Rane DC24 compressor/gate

[cleantone]

Anyone use one of these units? Care to share our thoughts?

It has that crossover thing in the middle. What is that all about?

Any and all info welcome.

[thecheat]

Hey Man
The crossover is for running the DC24 as a Dual Band compressor, its kinda neat actually, especially on room mics.

I tend to use just the limiter section on things like outside kick drums and bottom snare mics. things that can do with some truly brutal compression. i actually really like this unit and think its underrated. there are lots on eBay apprently.

Hope this helps

Chris

[Rabbit]

They're great as a compressor for bass guitar as well. I like mine a lot.

[Flyingeyepro]

Kick drum is nice too. I usually set the crossover around 160-250Hz, resulting in a tight bottom end (6:1, 6-12dB GR) with an open, dynamic top end (2:1, 0-3dB GR). Works almost as well as a TC Electronic Triple-C.

Thanx
Chris

[firby]

For a contrasting opinion, I have one hooked up and I hardly ever use it. It does have a usable crossover and it does kind of work. I just need it to do more if I reach for a tool like that. To me, it sounds kind of meek.

But I can certainly appreciate better engineers than me getting sounds out of it.