Compressors

ghast · Post by **ghast** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 5:37 pm

sonalksis tbk3
vintage warmer
timeworks mastering compressor

PHY6 · Post by **PHY6** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 5:45 pm

leedsquietman wrote:which one - the SV315mkII from the essentials bundle or the TBK3 uber compressor from the creative bundle ?

both are really different but really cool in their own way.

the sv315mkII

roach808 · Post by **roach808** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 6:01 pm

monobeach wrote:
It is my understanding, that you group instruments, you want to apply the same effects to, place in the same room and which are of a similar kind.
So your drums would be one group (or more: first group: kick drum, snare drum, hihats; second group: toms; third group: overheads; fourth group: room mics; all those grouped together to main drum group); percussion, I would set up as a separate group; vocals can be combined to several groups (lead vocals; ad libs; background) or guitars. Then you can apply all you favourite effects (compressors, eq, reverb) to the each group, which - on the one hand - gives it a coherent sound and on the other hand, also saves cpu power due to less effects needed.
I wouldn't group the bass with anything in the beginning, maybe later with guitars - but then, I am not a pro either

Okies instead of my writing some big crazy response I decided to make a little audio demo to demonstrate what I'm rambling about

here is a real quick drum beat i slapped together. There is no major processing on any of the drum elements except a touch of EQ here and there, and then a generic reverb to place the drum in. On the drum buss there is only the rough rider compressor. The first 4 bars start off with the plugin off, then the next 4 bars are with the compressor turned on. Trust me you will be able to hear here when the compressor is active

http://www.mediafire.com/?jx4wrjzw5kv

as and added bonus i have uploaded the session, in case you wanted to have a look at what i did. It was made with Live 8.4 and the rough rider compress in VST form, btw.
http://www.mediafire.com/?tj1tdumytjm

roach808 · Post by **roach808** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 6:13 pm

D K wrote:great thread, been wanting to grab a nice software comp, the sonalksis look really good...
i'm also really interested in the uad cardbuss.
here's my current fav comp... got this for nothing, the owner thought it was broken.
just needed to be cleaned... score of a lifetime...

you lucky bastard, mind running afew stem tracks thru it for me...heh.

D K · Post by **D K** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 6:34 pm

just pm me, no problem

roach808 · Post by **roach808** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 6:45 pm

*cheers*

monobeach · Post by **monobeach** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 8:07 pm

hey roach,

my answer was aimed at 'IntotheBlue', just some examples for grouping, since he said he never used this feature.

sorry, little misunderstanding there, I guess. I think, we are on the same page...

cheers,

m

roach808 · Post by **roach808** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 8:11 pm

no worries, felt like doing some form of live demo anyho....

monobeach · Post by **monobeach** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 8:46 pm

roach808 wrote:no worries, felt like doing some form of live demo anyho....

o.k., cool

Michael Hatsis · Post by **Michael Hatsis** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 10:43 pm

tw1nstates wrote:
leedsquietman wrote:http://www.sonalksis.com/index.php?section_id=7

no, definately AMS-Neve.

oops my bad. I always thought Eventide, but of course that's the Soundtoys ppl.

Mike@trackteam - that's another reasonfor getting an ilok.
And Altiverb and Melodyne

Come to think of it, most of my most used stuff is on that lil blue fella

again, I do lot's of work out, like busses, trains, parks, whatever...That dongle will drain the battery quicker than without. and its obnoxious, why are they so ridiculously big?
Most companies offer the challenge response or the dongle. Like audio ease- altiverb can be challenge response i believe, will get that one someday.

don't want to hijack this thread though...apologies...

Tarekith · Post by **Tarekith** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 12:16 am

IF you want really nice comps with lots of character, I think the UAD ones are the best. Their Fairchild is just uber-sweet ocne you take the time to learn it's bizarre interface. Even the basic CS-1 comp is nice sounding for a lot CPU compressor. I'm also a big fan of the SV-315 too, clean and simple when you want it to be, just a hint of character when you get heavy handed with it.

That said, I still use Live's comp 95% of the time, as it's just easier to fire that up and it sounds more than good enough for my purposes.

Given how awesome the Uhbik plug-ins sound, I'm really looking forward to see what u-He does with his upcoming dynamics bundle.

roach808 · Post by **roach808** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 12:26 am

Tarekith wrote:
Given how awesome the Uhbik plug-ins sound, I'm really looking forward to see what u-He does with his upcoming dynamics bundle.

he is doing a dynamics bundle.....wow, I can't wait.

nebulae · Post by **nebulae** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 1:06 am

+1 on Live's compressors. As of L7, I didn't use any other compressor, except Elephant in the mastering phase. Now with the Multiband, I'm even happier - that tool is just outstanding!

funky shit · Post by **funky shit** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 1:37 am

IntotheBlue wrote:Also i use the impulse to play my single hit kick drum .wav files, but using that seems to alter the original .wav sample a little bit and takes out a lot of the punch (i've noticed toying with the decay knob helps fix that), do you guys use the drum rack or impulse for your kick samples?

Forget about impulse.. for some reason, it takes away part of the transient on a sample.
Use drumracks. awesome!

porfiry · Post by **porfiry** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 4:29 am

roach808 wrote:
Tarekith wrote:
Given how awesome the Uhbik plug-ins sound, I'm really looking forward to see what u-He does with his upcoming dynamics bundle.

he is doing a dynamics bundle.....wow, I can't wait.

+1, even if it's a paid add-on, I'm all over it, the uhbiks make me moist.

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