Of the compressors available today, what would you recommend, with the assumption that it would be used mostly for vocals? I've been narrowing things down a bit, and here's what looks good:

UA 1176N
UREI LA2, LA3 or LA4
Empirical Labs Distressor
dbx 160S or 160SL
Manley EL OP (or, really, and of their comps)
Purple Audio MC77
Drawmer 1968

One drawback of the Edirol DA-2496 8 in/8 out interface is that it doesn't have effects inserts for things like compressors.

Which Manley comp,is good for: 1.Electric guitar 2.acoustic guitar 3. Vocals?
I know its a braud question,but Ive been doing a lot of home-work on compressing.
When& for what does FET,EL-OP,Vactrol comps come into use when mastering?

UGGGGGHHHHHHH! :twisted:

I just have to vent a bit here.

Why in the Hell are manufacturers making compressors that have no capability of adjusting attack and release times. For that matter, I've seen some where you can't even adjust threshold. Some simply have a knob that say "compression." You turn it to the right for more and you turn it to the left for less!

Hello, everyone. I am going insane, and need some help. here are my specs

p4 3.2 800 mgh FSB Jetway board 2X 1 gig ddram 400 speed
160 IDE maxtor HD(audio) 80 Gig HD(programs)
Win xp
Nuendo 3.0.625
E-Mu, 1820m

Hi guys, I've got upto £800 ($1400) to buy a compressor+limiter, I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions... - are there any clear winners in this price range? I only want 1 channel for vocals (i use a u87 into a john hardy preamp) and i'd put it in at the front of the chain, right after the mic.

hello
i need help setting up my equipment digitech effect processor, Alesis compressor how can i connect all this to a mixer ?
you help will be appreciated .
thanks

Having finally found an EQ plug I really like I am starting look at compressors. Kjaerhus Audio, Waves, PSP, are some of the names I have looked at. Many seem perfectly capable. I saw a Pultec recreation that would pretty cool but it appears to be TDM only. I need VST (Cubase SX).

Is there any software plugin compressor that compresses the voice in live from the mic. Just like a hardware compressor?

Please help me. I have few plug -in which compress after the voice is recorded.

My other post (for some reason) got moved to the DAWs and Computer thread...

but i would like to know what you guys would recommend for decent compressors and eq's for my rack..

thank you.