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« Reply #8 on: December 13, 2008, 12:10:10 PM »
I don't remember about this Chevy Situation.
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« Reply #9 on: December 13, 2008, 02:28:06 PM »
Hey Tom, Care to post a sound sample comparing some of your other compressors and the Alta? I've always used opto & VCA compressors for mastering, but have wanted to try a FET. Thanks for the review.
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Respectfully submitted, Dana
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« Reply #10 on: December 14, 2008, 09:13:42 AM »
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« Reply #11 on: December 14, 2008, 09:24:18 AM »
djwaudio wrote on Sat, 13 December 2008 14:28 | Hey Tom, Care to post a sound sample comparing some of your other compressors and the Alta? I've always used opto & VCA compressors for mastering, but have wanted to try a FET. Thanks for the review.
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Dana- I would be happy to but I'm not sure how to conduct a demo like this. There are soo many variables it's difficult to create A/B comparisons with a comp like one may do with a microphone. For example how do you setup an STC-8 and LTD-2 to have the same ratio? If you have any ideas on how a comparison can be done let me know. If interested, PM me and I can hook you up with my dealer so that he can send one out to you for trial. Best, Tom
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« Reply #12 on: December 14, 2008, 02:05:16 PM »
Off topic, but there used to be yearly "Nova Awards" for products with the worst names when translated. My favorite, back in the day when Pepsi was "the choice of a new generation," was a particular translation (Japanese, I believe): "Pepsi brings your ancestors back from the grave."
Back to your regularly scheduled compression.
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« Reply #13 on: December 14, 2008, 03:03:02 PM »
Hey Tom, There's no way that I know of to isolate all of the variables when comparing devices, including the not so trivial issues of how gear interfaces in a chain. As you suggest, getting a demo is the way to go. I'm not ready to start bringing gear in at this point, since I spent the kings ransom on Prism converters last week. Thanks anyway. For a little compressor wine tasting, however, it needn't be totally scientific. Dial up a little tasty compression on a track that you think sounds good, with each box, level match as close as you can by ear, then print. The goal being getting the gist of the box's characteristic sound. I would think a key in the sample making would be using only one box in line at a time to get a sense of the sonic footprint of the path.
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« Reply #14 on: December 14, 2008, 10:40:29 PM »
off-topic: Tom, probably this Chevy issue was more related to spanish spoken countries. But we have a soda called Pitchulinha, which would never be released in chile, where it means "little dick". Adam indicated this model: One more for the road! http://www.vertigosound.com/
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« Reply #15 on: December 14, 2008, 11:22:45 PM »
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« Reply #16 on: December 15, 2008, 07:24:27 AM »
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« Reply #17 on: December 15, 2008, 07:32:37 AM »
djwaudio wrote on Sun, 14 December 2008 15:03 | For a little compressor wine tasting, however, it needn't be totally scientific. Dial up a little tasty compression on a track that you think sounds good, with each box, level match as close as you can by ear, then print. The goal being getting the gist of the box's characteristic sound.
I would think a key in the sample making would be using only one box in line at a time to get a sense of the sonic footprint of the path.
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Dana - Maybe the best way to demonstrate would be to have a version of the original file and some of the different settings on the unicomp rather than compare to another comp?
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« Reply #18 on: December 15, 2008, 01:21:03 PM »
That could be interesting. Have the reference track available as your control, running through the converter loop without the compressor? Say one compressed normally and another with the blend control, another with the side-chain filter engaged, etc.?
That's how we did our compressor shootout way back when. It was pretty consistent with how I experienced the various units in production.
Of coarse this sounds like a bunch of work...
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Dana J. White specializedmastering.com
« Reply #19 on: December 16, 2008, 05:44:28 AM »
djwaudio wrote on Mon, 15 December 2008 13:21 | That could be interesting. Have the reference track available as your control, running through the converter loop without the compressor? Say one compressed normally and another with the blend control, another with the side-chain filter engaged, etc.?
That's how we did our compressor shootout way back when. It was pretty consistent with how I experienced the various units in production.
Of coarse this sounds like a bunch of work...
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Hey Dana, I'll try to do rhis within the next week, I'm a bit slammed ar the moment. Do you have a track that you want to donate?
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« Reply #20 on: December 17, 2008, 02:30:12 PM »
I just finished working on a record with some really great guys. I'll see if they'll give permission to use the track for compressor wine-tasting purposes.
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Dana J. White specializedmastering.com
« Reply #21 on: December 20, 2008, 03:36:59 AM »
masterhse wrote on Sun, 14 December 2008 12:13 |
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regards,
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« Reply #22 on: December 20, 2008, 08:53:29 AM »
Those Snopes people ruin everything, don't they?
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« Reply #23 on: December 20, 2008, 09:04:07 AM »
Pinto also means little chicken or old slang for little dick.
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