brandondrury wrote on Wed, 23 February 2005 04:28 |
Cool. I'll check all those out. I tend to like the opposite of subtle. If I'm gonna add character to something I want it obvious to everyone in the room that I just added character to something. By the way. What does color mean? Does it mean darker, brighter, smoother, harsher, or something else? Brandon |
brandondrury wrote on Tue, 22 February 2005 22:28 |
If I'm gonna add character to something I want it obvious to everyone in the room that I just added character to something. |
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I'll check out the cheaper LA-4 and see what's happening on that end. |
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By the way. What does color mean? |
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Does it mean darker, brighter, smoother, harsher, or something else? |
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Can it be described in a frequency response curve? |
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These days I find that I'm eqing the shit out of my snare to give it more cut or crack. |
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I would like to run it through something harsh beforehand just so I don't have to rely on eq so much. |
J.J. wrote on Thu, 24 February 2005 05:18 |
I own a couple of ADL1000s. I bought them from Anthony ten years ago when he was debuting them at AES SF! Really great compressor, but if you are going to own just one, this is not it. You can't hit it hard without losing high end. It starts to get dark after -6db of reduction, and unlike a real LA-2A, does not have a darkness control. But if you really want to squash the crap out of something -6db is not anywhere near enough. With the 1176 or the Distressor, you can really slam the crap out of a vocal without it losing everything above 10k. The ADL is nice if you want some gentle compression. Oh, one bad thing about it, not a great deal of headroom. It starts to distort as soon as the needle starts hitting the wall. Plus you are locked into that 3:1 ratio and the slow attack rate of the ELOP, which can really increase sibilance on some vocalists. |
maxdimario wrote on Thu, 10 March 2005 13:00 |
the 1176 is the best all around if you like solid state. stay away from op-amp and chip compressors, however good they may seem, because they alter the signal too much to be used on everything (regardless of THD specs etc.) |