Favorite cheap comps to slam

snatchman · Post by **snatchman** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 1:18 pm

I don't know why everyone is hesitating to say it..

..A Behringer Auto-Com ( old one)..There, I've said it.....

..

JASIII · Post by **JASIII** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 1:33 pm

snatchman wrote:I don't know why everyone is hesitating to say it.. ..A Behringer Auto-Com ( old one)..There, I've said it..... ..

gasp!

trodden · Post by **trodden** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 1:36 pm

JASIII wrote:
snatchman wrote:I don't know why everyone is hesitating to say it.. ..A Behringer Auto-Com ( old one)..There, I've said it..... ..
gasp!

sacred bleu!!!

getreel · Post by **getreel** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 1:50 pm

I tried using the Alesis Smashup before to squash a drum submix. Didn't work for me at all. Strange phasy-ness from the signal being slightly delayed by the comps A/D D/A I guess. I guess it would work on a signal you didn't plan to blend with dry of the same though. I've used it live for kick drum and it's pretty cool.

Blade · Post by **Blade** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 4:32 pm

Here's my fav.....

This was used and owned by NASA for the limiting of their ham radio system.....can you say..."Houston, we have a problem!".

I bought it off a guy here in Houston years ago for $100.00. It's SS and not a valve limiter.

This thing is a devastating smasher and completely fabulous!

-blade-

pandatone · Post by **pandatone** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 4:32 pm

getreel wrote:I tried using the Alesis Smashup before to squash a drum submix. Didn't work for me at all. Strange phasy-ness from the signal being slightly delayed by the comps A/D D/A I guess. I guess it would work on a signal you didn't plan to blend with dry of the same though. I've used it live for kick drum and it's pretty cool.

yeah, there is a noticable delay with the unit. no good for running in parallel or anything. not a really very pro unit.. but it smashes pretty well.

panda

JohnDavisNYC · Post by **JohnDavisNYC** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 6:33 pm

the 501 is awesome... joel has 2 and that's where i got into them (when I was assisting over at G)... they are awesome as 'destroy' compressors. they really are the poor man's distressor... I use mine on snare, and it ALMOST does the same thing as a distressor, for about a tenth of the price... when it's pulling back alot, you can hear the cheap VCA kinda choke, but it never sucks. always useful and nothing can really kill a room mic quite like the 501. it definately gets my vote, along with the wierd Shure mixer I have with 'gated compression'... i don't know the number... SC30 maybe? i dunno.

cheers,
john

T-rex · Post by **T-rex** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 7:36 pm

alesis microlimiter - cheap and noisy, but sweet for smashing the crap out of a room mic.

;ivlunsdystf · Post by **;ivlunsdystf** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 7:40 pm

Blade wins with that NASA technology

trodden · Post by **trodden** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 10:53 pm

Tatertot wrote:Blade wins with that NASA technology

totally dude.

I think i see hamilton in a ninja mask outside your door Blade. watch out for audio ninjas.

cgarges · Post by **cgarges** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 6:04 am

Tatertot wrote:Blade wins with that NASA technology

I agree.

I'll vote for the MXR 136. Insanely cool. I used to use a pair of dynacomps for this sort of thing, but the 136 is balanced, quieter, and much more flexible.

Also, the Shure Level Loc and if you can find a good deal on one, the Altec 1612.

Chris Garges
Charlotte, NC

I'm Painting Again · Post by **I'm Painting Again** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 7:48 am

orban made some cool stuff too that can bring the squishfuzz on the cheapo..

Slider · Post by **Slider** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 8:25 am

There is a Rocktron compressor that looks like a 160x clone.
It has a button on the front that boosts the level to the input and that thing sounds like a fairchild or something with that button pressed.
Without the button pressed it sounds like a lousy 160x.
I haven't seen one in years, but I need to find one to see if it's still as awesome as I remember.

I'll add 7110 to the list (smashing or not).
And yeah... micro limiter.

mjau · Post by **mjau** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 8:39 am

Slider wrote:There is a Rocktron compressor that looks like a 160x clone.
It has a button on the front that boosts the level to the input and that thing sounds like a fairchild or something with that button pressed.

The glorious Rocktron 310. Shhhhh. That little gain button is magical.

i am monster face · Post by **i am monster face** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 10:54 am

I forgot about the CBS Volumax.

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