MTurboComp why so few reviews?

[GusGranite]

So, yeah, feature wise, IMO, the Melda plugins are very well thought out

I don't think so. He just puts anything in he can think of. It's technical fancyness, just "coding sugar" as someone said. I remember the beginnings were there were even more parameter and every little fance thing exposed as parameter to the host as well, until he realized it was purely a mess. Well thought imo is if a plugins doesn't need popups and many tabs for basic things. Well thought imo is if a dev decided how to give the user max control to get the sound he's after quick with as less options as possible.

I can only recommend the MFreeFXBundle which is only 25 € at the moment

Which is a contradiction in itself but that has been brought up often

I love the depth of features in Melda plugins and the fact that they are replicated across their plugins as a framework. The real-time and render over sampling options are excellent, the automatic gain compensation really helps when you want it, the modulation depth is superb as above re phaser, the built in limiter is great.

I have read so many threads over the years asking for these features in the other big name plugins. Melda has found a way to drop them in as standard. I think this is quite brilliant.

Now would I like to see a collaboration with a super slick UI designer? Hell yes! It doesn’t stop me appreciating the creativity and sound though.

[ScrLk]

I don't understand why I have so much trouble with the Melda UIs. I wonder if I have some kind of bias because I know other people don't like it.

In any case I liked it more when I turned off the All Capitals setting.

[El°HYM]

The GUI & Workflow is surely debatable; either you like it or just dont get along. Yet, the Comp, even in the LE - Version is pretty good, let no #gui or fancy 'modelled' #preset names fool you here. It is of course NOT really modelled after certain #hardware & Might be more the TDR - Approach of Things regarding the different Flavors.

[Gregorius]

I don't understand why I have so much trouble with the Melda UIs.

Because they get created by an automatic layout engine, not by users, not by designers. Not with thought about what is important, how the flow of the plugin from begin to end is, not how big the mouse distance is between certain controls and all such, what gets used often and what only applies to a very limited number of users. Generic columns & rows, not even a uniform grid but only what fits in here has to go there. Also the UI is flooded with small little icons to enable/disable something here or open an option there. Not saying anything about cheap pseudo 3d in some style or the color schemes because they can get changed if you know what you're doing.

[dermage]

I don't understand why I have so much trouble with the Melda UIs. I wonder if I have some kind of bias because I know other people don't like it.

In any case I liked it more when I turned off the All Capitals setting.

Quite easy for me, the controls do not follow a thought out design pattern.
It looks like "let's make this attack and release setting the full width of the window". And do the same the other 20 controls. But why?
Why not have 4 knobs for the common settings at the same place to minimize mouse movements. Or limit the width of the bars, like it's done with DMG TrackComp, you have all important controls in a vertical column and it's quickly tweaked. With Melda I have to move the mouse to all corners when quickly tweaking.
It looks to me, that other developers design their GUIS ergonomically or mimic the HW unit, which at least copied a design which is thought out (works most of the time when translating to the screen, not everytime).

[dermage]

a little black friday bump for this compressor....I didnt know about it and I have to say I like it a lot...although I may just get the LE version for £44...honestly, I have a lot of plugin compressors including DMG Trackcomp....I think a lot of DMG but I have to be honest in that I find Trackcomp a bit clinical and sterile...perhaps it is the lack of incorporated saturation (Dave always said he viewed them seperately - perhaps so - but in reality compression and saturation go together as a musical tool IMO...)...

Anyways, this is a suprise Black Friday nugget for me...seems to have a great character in all the models. Musical fun sounding and easily capable of handling ITB compression duties...so rather than recommending Trackcomp I may have to recommend this now going fwd....(not withstanding a few days to get over the honeymoon stage....)

As far as I remember when using the MakeUp Gain in TrackComp it activates the device's saturation.

I think so too, that somehow TrackComp is not the easiest to use, since it offers too much range for the controls and looks too generic. Surprisingly I would prefer a hardware looking compressor instead of their clean GUI. But only for this plugin. Funny that I feel the workflow/design of Compassion more, it has knobs and some display of the compression algorithm working. Not sure if that's the point. Another example is Unisum, its interface is clean, though well thought out and makes total sense to me. I can somehow feel this better than TrackComp

[kingozrecords]

Turbocomp is pretty good but with all of the features it's really hard to narrow down its coloring. You will be tempted to change or tweak the settings and by the time you have, the sound is different.

It's just a bit frustrating due to the amount of features; I've rarely had the time to use it to its fullest.

[dermage]

Actually I've gotten it myself because of the great tweakability in the Edit page.
It's more an experimental compressor for me, although if you are a professional and know/understand all the possibilities/parameters it could be a very versatile tool. But also very time consuming if you do not find what you want quickly.
As said earlier, the other compressors are far mor intuitive and the layout is more ergonomic.

Anyway, I see it differently enough to Unisum, Compassion and DC8C to also own it, because of the configurable saturation and the experimental touch. For me this Comp is more about color than compression in the traditional way.

[kingozrecords]

My only gripe is the grit of the dynamic possibility of the eq, I think they could make it hi-fi if they so choose. It uses the same tech as the mdynamic which I also own. The Mdynamic analog EQ is much better, I don't own that one unfortunately.