favorite inexpensive dual/stereo compressor?
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favorite inexpensive dual/stereo compressor?
Anybody have a favorite they'd like to share?
I just bought the MXR Dual limiter and it arrived DOA from ebay
Any other suggestions?
I'm using a sytek mpx-4a Mic pre
into a digi 001
with a variety of mics.
Mostly recording indie, songwriters, not much elec guitar.
I will probably be using it on drums mostly, and vocals ofcourse
THANKS
I just bought the MXR Dual limiter and it arrived DOA from ebay
Any other suggestions?
I'm using a sytek mpx-4a Mic pre
into a digi 001
with a variety of mics.
Mostly recording indie, songwriters, not much elec guitar.
I will probably be using it on drums mostly, and vocals ofcourse
THANKS
The RNC is frequently mentioned in the favorite-cheap category, and I've always found it to do the job, if not in a sexy way. I used to have a dbx 164 (stereo 163) that was pretty insane on drums, but hard to find other uses for it. I'd like to hear an RNLA in action...they go for about $200.
That said, I'll take the UAD 33609 plug-in over all cheap comps that I've heard, but now we're talking about buying a UAD card first.
That said, I'll take the UAD 33609 plug-in over all cheap comps that I've heard, but now we're talking about buying a UAD card first.
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I am not sure what your budget is but for $300 I got a used drawmer DL241. I really find it to be a great unit, I highly recommend it. This is one of those pieces that never sounds horrible on anything, it proves workable on whatever signal I send through it. It sounds excellent on kick and snare, bass and acoustic guitar sound great and it works well on buss compression. It is not my favorite on lead vocals but it is certainly usable. I find my RNC's are not nearly as versatile, especially on bass and kick and even certain male vocals.
The Drawmer has a limiter that really comes in handy for the oddball hard drum spike, even cooler is the decent gate that is offered on each channel. This unit is a hell of a good deal IMO.
I always thought that the Alesis 3630 was attempting to mimic this piece as far as features. Obviously it is nowhere close in its sound or usabilty. All of that is speculation and opinion of course but thats kinda what you are looking for. Good luck on your search.
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The Drawmer has a limiter that really comes in handy for the oddball hard drum spike, even cooler is the decent gate that is offered on each channel. This unit is a hell of a good deal IMO.
I always thought that the Alesis 3630 was attempting to mimic this piece as far as features. Obviously it is nowhere close in its sound or usabilty. All of that is speculation and opinion of course but thats kinda what you are looking for. Good luck on your search.
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I tracked bass with the VLA Saturday and used it as a guitar bus parallel on the mix on Sunday. I just started mixing a record today and the VLA (with new Svetlana toobs) won out as the guitar parallel over the Meek SC2.2, whick is often my guitar bus comp when I'm mixing. An RNC lives on my drum bus parallel. Another on is often on vocals...
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Dbx 164. Its the original stereo version of the 163x. Also a pair of 163x's can be strapped for similar effect. I have a pair of symetrix cl150's that I tried strapping but they are not totally the same (power switch, no power switch), don't sound totally the same(harsher, smoother) and it didn't totally work (I think I broke the master/slave switch on one).
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Try it again, maybe just try a 1/4" cable instead of the XLR or TRS. SOme of them seem to be PIN3 hot, with the shield just going to the chassis ground.... I got one like that and it TOTALLY didnt pass signal in my studio, but once the wire was sorted, it completely rocks.joel hamilton wrote:
Totally great.
I hope that is what it is in your case!
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