Hardware compressor

subeena · Post by **subeena** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 11:01 am

check / or if u find a demo, try this TCL2 Millennia --and dream of it...it's 3000euro... im mostly pro-software, but speaking about compressors --and mostly this one- there's no comparison...

sinewave · Post by **sinewave** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 11:56 am

subeena wrote:check / or if u find a demo, try this TCL2 Millennia --and dream of it...it's 3000euro... im mostly pro-software, but speaking about compressors --and mostly this one- there's no comparison...

nothing comes close to a proper valve compressor from the likes of tl audio or ivory imo.

subeena · Post by **subeena** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 12:22 pm

tl audio is good, sure...but still , this millennia is really really great..not really something you buy for your normal homestudio -unless u really have a good one and can afford to spend that money...

2000f · Post by **2000f** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 8:02 pm

I´m sorry, but TL Audio???

narcossist · Post by **narcossist** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 11:46 pm

Well ready to get laughed at here but:

Anyone any thoughts on using a decent old tapedeck to drive tracks?

I know theres no ASDR or ratio or threshold etc but by running things thru it on record pause with the levels peaking into the red you do get a compression of sorts. Undecided on the results as yet but basslines do seem to benefit slightly from this by sounding a bit dubbier and sitting further back in the mix.

wil blaze · Post by **wil blaze** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 3:07 am

narcossist wrote:Well ready to get laughed at here but:

Anyone any thoughts on using a decent old tapedeck to drive tracks?

I know theres no ASDR or ratio or threshold etc but by running things thru it on record pause with the levels peaking into the red you do get a compression of sorts. Undecided on the results as yet but basslines do seem to benefit slightly from this by sounding a bit dubbier and sitting further back in the mix.

big up man that's the sort of thinking we need for people to come up with fresh sounds.

thinking about it you can do this with all sorts of things, i often run things through channels on the desk or my channel strip with too much gain (but not TOO much) to get this nice noizsy distorted kinda compression... every gear does it a bit different... it's lovely though for crunch on drums and bass.

on a side note, i'm doing an ambient electronica ep which i'm mastering to tape... rugged!

peace

jahtao · Post by **jahtao** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 11:23 pm

Mastering ambient electronica to tape eh? Sounds cool, go for it. However, this is perhaps literally the last type of music that i'd expect to benefit from tape - if it has quite passages i'd be 'worried' about tape hiss, and if it doesn't have loud transients your saturation effects are gunna be basically distortion on the looud bits. That style of music doesn't generally take a 'vintage' sound as readily as Zeplin-esque rock for example. Some electronica needs to sound clean and cold. Just a thought. I haven't heard the track. And i'm talking purely theoretically - if sounds good then it is good. Please let us know how you get on. Hope it rocks.

wil blaze · Post by **wil blaze** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 8:49 am

yeah it's just an experiment really.... i guess electronica might not have been the best word to use as yes electronica normally sounds good clean and igital but the tracks i made are 100% analogue and the whole sound is very warm and fuzzy anyway...

I'll let people know what happens... for all i know it might sound like bin laden's balls so we'll see

peace

sinewave · Post by **sinewave** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 11:53 am

well alot of boards of canada work has been done using analouge tape methods. i think it adds a warm emotion to the sound if used correctly.

older rhythm and sound stuff too.

worth looking into if you already haven't.

wil blaze · Post by **wil blaze** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 11:27 pm

Boards of Canada are probably one of my biggest influences... love that shit... they use all analogue synths too... as i will do when i have more than two....

peace

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