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Subject: Hardware compressors
Original Message 1/69 02-Dec-02 @ 01:41 PM - Hardware compressors
1. Full control of Attack, Release, Threshold, Ratio
2. LOW LOW LOW noise
3. Dual Mono (for compressing a bassline and a kick drum simultaneously
4. $500 or less (US)
The units that have been recommended to me are the Presonus ACP-22 (I had a bluemax that was quite good and I am leaning towards them for product loyalty), a dbx160, the HHB Fat Man, a Summit box and a Joe Meek. Because I have a good mic-pre in the Tonefactory, this unit will only be used for instruments, and again, a LOW noise floor is very important. Thanks.
Message 2/69 02-Dec-02 @ 02:23 PM - RE: Hardware compressors
Message 3/69 02-Dec-02 @ 03:10 PM - RE: Hardware compressors
huge, eh? man, why dont more companies dont do that. imagine having buttons labeled "lovely", "sweet", "brathtaking" etc and they all worked as intended...
Message 4/69 02-Dec-02 @ 04:25 PM - RE: Hardware compressors
Message 6/69 02-Dec-02 @ 07:43 PM - RE: Hardware compressors
Any opinions on the others I mentioned? I believe that there is a version of the dbx160 that is dual mono...the 1066 is dual mono.
I've always been under the impression that the dbx stuff was...cheap. In price and quality. Is that not true?
Message 7/69 02-Dec-02 @ 08:12 PM - RE: Hardware compressors
hey! how about RNC? for 500$ you coul get two and use them as two mono or two stereo comps. think about it.
but still, compounder is supposed to be really good too, and from a name company, and also it matches your tonefactory (wish i had one) etc etc... ;)
Message 8/69 02-Dec-02 @ 09:12 PM - RE: Hardware compressors
Message 9/69 02-Dec-02 @ 11:18 PM - RE: Hardware compressors
anyway...$225 or so..
and the 1066 has absolutely NOTHING to do with the "good" DBX stuff except the name
Darin..they make one called the 166A..Ive used it and its cool
you mentioned the HHB fatman..>NOT dual mono. The radius 30 is tho..and those are ok.
another kinda cool one is the bellari RP582 (282?)...2u rack, dual mono tube compressor
definitely not high end..but for $500 not much is gonna be...
RNCs are damn solid too, and theres the JoeMeek SC2.2...
if you SCORED you could find a joe meek SC2..the original..but theyre stereo, too...
Message 10/69 03-Dec-02 @ 12:08 AM - RE: Hardware compressors
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