Free compressor from AD out today...

elxicano · Post by **elxicano** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 9:05 am

Haven't tried this yet, but love the GUI...

Its a freebie from Audio Damage and here's the link:

http://www.audiodamage.com/downloads/pr ... pid=ADF002

Goran@Irrupt · Post by **Goran@Irrupt** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 9:19 am

lovely! will try this on my drums for sure.
i love AD stuff. respect to them for making this one free.
cheers,
w

creature · Post by **creature** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 9:44 am

I downloaded this last night and had a brief test over some drumloops and it sounds very nice. I really do rate AD and their plugins.

Steve

elxicano · Post by **elxicano** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 9:49 am

Wow... I could definitely see using this for several drum tracks. This gets the drums all hot and heavy sounding. Great pick up for free.

nathannn · Post by **nathannn** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 10:05 am

you guys really like this gui?
hmm
it looks kinda crapy to me.
whats wrong with live's compressor?
it does compress dont it?

elxicano · Post by **elxicano** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 10:44 am

nathannn wrote:you guys really like this gui?
hmm
it looks kinda crapy to me.
whats wrong with live's compressor?
it does compress dont it?

personal preference... I like it nice and simple.

Of course it compresses, but not every compressor works the same, nor are they all capable of producing the same sound.

I have several different compressors and a lot depends on what sound I'm trying to produce and of course what I'm compressing.

forge · Post by **forge** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 10:59 am

nathannn wrote: whats wrong with live's compressor?
it does compress dont it?

I actually think Live 7's compressor is outstanding

elxicano · Post by **elxicano** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 12:10 pm

forge wrote:
nathannn wrote: whats wrong with live's compressor?
it does compress dont it?
I actually think Live 7's compressor is outstanding

I like the compressor too, or should say it is outstanding, but again its just not always the right compressor depending on the sound I'm trying to achieve.

I'll be honest, I hate topics on if a plugin is better than the other, when they're designed for specific purposes. This one, from reading their site is not meant to be your "all purpose" compressor and definitely not made to replace anything, but it serves its purpose for rhythmic pieces such as drums.

This doesn't mean I'm going to drop it on every drum track, but for some tracks, this is perfect and I should mention this does not duplicate the live compressor, but instead stands on its own...

If you don't believe me, download it (its free) and give it a try.

jah4life · Post by **jah4life** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 5:54 pm

does it support sidechaining?

EDIT:

nevermind. trying it out for myself right now.

ethios4 · Post by **ethios4** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 5:59 pm

Nice one!
I like this line from the write up :
"Attack and Release: We left off the actual time values, so you're gonna have to use your ears, like the he-men did it in times of myth. "
Hehehe.

arctic ranger · Post by **arctic ranger** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 6:25 pm

Sweet score!!!

3dot... · Post by **3dot...** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 7:28 pm

bough 'automaton' this week... very very Very fun ...
only thing is I wish there was also a filter and a distortion on it...
this should be a very nice compressor plug...

dbolt · Post by **dbolt** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 9:13 pm

I really like it... like someone said earlier its gets those drums tracks nice and hot and it has that in your face sound... I did a A/B comparison with Live 7's comp. and it def has its own place in a mix..... Live's Comp seemed to have a smoother and rounder less distorted more modern Comp with more bells and whistles hence the sidechain which comes in handy..... But AD's Rough Rider has a good old vintage blast sound.... I dig it...

elxicano · Post by **elxicano** » Sat Sep 27, 2008 3:45 am

dbolt wrote:I really like it... like someone said earlier its gets those drums tracks nice and hot and it has that in your face sound... I did a A/B comparison with Live 7's comp. and it def has its own place in a mix..... Live's Comp seemed to have a smoother and rounder less distorted more modern Comp with more bells and whistles hence the sidechain which comes in handy..... But AD's Rough Rider has a good old vintage blast sound.... I dig it...

Yeah, thanks for doing the comparison... two completely different beasts.

No sidechain options on this one.

This compressor is def rough (hence the name) and I love that about this compressor. What more can you, its free and useable.

forge · Post by **forge** » Sat Sep 27, 2008 4:15 am

elxicano wrote:
forge wrote:
nathannn wrote: whats wrong with live's compressor?
it does compress dont it?
I actually think Live 7's compressor is outstanding
I like the compressor too, or should say it is outstanding, but again its just not always the right compressor depending on the sound I'm trying to achieve.

I'll be honest, I hate topics on if a plugin is better than the other, when they're designed for specific purposes. This one, from reading their site is not meant to be your "all purpose" compressor and definitely not made to replace anything, but it serves its purpose for rhythmic pieces such as drums.

This doesn't mean I'm going to drop it on every drum track, but for some tracks, this is perfect and I should mention this does not duplicate the live compressor, but instead stands on its own...

If you don't believe me, download it (its free) and give it a try.

oh no I wasn't suggesting you shouldn't recommend or it was better or anything - just throwing in 2c