Garrett H wrote on Wed, 19 May 2010 12:42 |
For me, I would want a ratio of 1.1 to 1 or 1.5 to 1. The lowest it goes is 2 to 1. Honestly, I don't often compress that much.
Attack - slowest attack is 20 ms. That's crazy too fast for some of the things I do. For example, Masterpiece's slowest fastest attack (after the 'instant' setting) is 30 ms and I'm often way past that.
Release - I guess I could live with what's there. I'm always skeptical of "auto" anything, but thats more based on gut feeling rather than specific tests with this unit in a mastering context.
I have no idea where it is in your chain, what material you're working on or 99 other factors.
Best, GH
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For VCA comps, auto is often a good bet, as not. Complex program material can benefit from it imho.
The attack times seem really apt for mastering to me. They range from .1mS to 30mS. I usually have it set for 1,3, or 10 mS. I just had a gander at the OCL that I have here, and it's attack range is 1 to 40 mS. So, it's in the same ball-park.
I'm almost never squashing stuff, but the ratios of 4:1 and 8:1 see a lot of action with the DAO. Perhaps it's acting more like a peak limiter for me.
Now that you menteion it Garrett, having more ratios to choose from would make it more flexable, but I think John was keeping really close to the SSL model with this design. I do like that all the controls are switched, and it tracks the stereo image very well. Once I heard that I couldn't resist.
It's sitting right before my Vari-Mu (w/Tbar) in the chain. I'm really impressed with how transparent this pairing can be. It's simple and sounds great. Right up my ally!