what is your favorite compressor?

manzatour · Post by **manzatour** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 1:57 pm

hi

i was wondering what your favorite compressor is

do you use a software compressor? or hardware?
in which context? and why?

thanks

Daemonix · Post by **Daemonix** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 4:06 pm

http://www.idmforums.com/showthread.php?t=13436

check here

tone-def · Post by **tone-def** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 4:17 pm

Daemonix wrote:http://www.idmforums.com/showthread.php?t=13436

check here

according to this ableton has the best compressor. I'm going to take that with a pinch of salt.

anyway i would say fairchild compressors are the best.

Brankis · Post by **Brankis** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 4:39 pm

fmr audio RNC and RNLA

steevio · Post by **steevio** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 5:04 pm

TLAudio C1 tube compressor (old model with square VU s) is the one i use for whole mixes.

http://www.tlaudio.co.uk/docs_07/product_07/C-1.shtml

but would kill for a Fairchild

oblioblioblio · Post by **oblioblioblio** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 5:06 pm

i like sonalksis tbk3

not really very good for taming signals. kind of does the opposite normally, very wild and uncontrollable but that can be kind of useful sometimes too.

usually i steer clear of compression but it can be useful in some circumstances, especially in very small amounts (imo). use ADSR as much as is possible though.

The Ableton compressor sounded pretty decent last time I checked, but I'm not an expert on the subject.

Also like the simple compression/expansion on Ohmforce distortions. another way to do interesting stuff with amplitude.

Chris Crompton · Post by **Chris Crompton** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 6:35 pm

Never heard of the Fairchild before now, but this (I think it's a digital remake?) looks legit.

http://www.uaudio.com/products/software ... index.html

daveashe · Post by **daveashe** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 7:00 pm

For normal, everyday use, ableton's compressor is my go-to, favourite and most-used. There are so many different combinations of the modes / knee curve that can create drastically different results.

For colouration (compression, analog channel emulation etc.), Acoustica Nebula 3 hands-down wins, they have an effect that can 'sample' any type of effect, even tape machines, vintage compressors, etc. the results are great but heavy on cpu - i'm sure there is a fairchild emulation in there - the preset names are changed to protect them from legal action.