thanks for the reply chris,cgarges wrote:I got my first one not long after they came out. I was working at a studio that had a decent compliment of budget stuff, but I had trouble getting this one vocal to sit right on a project I was doing that had a decent budget. So I went to a local retailer and talked to one of the guys about renting something. I thought for sure I'd walk out of there with a Vox Box, but this guy was pretty adamant about the Distressor working great for what I needed, Boy was he right. I couldn't believe the amount of gain reduction I could get without much artifacting (this was back when my other option was DBX, Alesis, or VLA). And the way it DID alter the sound seemed so "rock and roll." I loved it and bought one for myself not long after. It's such a flexible unit that it could handle any gain reduction requirements and any sort of weirdness I wanted, too (back when I thought I was Tchad Blake).pedrohead wrote:i'm curious you guys that said distressor. i've been thinking about getting one, what is it giving you guys that you like so much more than was there before? interested...
It's a really great unit on which to learn compression.
Chris Garges
Charlotte, NC
Oh my god yes. And that was like 1996. Seems like so long ago!!!!! I treated those things like gold and never wasted them.bigtoe wrote: does anyone else remember having to pay like 30 bucks for a ref cd? nuts.
the distressor would be just fine on the way in, i think you'd just have to discipline yourself to not lay into it too hard all the time.pedrohead wrote: thanks for the reply chris,
so for someone like me, who mixes entirely ITB since i don't have the extra DA/AD that i would trust to send my signal through (ix-nay on the 001 DA), would the distressor still be good to have on the way in, or would it tend to be something, like many effects, that you may use a little too liberally and now that it's down on 'tape', wish you wouldn't have used so much? "sounded better yesterday than it did today" kind of thing.
Just like MoreSpaceEcho said, I'm sure that will occur a bit when you first get it. Especially that box in particular. But like anything else, over time you'll learn it. It's a such a versatile piece of equipment that there's a lot to learn, but I don't think you'll ever not love it. It's a really great tool.pedrohead wrote:would the distressor still be good to have on the way in, or would it tend to be something, like many effects, that you may use a little too liberally and now that it's down on 'tape', wish you wouldn't have used so much? "sounded better yesterday than it did today" kind of thing.
I think the first one I ever got was either $75 or $100. Or maybe it was $100 for two copies. Totally silly.bigtoe wrote:does anyone else remember having to pay like 30 bucks for a ref cd? nuts.
i definitely destroyed a couple tracks and had to redo them. oopsie!cgarges wrote: Especially that box in particular.
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