Hi all.
First post. I was wondering what compressor people would recommend for compressing each channel that's not the built in channel strip compressor.
A good all round external compressor.
Thanks,
Alan
Hello Alan
IN REASON by default you can use
- Mclass ( really transparent and efficient cpu friend with side chain)
- the modest comp 01
- the pulverizer with is squashy and dirty sound
- the audiomatic in tape position with a lot of gain in can give you the taste of the old tape compression band but it's only a coloration.
IN RE
- rough rider (audio damage) is punchy and very efficient on percussive part, it's not really the gentle and subtle compressor but with the mix section you can make interesting parallel comp
- RE 2A (cakewalk) is great for bass, voice and all track with a lot of dynamic, without feelling too much the pumping and transcient erasing( magic effect with only two knobs).
- Dynarage (daveloop) is hardly "tube colored" more usefull for hard and collored compression
- 4DYN (flower audio) is really great because it's a multiband compression with a lot of routings possiblities
- Dcam bus comp (fxpansion) is usefull on ensemble of tracks but I don't use it a lot , I never find exactly what I'm looking for with it (but it's only ma taste)
- Dcam channel comp (fxpansion) is
the channel compressor ( but for me it's like the bus compressor , never find exactly what I want with it)
- Gclip (GVXT) may be used as compressor but it's in first a wave shaper
- G670 (mcdsp) is the glue compressor fairchild inspiration ( I like it a lot because it's a discret and verry soft compressor)
- FRG4RE (mcdsp) is the verry precise compressor complementary to the G670 easy to find what you looking for with it.
- Moo tube (mcdsp) is great for voice, bass a litle bit like the RE 2A but different (personnaly I like a lot the 3 MCdsp and I think the are in sale at this time)
- C1 L1 (red rock) is verry interesting because there is a lot of possiblities, it's a verry complet compressor.
- Leveler (seilig) is an other mode working compressor, usefull for finalisations but not for starting.
- Fet compressor (softube) is a verry efficient compressor but not really gentle. verry great to boost drums room and also in parralel mode. (I like it a lot)
- tube tech classic channel (softube) verry expensive and not only a compressor , its a channel strip. I use it more for the eq but the compressor is good in serie mode with an other compressor.
my conclusion
the MCdsp serie is great because you will find with 1 of the 3 for what you need in each situations.
the C1 L1 is complet and multi usage.
voilà