KVR Audio

eytanmich123 · Post by **eytanmich123** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 9:18 am

Rah wrote:
a-type wrote:I've "moved on" from DC8C2, in the sense that I just don't find myself using it that much anymore. My understanding of compressor science is too primitive for the advanced features of DC8C2, and the four "Simple" modes rarely seem to hit the spot for me I'm afraid.
That's my experience, completely.

I got Presswerk, and it just makes a lot more immediate sense to me, it sounds great, and I can still dig into it and discover new things I can do with it

Exactly my experience with DC8C2 AND Presswerk.

Presswerk's interface led me to believe that it sounds divine but I gathered otherwise upon closing my eyes and switching between it and some other random compressor. not that it sounds bad (on the contrary. AAMOF, being u-He's it CAN'T sound bad. by its definition) but it's not as what I have thought (THAT IS, O'COURSE, MY OPINION).

IMO, being THAT flexible (with both DC8C and Presswerk) has its toll : its not immediate.
A compressor (again IMO) should be immediate. as in "insert-set-next". very quickly one finds himself with way too many features to fiddle with when actually in most cases he doesn't even needs to (but they ARE there to start with, which oftentimes makes a very simple task, very cumbersome - as you just NEED to know if there are "better" options with that given processor)

As of now PnM Retro/optical comp is what I moved to (with Kotelnikov on the 2BUS).

Arrested Developer · Post by **Arrested Developer** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 11:17 am

eytanmich123 wrote: IMO, being THAT flexible (with both DC8C and Presswerk) has its toll : its not immediate.
A compressor (again IMO) should be immediate.

Well, that's why those compressors have the option to store presets as starting points.
With a little bit of basic understanding you can modify these according to your needs.
And at this moment the amount of options gets relevant.

Said this, i like both DC8C and Presswerk a lot; but i also use other ones.
The reason why i spend usually more time tweaking around with DC8C is because i often use this when the task is complicated.

The_Hidden_Goose · Post by **The_Hidden_Goose** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 12:28 pm

Can't remember the last time I used a compressor where I haven't subsequently gone about things another way, without one, and been happier with the result.

Seems a more-than-fair price for the feature-set on DC8C though. If I was going to buy one it would be amongst the first to try out for that reason if no other.

cron · Post by **cron** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 12:45 pm

lesha wrote:
itneveris wrote:Yeah, here in lies the issue with too customizable plugins. Why take the time to set the DC8C to sound like an FET when you can just get an FET emulation?
Or just load a preset in DC8C.

Yep! DC8C's Easy modes are useful, but one thing that's often overlooked its outstanding range of presets. People often shy away from presets in compression because the process is so signal dependent, but DC8C's presets offer a huge range of starting points covering all types of compression. Feedback, opto, all sorts. You can generally just tweak threshold and ratio after loading one up and you're good to go.

strayboom · Post by **strayboom** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 1:15 pm

usually i pick the closest named preset to what i need (for example something from drums category if i want to process percussion), then finetune it to the situation. dc8c is very useful but needs time to fully understand each function.

Naenyn · Post by **Naenyn** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 5:20 am

transmetropolitan wrote: I suspect this will be a long reply, but there are a few things I wanted to say on this based on my own experiences.

Thanks for this .. some good thoughts there. I think part of the problem I have is when plugin developers talk about their various hardware emulations and producers talk about, "Oh I use this for when I want 'surgical' but that for when I want 'warmth'.." I just get lost because I don't know the difference. I know what a compressor or EQ does, how it works.. and I feel like they should all work the same way. I wouldn't even know when to choose the "warm" EQ over the surgical one.

dayjob · Post by **dayjob** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 5:32 am

er.. what's DC8C?

edit.. nevermind.. google.

v1o · Post by **v1o** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 10:39 pm

THE TDR compressor ate it for breakfast on the master buss. I'm failing to find a use for DC8C anywhere else now.

jrides · Post by **jrides** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 11:56 pm

I use TDR FBII and like it a lot. DC8C I use on vox a lot. One of my favorites for that.

I dont gravitate toward clean buss comps so TDR K is not a go to at this point. Maybe in a serial config it will start to get more work.

poshook · Post by **poshook** » Tue Dec 27, 2016 10:00 am

v1o wrote:THE TDR compressor ate it for breakfast on the master buss. I'm failing to find a use for DC8C anywhere else now.

I think oposite. It is just matter of taste

Fleer · Post by **Fleer** » Tue Dec 27, 2016 1:52 pm

And then there's MJUC.
Klanghelm rules.

nicksohn · Post by **nicksohn** » Tue Dec 27, 2016 5:10 pm

I use it in easy mode or using preset as a starting point.
Really nice sounding smooth, clean type compressor with nice saturation option.
For analog taste, i use other compressors.
(Waves, Ni...etc)

poshook · Post by **poshook** » Tue Dec 27, 2016 6:02 pm

nicksohn wrote:I use it in easy mode or using preset as a starting point.
Really nice sounding smooth, clean type compressor with nice saturation option.
For analog taste, i use other compressors.
(Waves, Ni...etc)

I use it on 2BUS almost everytime. Smooth, Punch or Snap mode depends on the material. 4 or 8x oversampling, top notch action and definition

Jorgeelalto · Post by **Jorgeelalto** » Tue Dec 27, 2016 7:41 pm

So if it's so complicated to use, why not MJUC? (like somebody up there has already said

I can understand it could not have the same character (IDK), but it's a lot easier...

Why I moved on from DC8C 2...