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!

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.

Which compressor is the best? And/or which should be the first one I get.
I want the best one for under $3000.
I want all your opinions! Of course those with compressors

I am fairly new to the whole home studio 'thing' but as a musician I have spent plenty of time in Studios. My questions are about compression. I currently have a number of compressor plug in's (UAD-1, Waves, Wave Arts and Focusrite D2/D3) which in many cases attempt to imitate a hardware counterpart. Unfortunately, I do not have the hardware versions handy to make the necessary comparisons.

Why is it when i put audio through a lot of compressors
it gives me like a Milky Creamy Fat sound?

What makes the compressor circuit turn the audio to
the Milk and creame?

I put 4 compressors in series and i got more Milk and Cream
and Thick sound out of the audio but why?

I though compressors just squeezed the sound together?

I'm looking into getting my drum kit seriously miked up, and i've got an idea of some good mics to use. I'm curious to know: I've read that using compression on kicks and snares can be a great idea for an awesome sound, i'm just curious to know what compressors to use. I'm on a really tight budget, so not too much flexibility there.

do any of you guys use Waves compressors straight to disk while recording vocals. I'm wondering how it sounds? would an outboard compressor sound a lot better? if so... how much am I looking at for a good one?

which Waves compressor do you use?

is there other plugin compressors you like better than Waves?

Thanks,
Mark

Guys,

What would you guys do first? Right now I'm using two RNP/RNC combos and I want to improve the quality of my recordings. I am going to get two X73i's with the power supply, a UA 1176, and an Empirical Labs Distressor...but I only have enough money to get the pre's OR the compressors now. Thank you

Looking for anyone who owns a Joemeek tube comp with eq.
Is this unit classified as a class A unit? is it worth the $$,is it as good as it looks? 8-)