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I dont own a outboard compressor but I keep hearing about how API comps are very good for drums and everything else... model 225L - 525- 2500 ( www.apiaudio.com ) but quite expensive..
The old "DBX 160" would be the cheap alternative for fat drums...apparently used by big time producers
Hope this helps
The old "DBX 160" would be the cheap alternative for fat drums...apparently used by big time producers
Hope this helps
A buddy of mine just got done working in a pretty dope studio, the same one that the engineers from the show Flight of the Conchords work in and he said that they use those old DBX 160s on a daily basis. Still a classic compressor for all types of applications from what it sounds like.
Ive never had the luxury of purchasing a dedicated outboard unit yet so I still use software comps.
Is there a specific kind your looking to use for your music?
Ive never had the luxury of purchasing a dedicated outboard unit yet so I still use software comps.
Is there a specific kind your looking to use for your music?
7thangel
7th Angel of Armageddon
ill o.g.
dbx's are great and inexpensive and just about everywhere (a strip joint that was selling everything including beds!! :wideeyed:
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had 4 160 xl's for about $250 a while back on craigslist)
i love the drawmer 1968 and 1969, effin' sweet, grimyif need be and fattening
api are a staple
avalon. great
he other typical names
i've heard good things about art
...............had 4 160 xl's for about $250 a while back on craigslist)
i love the drawmer 1968 and 1969, effin' sweet, grimyif need be and fattening
api are a staple
avalon. great
he other typical names
i've heard good things about art
7thangel
7th Angel of Armageddon
ill o.g.
i wish. i used at school for recording and some mixing. also did some impulse for colortone pro using the drawmer and ssl aws+. maybe after i spend my ducats on a new place, a new 'puter, hush/bribe money, and bills i'll save up for one. until then, i'll reminisce
Greg Savage
Ehh Fuck you
ill o.g.
Dbx's
love them
love them
ah my fair skinned brethren.....not so cheap but just as good I'd add. That Mercury bundle is 10 stacks or more retail.
Greg Savage
Ehh Fuck you
ill o.g.
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Formant024
Digital Smokerings
ill o.g.
amen on the dbx160xl, but just for drums or stabby bass...stay away from the dbx tube comps, those dbx 566 are really crap. The old 160 that has been refered to here is actually more expensive than the drawmer 1968 but the 160 has a variety of releases, most interestingly would be the S or A type (but rather have S). Basically, there is no real answer as each voice is also different which makes software a good solution but not per se better. Good hardware is really going to be expensive and some items are just legendary and of course, again, more expensive (Focusrite red 7) but are the world to any good mic.
I dunno about art, ive worked with some art gear before and i always find them in the rock biased studios but never really impressed me compared to digitech.
You might want to look at FMR RNC 1137, its been out for a while but its (like the title) a really nice compressor for a nice price.
I dunno about art, ive worked with some art gear before and i always find them in the rock biased studios but never really impressed me compared to digitech.
You might want to look at FMR RNC 1137, its been out for a while but its (like the title) a really nice compressor for a nice price.
thedreampolice
A backwards poet writes inverse.
The new waves plugs rock, SSL/API/V series
the only hardware compressor that blew my mind as of late was the chandler stuff. AMAZING!
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/GermaniumComp/
But I am selling or have sold most of my hardware because I am just s plugin guy lol
the only hardware compressor that blew my mind as of late was the chandler stuff. AMAZING!
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/GermaniumComp/
But I am selling or have sold most of my hardware because I am just s plugin guy lol
the ssl's are realy cool. its just, i recorded only once with a hardware preamp/compressor, the spl goldmike that was, quite inexpensive one, and softwareplugs NEVER gave me the warmth, punch and brilliance i got from that one. so a hardware comp will be definitely an addition to my set sooner or later.
the chandler looks nice and the reviews are realy promising. time for an extra job
the chandler looks nice and the reviews are realy promising. time for an extra job
7thangel
7th Angel of Armageddon
ill o.g.
it's tricky, stuff like psp's vintage warmer and it's mix 2, as well as tape/valve sims can give you the warmth but it has to be done right.
there are some excellent hardware compressors by the big names such as api, neve, avalon, ssl, massenberg, etc that can be not as expensive as you would think, at least some of their versions. plus check for used ones on ebay, craigslist or from store sites as well as discounted ones used for demonstration might be the way to go.
another option is a summing box, to possibly get that analogue imperfection aka warmth (not always but..).
there are some excellent hardware compressors by the big names such as api, neve, avalon, ssl, massenberg, etc that can be not as expensive as you would think, at least some of their versions. plus check for used ones on ebay, craigslist or from store sites as well as discounted ones used for demonstration might be the way to go.
another option is a summing box, to possibly get that analogue imperfection aka warmth (not always but..).