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Palio · Post by **Palio** » Mon Apr 06, 2015 4:14 pm

Hello,
I am looking for compressor which have:
- sidechain filters
- external sidechaining
- variable knee
- mix knob

Stock compressor in Cubase don't have mix and sidechain filters, which I need from time to time. Only one I found with all these features is Melda MDynamics, but doesn't seems easy to tweak.

Any suggestions?

Tricky-Loops · Post by **Tricky-Loops** » Mon Apr 06, 2015 4:32 pm

There are hundreds of good compressors but if you're looking for a free one, ReaComp has all these features!

http://www.reaper.fm/reaplugs

Nightpolymath · Post by **Nightpolymath** » Mon Apr 06, 2015 4:36 pm

Palio wrote:Hello,
I am looking for compressor which have:
- sidechain filters
- external sidechaining
- variable knee
- mix knob

Stock compressor in Cubase don't have mix and sidechain filters, which I need from time to time. Only one I found with all these features is Melda MDynamics, but doesn't seems easy to tweak.

Any suggestions?

Budget? There are a bunch of them.

Gamma-UT · Post by **Gamma-UT** » Mon Apr 06, 2015 4:54 pm

DMG Compassion. All the knee and sidechain control you could wish for in a compressor.

MFXxx · Post by **MFXxx** » Mon Apr 06, 2015 5:07 pm

Where to start

Top of the list TheGlue and Pro-C.

Palio · Post by **Palio** » Mon Apr 06, 2015 6:53 pm

Thanks for your suggestions

ReaComp isn't VST3, so there is no ability to use it as a sidechain compressor. DMG seems really hard to set with all its features and Pro-C to me sounds slow (when I tested it last time).
Budget is about 100, but when it will be little more, it will not be a problem.

BERFAB · Post by **BERFAB** » Mon Apr 06, 2015 7:11 pm

U-He's Presswerk just scored a 10/10 in CM. I think it covers the bases you listed.

Passing Bye · Post by **Passing Bye** » Mon Apr 06, 2015 7:12 pm

http://www.kvraudio.com/product/mcompre ... production
http://www.kvraudio.com/product/dc8c-by-klanghelm

Melda one fits perfectly and it's free, other than that DC8C is good bang for the buck, really comes down to you, based on your needs and excitement/creativity factor, but Melda got you covered, if you want even more out of it, DC8C is perfect and money well spent

Kang · Post by **Kang** » Mon Apr 06, 2015 7:35 pm

Palio wrote:Thanks for your suggestions
ReaComp isn't VST3, so there is no ability to use it as a sidechain compressor. DMG seems really hard to set with all its features and Pro-C to me sounds slow (when I tested it last time).
Budget is about 100, but when it will be little more, it will not be a problem.

I've heard this before, but I use my mpressor in external sidechain mode all the time as a VST2.

soulone82 · Post by **soulone82** » Mon Apr 06, 2015 8:05 pm

Palio wrote: ReaComp isn't VST3, so there is no ability to use it as a sidechain compressor.

That´s wrong. Sidechaining works very well with VST2 plug-ins. But if your DAW doesn´t support sophisticated routing like REAPER does, you will have to use a VST3 plug-in, yes.

cryophonik · Post by **cryophonik** » Mon Apr 06, 2015 8:20 pm

Palio wrote:...and Pro-C to me sounds slow (when I tested it last time).

Did you try all of the compression styles and knee settings? The Classic style and hard knee settings with a short attack time will give you anything but slow response IME.

Ah_Dziz · Post by **Ah_Dziz** » Mon Apr 06, 2015 9:46 pm

Palio wrote:Hello,
I am looking for compressor which have:
- sidechain filters
- external sidechaining
- variable knee
- mix knob

Stock compressor in Cubase don't have mix and sidechain filters, which I need from time to time. Only one I found with all these features is Melda MDynamics, but doesn't seems easy to tweak.

Any suggestions?

Melds M Dynamics isn't hard at all to set up. Reacomp Is also easy and free and had all your requested feature. Also the waves c1 does all the things you request and can generally be gotten pretty cheaply. All of these mentioned are pretty straightforward compressors that will not be imparting any special analog mojo or anything to your signal.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Mon Apr 06, 2015 10:02 pm

soulone82 wrote:
Palio wrote: ReaComp isn't VST3, so there is no ability to use it as a sidechain compressor.
That´s wrong. Sidechaining works very well with VST2 plug-ins. But if your DAW doesn´t support sophisticated routing like REAPER does, you will have to use a VST3 plug-in, yes.

I figure he talks about the use in Cubase which only has the ability to do sidechaining with VST3 plugins. At least unless you want to use the other (horrible) method.

Ah_Dziz · Post by **Ah_Dziz** » Mon Apr 06, 2015 10:04 pm

Passing Bye wrote:http://www.kvraudio.com/product/mcompre ... production
http://www.kvraudio.com/product/dc8c-by-klanghelm

Melda one fits perfectly and it's free, other than that DC8C is good bang for the buck, really comes down to you, based on your needs and excitement/creativity factor, but Melda got you covered, if you want even more out of it, DC8C is perfect and money well spent

Unfortunately the melda free cono doesn't support external sidechaining unless he added it in a recent update.
JJ

Passing Bye · Post by **Passing Bye** » Mon Apr 06, 2015 10:22 pm

Ah_Dziz wrote:
Passing Bye wrote:http://www.kvraudio.com/product/mcompre ... production
http://www.kvraudio.com/product/dc8c-by-klanghelm

Melda one fits perfectly and it's free, other than that DC8C is good bang for the buck, really comes down to you, based on your needs and excitement/creativity factor, but Melda got you covered, if you want even more out of it, DC8C is perfect and money well spent
Unfortunately the melda free cono doesn't support external sidechaining unless he added it in a recent update.
JJ

Now I saw he doesn't dig Melda anyways...

Looking for good compressor