I need a compressor.

Hircine · Post by **Hircine** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 3:42 pm

I need a compressor for parallel / bus compression. It must be simple and able to deliver some nice saturation / colour when the gain is cranked (analog).

http://www.pspaudioware.com/plugins/dyn ... sspressor/ is this a good option? can I find anything cheaper?

Thanks.

JockMCPlop · Post by **JockMCPlop** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 3:58 pm

may i recommend this:
http://www.waves.com/Content.aspx?id=10341
(although it is more expensive.. i gotta start reading things properly)

mthrfnk · Post by **mthrfnk** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 4:29 pm

Have you tried The Glue by Cytomic?

Egan · Post by **Egan** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 4:42 pm

I use Ableton's compressor. It gets the job done but I haven't really explored plug-in compressors.

Hircine · Post by **Hircine** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 4:48 pm

The Kramer one is sick, but definitely out of my price range. I like how the Glue one is a SSL model, definitely worth a try. About Ableton, I currently own suite 8, waiting for the 9 update to finally move from Studio One.

Sharmaji · Post by **Sharmaji** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 4:49 pm

stillwell rocket

Hircine · Post by **Hircine** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 5:00 pm

Sharmaji wrote:stillwell rocket

what's that impetus knob? was watching a video where the A/R was all the way down with a very low impetus value and the high end was pumping, just the kind of sound I was looking for.

dublerium · Post by **dublerium** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 5:08 pm

Density mkIII by bootsy is free and has it's own colouration, definitely give it a look.

oprs · Post by **oprs** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 5:42 pm

OH WAIT,
you said Compressor.

My mistake

didi · Post by **didi** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 6:27 pm

I came to say Stillwell Bombardier and (the free, but still fantastic) Density mkiii.

Seems that I've been beaten to it.

StratosFear · Post by **StratosFear** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 6:32 pm

I use Ableton's as well, so I can't say much. But if you're going to consider the Glue, just wait for Live 9 as they teamed up with Cytomic for a default plugin called "Glue Compressor".

Hircine · Post by **Hircine** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 6:36 pm

Bombardier or Rocket for parallel compressing? It's going to be one of those, now sure which, I'm really bad with compressors.

wormcode · Post by **wormcode** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 6:40 pm

Camelphat or even the free Camelcrusher should get a mention, it has all those features you want and more. Fxpansion recently released DCAM FreeComp which is a nice bus compressor. Also DFP Blockfish is very nice and simple for parallel.

sunny_b_uk · Post by **sunny_b_uk** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 6:45 pm

i really like psp mixsaturator the warmth knob is just magic

also the magic eq in camelphat is magic lol.

Hircine · Post by **Hircine** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 6:50 pm

wormcode wrote:Camelphat or even the free Camelcrusher should get a mention, it has all those features you want and more. Fxpansion recently released DCAM FreeComp which is a nice bus compressor. Also DFP Blockfish is very nice and simple for parallel.

I use Camelcrusher on a high passedaux to distort and squash the hell out of the highs, get everything sounding crispy

lazermouse · Post by **lazermouse** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 8:21 pm

Well these are free and great for buses:

DCAM Free Comp by FXpansion
http://www.fxpansion.com/index.php?page=185&tab=443

Rough Rider by Audio Damage
http://www.audiodamage.com/downloads/

Sharmaji · Post by **Sharmaji** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 8:35 pm

Hircine wrote:Bombardier or Rocket for parallel compressing? It's going to be one of those, now sure which, I'm really bad with compressors.

rocket. bombadier is too subtle (and fiddly) for really anything other than the 2buss or vox buss.

the impetus on the rocket emulates overdriving the input.

Hircine · Post by **Hircine** » Tue Oct 23, 2012 2:29 am

Sharmaji wrote:
Hircine wrote:Bombardier or Rocket for parallel compressing? It's going to be one of those, now sure which, I'm really bad with compressors.
rocket. bombadier is too subtle (and fiddly) for really anything other than the 2buss or vox buss.

the impetus on the rocket emulates overdriving the input.

just what I was looking for. thanks everyone!

Coolschmid · Post by **Coolschmid** » Tue Oct 23, 2012 3:18 am

I have never really messed around with a compressor on the master channel or on a main bus. Sorry to kind of diverge from the main topic, but should I try it? Can you get noticeably good results?

didi · Post by **didi** » Tue Oct 23, 2012 8:07 am

If you know what you're doing. This is a good article on mixbuss compression:

http://www.gearslutz.com/board/showwiki ... harles-Dye

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