soundwave Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 need something cheapish that will make shit sound phatt without sounding shit was looking at the FMR and low end JoeMeek stuff but you can get older kit quite cheap these days any other suggestions folks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandi_B Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 if you've never had an alesis 3630 i highly recommend it, or the dbx 266XL that's in the same category. The Alesis gives you good options of sounding colored or not, can pump heavy, and can be dual mono or stereo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidphakist Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Stick with used FMR gear. It's excellent quality for the price point. I have an FMR RNC for sale if you are interested, just PM me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundwave Posted April 4, 2011 Author Share Posted April 4, 2011 cheers acidphakist but I think postage, import duty (plus handling fee) in rip off Britain wouldn't make it worthwhile will check out the Alesis too cheers medears Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidphakist Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 I'm going to have to take the dissenting view here: avoid the 3630 at all costs unless you are specifically looking to compress for effect. I'm not new to compression, and I have never been able to get my 3630 to sounds transparent. The FMR has a "nice" setting which makes it absolutely transparent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest analogue wings Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Don't go near JoeMeek unless it's old and it has Ted Fletcher's signature on the front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hahathhat Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 anyone tried building one ? http://mnats.net/what_compressor.html i've been meaning to get around to doing that bugger for ages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giftcard Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 I built a tube compressor once. Everything pumped through that bad boy turned to gold. I regret selling it :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandi_B Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Stick with used FMR gear. It's excellent quality for the price point. I have an FMR RNC for sale if you are interested, just PM me. mfr is great i like the coloring of alesis tho....to each their own Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidphakist Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 I built a tube compressor once. Everything pumped through that bad boy turned to gold. I regret selling it :( I got my hands on jurgen haible's 1176 ln clone. It absolutely spanks the 808. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Adam Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Anyone tried ART Pro Vla? It's tube and cheap and I heard a lot of good things about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundwave Posted April 5, 2011 Author Share Posted April 5, 2011 Anyone tried ART Pro Vla? It's tube and cheap and I heard a lot of good things about it. now that looks tasty given a little above my intended price range I hear the lower end TLaudio valve stuff (Ivory?) isn't that great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundwave Posted April 5, 2011 Author Share Posted April 5, 2011 I'm going to have to take the dissenting view here: avoid the 3630 at all costs unless you are specifically looking to compress for effect. I'm not new to compression, and I have never been able to get my 3630 to sounds transparent. The FMR has a "nice" setting which makes it absolutely transparent. I've been looking at audio demos on youtube and the ''nice'' setting stacks three compressor circuits together (e.g. 6.1 ratio will be x3 2.1 stacked) for a smoother curve hence the transparency. I've also notice Focusrite Compounders are quite cheap 2nd hand. A friend has one of these and they're very punchy with some added bass enhancement process, apparently Trentmollor uses one too. The ART Pro VLA have mixed opinions on gearsluts but the geeks say replacing the stock tubes for better ones makes all the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba69 Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 I built a tube compressor once. Everything pumped through that bad boy turned to gold. I regret selling it :( who is this guy and why was he banned? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidphakist Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 I built a tube compressor once. Everything pumped through that bad boy turned to gold. I regret selling it :( who is this guy and why was he banned? For lying. Everyone knows that tube compressors emit PLATINUM, not GOLD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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