Compadre - Beat Puncher. Will it ever be ready?

[CypherOne]

Anyone tried this demo yet? Claims to have true sidechaining...I'll try it myself later when I get home from work...

http://www.otiumfx.com/compadre.php

[mystahr]

I beta'ed this one and even when I am not a great knowledgable compressor-user, this one certainly has flair and character and has some surprising sounds to it as well

[CypherOne]

Kool and the gang, I shall def give it a go later then, cheers Mark!

[multree]

erm.. which demo??? it's not released yet...

but it looks promising

[CypherOne]

erm.. which demo??? it's not released yet...

but it looks promising

whoops, silly me guess I'll not rush home then...

[chagzuki]

It's a nice compressor with filter-sidechain, 2 stereo input (true) sidechain, and some versatile processing modes. Definately worth checking out. When it's out.

[Rune L-H]

Thanks guys

erm.. which demo??? it's not released yet...

Yes, there was a bug with some settings not getting saved within a song. It has now been fixed, but it did delay the whole schedule a bit.

The plug itself is now ready. All that remains is finishing the manual. Shouldn't be too long.

regards,
Rune

[kritikon]

Damn, but you make some good-looking GUIs!

Also sounds extremely interesting. I was about to buy GCO1, but I might just wait a little bit and see how this baby sounds (of course, I could get both, hehehe).

Does CubaseSX support 4input plugins? The stereo sidechain is the thing that really makes me drool over Compadre...that's the big selling point to me.

[aMUSEd]

I don't understand what it does that's different from other comps - what does this mean?

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Feed forward RMS compressor 

and what is sidechaining exactly? - it's come up a few times but I've still to understand what it is.

[CypherOne]

I don't understand what it does that's different from other comps - what does this mean?

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Feed forward RMS compressor 

and what is sidechaining exactly? - it's come up a few times but I've still to understand what it is.

I believe you can route the output from two or more audio outs into the compressor resulting in one audio output that compresses both of the channels. Most commonly used for bassline and kickdrums...

someone will no doubt prove me wrong.

[brianbrian]

The gain reduction is triggered by the sidechain (ie: kick), and applied to the other audio channel (ie: bass).

[multree]

The gain reduction is triggered by the sidechain (ie: kick), and applied to the other audio channel (ie: bass).

yeah that's what it's all about

so when kick and bass share too much of the same frequencies they get in each others way most of the time..... the side chain compresor gives your bass the capabilitty to duck and hide everytime it sees a kick drum.....

this way the kick drum is more prominent in your mix

DX plugins like db-audioware's compressor have had that feature for a long time....

[t-willy]

The gain reduction is triggered by the sidechain (ie: kick), and applied to the other audio channel (ie: bass).

yeah that's what it's all about

so when kick and bass share too much of the same frequencies they get in each others way most of the time..... the side chain compresor gives your bass the capabilitty to duck and hide everytime it sees a kick drum.....

this way the kick drum is more prominent in your mix

DX plugins like db-audioware's compressor have had that feature for a long time....

cool, didn't really know what side chaining was myself. sounds useful..........

lates

t-willy

[mystahr]

And then there's the 'shaper' button which brings about some crazy and weird sounds

I've heard it, just hang on to your seats on that one

[MickGael]

Another beta tester here as well...

I think this little beastie is terriic. I am lucky enough to own several very nice compressors, and I've got to say...

Compadre does some things better and faster than the others....

For a heavy, pumping/punching sound this is what I use.

I think Rune did a great job!