if its like the real thing or not as I've never used one

...To be intriguing and absurd - at the same time (in the virtual world)...

What will you say to someone who was to tell you that driving THIS thing "feels
EXACTLY like driving a Ferrari Testarossa" ?? can you PROVE it's NOT ?

Sorry to invade the topic... and I DO know that the V word is a golden selling point... but
common, development guys... time to develop NEW things that are not based on "vintage gear", and
let us judge... there's someone here, "The G Force" that already does that...

Bottom line is; the Fiat isn't pretending to be a Ferrari

[Tp3]

Exactly - the Opto sounds just like the hardware version of which only one single unit exists

Heheheh

[Peter - IK Multimedia]

Exactly - the Opto sounds just like the hardware version of which only one single unit exists

Heheheh

I've been begging for one since I learned about it! Not working though

[Tp3]

Bottom line is; the Fiat isn't pretending to be a Ferrari

NO ! you missed the point !

Buttom line :
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The IK Opto is pretending to be a Fiat (it has the same vintage color - which is modeled, of course )
But sounds like a Ferrari !