Well, 1176 is not used in mastering so it has nothing to do with his mastering job.v1o wrote: ↑Wed Dec 21, 2022 6:03 pmI just seen that review. He's supposed to be a mastering engineer, but he didn't like the Klark Teknik 1176 because it was too clean and didn't have a sound. He believes hardware compressors have no value unless they have a sound otherwise you're better off using Fabfilter Pro C. I wonder what he thinks of Weiss hardware.jens wrote: ↑Tue Dec 20, 2022 2:50 amNot just that - often he's like "absurd that it doesn't have that feature" while basically hoovering over it with the cursor and you normally wouldn't need to read the manual at all to find it... just a bit more attention and due dilligence...
this and other weird shit like him comparing the Klark Teknik 1176 clone to his Stam Audio clone... title of the video "DO NOT BUY THIS!". The comments are filled with people explaining that a 1176 Blackface is a different device with different schematics as compared to a Blue Stripe (which the Stam is a clone of). Needless to say he always ignores the comments completely and never seems to learn his lesson i.e. he's still just as unprepared as always... he and Paul Third are really the worst. I even prefer Tad Donley over them.
Also, I agree with this statement. What's the point of "clean hardware compressor"? It may be clean but A/D/A and signal routing overall is not, so it will affect the sound somehow. Nothing can't beat software in the matter of being clean.
Same thing for chasing the cleanest hardware EQ. Just use good parametric eq plugin.
Those "clean" hardware effects were great in the past when we hadn't had such quality plugins of today. I don't see a point why somebody would want one today. Hardware with character is another story, especially when there's a history behind certain unit. Ut buying a clone that only looks like original but doesn't have the same sound qualities? Pure GAS, that's it.
Weiss hardware today is useless because you can have software 1:1 version as a plugin.