I like watching the Sweetwater videos mainly because they are quick and to the point. There are too many long and overdrawn videos out there, that can really test one´s patience.
MetalMan73100 But what if one wanted to know the in-depth details? Then one would be greatly appreciative? If one is unhappy then one can skip to the end. Demonstrating the nuances can cover a magnitude of wondrous delights. Patience is a virtue.
Personally I think the guy has no idea what the usual compressor controls mean... which is not ok if youre demoing a product... But still the sound quality is really good and you can listen to the pedal, thats more important than knowledge I guess...
If you crank everything up you can actually use this like an overdrive. Works great for big loud amps, to get that high volume distortion without actually turning the volume up. That’s always the main use I’ve found for compression pedals.
I use them the same way running into a distortion pedal but with the distortion all the way down. Kills all the fizz in the distortion while the comp./sus..pedal works as a boost to send it over the top into heavy metal territory. My metal tone sounds very pro this way and notes have definition, good crunch and this setup allows for more radical tone shaping with my EQ pedal, EQ on distortion and EQ on the amp. I can get any tone I want now and only use the clean channel of my amp. I run an overdrive into my compressor. My overdrive settings are level max, tone max and overdrive on zero. It helps add a little more gain of course which is a plus but also helps my clean tone standout out in the mix when using delay, chorus, flanger and other time modulation effects. I love my rig.
I have one just like that, and I’ve been using it for majority of my rhythm guitar playing. I usually turn the sustain up to the max, only when I’m playing the lead guitar parts and solo to The Beatles’s “Nowhere Man”. Other than that, I usually keep it like this: Level - 5, Tone between 6 and 7, Attack between 2 and 5, and Sustain between 3 and 4.
"Hahahahah "the tone speaks for itself, the attack is the sound of the attack, the level is of course the level" I literally fell out of my chair laughing after watching this demo. The dude should be presented with an award...any suggestions for the title of the award?
Err, is it just me or is this guy a little confused as to how a compressor works? Just to clarify folks: the "attack" function of a compressor is the parameter that controls how quickly the compression kicks in and the "sustain" is the parameter controlling how long the compression lasts once it has kicked in. "Level" controls how much compression you want in ratio to the pure Input signal and "tone" is the compression effect tone control not (as he seems to imply here) the tone of the pure instrument being input. All quite simple really. I'm not sure this chap made it that clear however.
Your definition of attack is correct, however, in the case of this pedal it is used differently and quite strangely to be honest. I've owned a cs3 for years now and still cant fully figure out what it means. The owner's manual says the knob affects how much "punch" you feel (as if getting your tone "attackier"), but as far as i know it does not affect the time it takes for the compression to kick in. Its rather a macro of some sort that compresses more as you go clockwise rather than affect the attack time (at least thats my perception). Also you define the sustain knob as if it had a release function in proper compression but it does not. It literally sustains notes for a long long time (i dont know how that works either). I am a bass player and have found this pedal to be quite great for clean, fingerstyle guitar but quite disappointing for bass. Maybe the problem's my rig but it feels like it eats up tone, low freqs get muffled
Thanks lol I've owned one of these for 30+ yrs ,..never really used it ...just pulled it out and decided to figure out wtf it does ha... your post was more Info than the vid.
The attack is the sound of the attack WTF are you talking about? Do you people really not know how compression works. Sustain is not an effect it is the release for the compression only renamed to sustain. Attack is how fast the compressor acts after a note has been struck. Level is the amount of compression. Tone is tone. For god sakes if your going to help at least know what your talking about. The attack is the sound of the attack lol come on man.
+Phlop Alopagus And to simplify that even more, attack alludes to how quickly compression engages (kicks in.) A quick attack time will "limit" as it were the initial transient level of what ever instrument is going through the compressor. A slower attack allows more initial transients to go through.
Well this is misleading too. The level control is the output level. Sustain controls the amount of compression, probably through raising the level before the compression happens in the circuit.
yeah, can anyone post video with "sustainer" part tested, how does it sound when you bend strings, for how long does it hold up there, clean/distorted tone
One of the better CS-3 demos explaining the control's cause and effect. I've been using a CS-3 for 18 years. It sure helps with the playing a Stratocaster more so than other guitars IMHO.
This seems to make organ type rhythms very well....one of the back and forth opportunities that keyboard players used to emulate guitar riffs. Now guitarists are able to emulate keyboard swells.
Hahahahah "the tone speaks for itself, the attack is the sound of the attack, the level is of course the level" damn dude its not obvious for many people that are newly learning about pedals.
Still my favorite compressor on the market. It works wonders. It's not just about the ability to focus your tone in the right direction, but the feel. When you can get compression without distortion you have so much more headroom. I tell my friends before they think of selling their amps or getting new pickups to try out a compressor. Once they see what the Boss can do they get one too. They are just a treasure for your pedalboard.
Agree. Just applying a "bit of compression" is usually the key, especially with glassy sounding amps or pickups. I just bought the Boss CS-3 but have used others, so will shortly discover how this compares. Aside from extra sustain, its value as a pedal is by very subtle control of notes (chords especially) which can be invaluable in recording. Why do you like this Boss particularly.
Honestly I've owned this stompbox for 12 years - I never gigged with it, recorded it a couple times but in the end I stopped using it. I recently got the Me-80 and I genuinely believe the compressor on that is quite good.
Good review. Few ever demonstrate Compression with distorted sounds. They all seem to just go with some countrified riffs. Sweetwater and Boss. You can't go wrong with either.
I own a CS-3. Great overview, however the sustain knob does not set the compression ratio on this particular pedal (which you said in the video above). The sustain knob actually acts like a 'threshold', it is not the ratio. The compression ratio on the CS-3 is fixed, you cannot change it. Fixed and hard. Like a heavy compression ratio. You can lower the sustain/threshold which will make the effect not trigger, but you can't change the ratio.
This is helpful -- do you have any reference or source on this? Anywhere to read/learn more? I'm finding some pretty huge debates online about how this thing actually works, and I find the official manual to be a little ambiguous. ty
@@charlesgallant I don’t remember how I figured this out, but I had the pedal for a few years and (like you) I was trying to research it online. However, some compressors have a ‘blend knob’ which makes a world of difference. This one does not and I would not recommend it. I may have reached my conclusion after watching some videos about compression on the JHS channel. If you haven’t seen those I highly recommend them.
I bought one of these 20 years ago.... Wanted sustain like Brian may... It takes any guitar and makes playing it awful... Its that simple... All my other pedals are boss delay, chorus. Trem, od3 and tuner.. All great but this pedal I never understood, liked.
Hi, Smitty. It would work great. A Big Muff has a lot of sustain to it already, but the compressor would increase that even more. Thanks for your interest! Charlie Davis, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1320
MICHAEL DAVIS- yes, technically the Boss CS-3 will work with a high-impedance microphone. However, since it's voiced and designed for guitar, it wouldn't be my first choice...from a sonic perspective. Just sayin'! :-) Thanks, Don Carr
Yes. Put it before the fuzz to tighten up the effect, Make things less muddy. Put it after the fuzz to use it as a sort of volume control/sound check, to maintain the fuzz.
Everyone here talking shit about this review. I felt like this was great review and now i know what kind of pedal this is and what it is used for. Thanks Don!
Martin Ferreira-simply put, "Attack" controls how quickly the compression happens to the signal. A higher Attack setting compresses the input signal quicker. This is why it can sound snappier, especially at higher compression settings. I wrote a 2-part article on guitar compressors that may answer questions you have. I linked it to an earlier comment. At the risk of being redundant, here it is again: www.sweetwater.com/insync/how-to-get-the-most-from-your-compressor-pedal-part-1/
I have electric guitar, and regular speaker, where there isn’t coming out the electric guitar sound. Will this compressor sustainer make a difference ? (Thank you).
Hi, Mhabs! Appreciate you getting in contact. Yes, you can run the CS-3 compressor in front of or in the loop of the GX5. Same with any other pedal in your collection. That’s a very common option for guitarists. Please contact us direct with other questions as you have them! Robert Williams, Senior Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 2371, robert_williams@sweetwater.com
If I knock down the tone about halfway can it sound like the cs2 because I hear a comparison between the CS2 and cs3 and the CS3 sounds more transparent
By now you likely know but to best summarize a compressor,...When you are using cleaner tones with less over-drive, distortion or gain or light distortion, light gain or light overdrive,..you will lose a lot of sustain. In order to keep this type of tone and increase sustain a compressor is used. Clean boosters also do this. Having said that, everything will color the tone to some degree, even if it is subtle. To answer you question, it is a significant amount.
Hi guys, I have many questions about this pedal, when I use a strat or a telecaster, I put the attack in 3 and the sustainer in 5, and when I use an archtop guitar I put the attack in 5 and the sustainer in 3, is correct this setting, or how you recomend me setting this pedal?
I think I have an addiction to guitar pedals. I've been collecting them since 1975 and currently have 768 pedals from 1968 through 2015. I really love my old Maestro pedals the best.
how would you set this to get snappy kind of single coil sound? sort of a "cant stop" sound by rhcp. people say a compressor is key to getting frusciantes tone but idk how to implement it. thanks in advance!
PCMESS, for the "Can't Stop" sound, the compressor is keeping the volume of the note's initial attack in-check without altering the tone much otherwise. Sounds like Frusciante's attack is pretty hard but all of the notes, even the sustained ones, stay level in volume. Put the comp early in the signal chain, preferably right out of the guitar, and get your sound with the comp bypassed. When you engage it, start with the Sustain control about as low as you can get it and use the Volume to bring it up to unity gain. Keep turning up the Sustain and bringing down the Volume little-by-little until you find the sweet spot. This will be different depending on the player, guitar, pickups, etc. The Attack will probably be most-of-the-way up and the Tone somewhere in the middle. Experiment with different comps, they all sound and react uniquely. If you want to get really tweaky, here's a link to Part 1 of a 4-part series I wrote about how to get the most from your compressor. www.sweetwater.com/insync/how-to-get-the-most-from-your-compressor-pedal-part-1/ Hope this helps, have fun! Cheers, Don Carr
Hey! I am trying to get a Gary Moore like sound, can I use this pedal for that? Or do you have other suggestions to create the gary moore sound? I don't have a really big budget :P
Hi, saschakupke405! Thanks for the inquiry. The CS-3 is absolutely for bass. It’s a favorite of one of my customers, Juan Alderete of Mars Volta and Marilyn Manson fame. Please contact us direct with other questions as you have them! Robert Williams, Senior Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 2371, robert_williams@sweetwater.com
why other pedals might have a sensitivity knob and boss's doesn't have !? is sensitivity knob is for how much compression is applied !? does attack knob is for that !? Thanks you !
my cs-3 has problems turning on and off and when guitar is plugged in and the pedal is plugged to the amp it won't work it sounds loud feedback. I don't know what to do. any suggestions?
Tone speaks for itself, attack is actually the sound of the attack, level of course is the level, sustain is like the compression ratio the more you turn it down the less you hear the effect, the more you turn it up the more you hear the effect.... THIS IS EPIC lmao... Great JOKE
I would put this right at the start! Or in the off chance you have any overly sensitive fuzz or distortion pedals, right after them, but before everything else. It's kind of a sculpting tool in my opinion.
Yup. Before light drive pedals and clean effects, but I'm running mine after my DOD Grunge to help check the sound and maintain a good tone. The DOD Grunge can get wicked out of control real quick, and I'm stacking it with the Boss Blues Driver as well
Thanks for your question, Ray. Hope you and yours are well and safe. I suggest experimenting with the pedal position to see what you prefer. Depending on how you set your compressor, you could limit the dynamic range or set the output for a boost. Either of those will affect the other effects. There is no right or wrong, only what sounds good to you. I'd go after the drop and before the wah, since that tames the output of the pitch change and allows the filter of the wah to run free. YMMV. Robert Williams, Senior Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 2371, robert_williams@sweetwater.com
this review gave me no insight into what this pedal is actually doing everything was vague and you only showed things once, you didn't give comparisons a few times so we can really hear a difference... and you flipped through things like a phone book... maybe this review was good for someone who's been playing with a bunch of different pedals for a while but for the beginner who's trying to figure things out without reading all the manuals I'd like more in a review especially from Sweetwater
what we want in a sustain pedal? to hear the sustain... what style uses more sustain? Guitar Solos... what does this guy do to show a sustain pedal???? plays chords and dont even puts a more solos distortion and plays a hight note and sustains it for us to see the pedal in work... Get T Funk Out Dude!
CS-3 killed my guitar's brilliance. It removed the high frequencies like mad. Not a good thing. Even with the Tone knob to compensate the high frequency loss is of very little use. Sold it off.
Do these type pedals give a fullness to the tone as well as keep the sustain above the amps normal ability. I really like to hear about the difference this type pedal gives to both tube and solid state amps. Being that I have at the present time both, It would be a great value not to get the wrong kind of pedal. By thinking the wrong information would be sufficient to make a acquisition and end up junking it.
Get a compressor. They help make biiiig dirty pedals more moderate, and the boost the sound of clean effects like delays and choruses. They help cap everything off, and mold the shape of your sound better. They give it definition and make your sound seem professional
Level is level, attack is basically attack and the others do what they say on the label. What an informative review lol the presenter sort of looks like the guitarist who got kicked out of a dad-prog-rock band
A pretty weak explanation of the compressor settings, but I can understand how you wouldn't have time to explain how all compressors work in a short video. Might want to offer a separate video for that and suggest people watch it first.
Tone is tone, attack is attack, level is level. Ok, I wrote it all down.
Hahahahahaha man you nailed it. Epic 👍🏻👍🏻
Pretty obvious, right?
This video is not that great lol
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Email me those notes.
Tone speaks for itself, Wow!! I need to buy this pedal, never knew it could talk.
LMAO 😂😂🤣
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I like watching the Sweetwater videos mainly because they are quick and to the point. There are too many long and overdrawn videos out there, that can really test one´s patience.
We appreciate the great feedback, MetalMan73100! Thanks for checking our videos out!
MetalMan73100 But what if one wanted to know the in-depth details? Then one would be greatly appreciative? If one is unhappy then one can skip to the end. Demonstrating the nuances can cover a magnitude of wondrous delights. Patience is a virtue.
Personally I think the guy has no idea what the usual compressor controls mean... which is not ok if youre demoing a product... But still the sound quality is really good and you can listen to the pedal, thats more important than knowledge I guess...
If you crank everything up you can actually use this like an overdrive. Works great for big loud amps, to get that high volume distortion without actually turning the volume up. That’s always the main use I’ve found for compression pedals.
I use them the same way running into a distortion pedal but with the distortion all the way down. Kills all the fizz in the distortion while the comp./sus..pedal works as a boost to send it over the top into heavy metal territory. My metal tone sounds very pro this way and notes have definition, good crunch and this setup allows for more radical tone shaping with my EQ pedal, EQ on distortion and EQ on the amp. I can get any tone I want now and only use the clean channel of my amp. I run an overdrive into my compressor. My overdrive settings are level max, tone max and overdrive on zero. It helps add a little more gain of course which is a plus but also helps my clean tone standout out in the mix when using delay, chorus, flanger and other time modulation effects. I love my rig.
I have one just like that, and I’ve been using it for majority of my rhythm guitar playing. I usually turn the sustain up to the max, only when I’m playing the lead guitar parts and solo to The Beatles’s “Nowhere Man”. Other than that, I usually keep it like this: Level - 5, Tone between 6 and 7, Attack between 2 and 5, and Sustain between 3 and 4.
"Hahahahah "the tone speaks for itself, the attack is the sound of the attack, the level is of course the level"
I literally fell out of my chair laughing after watching this demo.
The dude should be presented with an award...any suggestions for the title of the award?
don't need one, it speaks for itself
Captain obvious award
The" it is what it is award".
The typical lazy college professor award
Captain obvious award
Err, is it just me or is this guy a little confused as to how a compressor works?
Just to clarify folks: the "attack" function of a compressor is the parameter that controls how quickly the compression kicks in and the "sustain" is the parameter controlling how long the compression lasts once it has kicked in. "Level" controls how much compression you want in ratio to the pure Input signal and "tone" is the compression effect tone control not (as he seems to imply here) the tone of the pure instrument being input.
All quite simple really. I'm not sure this chap made it that clear however.
to be fair.....look how he's dressed.
Your definition of attack is correct, however, in the case of this pedal it is used differently and quite strangely to be honest. I've owned a cs3 for years now and still cant fully figure out what it means. The owner's manual says the knob affects how much "punch" you feel (as if getting your tone "attackier"), but as far as i know it does not affect the time it takes for the compression to kick in. Its rather a macro of some sort that compresses more as you go clockwise rather than affect the attack time (at least thats my perception).
Also you define the sustain knob as if it had a release function in proper compression but it does not. It literally sustains notes for a long long time (i dont know how that works either).
I am a bass player and have found this pedal to be quite great for clean, fingerstyle guitar but quite disappointing for bass. Maybe the problem's my rig but it feels like it eats up tone, low freqs get muffled
Thanks lol I've owned one of these for 30+ yrs ,..never really used it ...just pulled it out and decided to figure out wtf it does ha... your post was more Info than the vid.
Appreciate the info!
Thanks.
The attack is the sound of the attack WTF are you talking about? Do you people really not know how compression works. Sustain is not an effect it is the release for the compression only renamed to sustain. Attack is how fast the compressor acts after a note has been struck. Level is the amount of compression. Tone is tone. For god sakes if your going to help at least know what your talking about. The attack is the sound of the attack lol come on man.
+Phlop Alopagus
And to simplify that even more, attack alludes to how quickly compression engages (kicks in.) A quick attack time will "limit" as it were the initial transient level of what ever instrument is going through the compressor. A slower attack allows more initial transients to go through.
The Hater Slayer Are you sure cause I thought attack gave you that (to catch a predator) tone. Who knew :)
Well this is misleading too. The level control is the output level. Sustain controls the amount of compression, probably through raising the level before the compression happens in the circuit.
"Level is obviously level" LOL
Phlop Alopagus Agree. «Attack is the sound of the attack.»That was epic 😂😂😂😂
LOVE this pedal- it delivers. I modded it to make it quieter and to improve tone a bit. Wonderful.
What type of mod
why would you use other effects on a tutorial for a specific pedal? ugh.
yeah, can anyone post video with "sustainer" part tested, how does it sound when you bend strings, for how long does it hold up there, clean/distorted tone
This is my third video the other two I didn't even hear the pedal people just talk ,this is good
One of the better CS-3 demos explaining the control's cause and effect. I've been using a CS-3 for 18 years. It sure helps with the playing a Stratocaster more so than other guitars IMHO.
Oh wow! The level is "the level" and the attack is "the attack". Thank you so much for explaining it to me.
This seems to make organ type rhythms very well....one of the back and forth opportunities that keyboard players used to emulate guitar riffs. Now guitarists are able to emulate keyboard swells.
Oh good I was wondering where the led was
Hahahahah "the tone speaks for itself, the attack is the sound of the attack, the level is of course the level" damn dude its not obvious for many people that are newly learning about pedals.
Despite all these comments it was actually a helpful review
Still my favorite compressor on the market. It works wonders. It's not just about the ability to focus your tone in the right direction, but the feel. When you can get compression without distortion you have so much more headroom. I tell my friends before they think of selling their amps or getting new pickups to try out a compressor. Once they see what the Boss can do they get one too. They are just a treasure for your pedalboard.
Agree. Just applying a "bit of compression" is usually the key, especially with glassy sounding amps or pickups.
I just bought the Boss CS-3 but have used others, so will shortly discover how this compares. Aside from extra sustain, its value as a pedal is by very subtle control of notes (chords especially) which can be invaluable in recording.
Why do you like this Boss particularly.
Honestly I've owned this stompbox for 12 years - I never gigged with it, recorded it a couple times but in the end I stopped using it. I recently got the Me-80 and I genuinely believe the compressor on that is quite good.
Good review. Few ever demonstrate Compression with distorted sounds. They all seem to just go with some countrified riffs. Sweetwater and Boss. You can't go wrong with either.
Excellent demo vid great sound😊
Man that’s a GREAT shirt! Like I came to review the pedal, but think I keep coming back for that shirt?
Thank You for this video! 😃
instructions unclear: I bought a flanger on accident thinking it was a compressor
Elite soul patch vibes from this man, if only we had his wisdom
I own a CS-3. Great overview, however the sustain knob does not set the compression ratio on this particular pedal (which you said in the video above). The sustain knob actually acts like a 'threshold', it is not the ratio. The compression ratio on the CS-3 is fixed, you cannot change it. Fixed and hard. Like a heavy compression ratio. You can lower the sustain/threshold which will make the effect not trigger, but you can't change the ratio.
This is helpful -- do you have any reference or source on this? Anywhere to read/learn more? I'm finding some pretty huge debates online about how this thing actually works, and I find the official manual to be a little ambiguous. ty
@@charlesgallant I don’t remember how I figured this out, but I had the pedal for a few years and (like you) I was trying to research it online. However, some compressors have a ‘blend knob’ which makes a world of difference. This one does not and I would not recommend it. I may have reached my conclusion after watching some videos about compression on the JHS channel. If you haven’t seen those I highly recommend them.
Attack is attack, level is level, tone is tone, volume is volume, done peace out
level is level tone is tone attack is attack LOL :)))))) 😂😂😂
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I've had one for years. It's O.K. but I'm about to try the Pigtronix gold.
I've got one and I dig it...
Nice video! Clear, useful and pretty short
I bought one of these 20 years ago.... Wanted sustain like Brian may... It takes any guitar and makes playing it awful... Its that simple... All my other pedals are boss delay, chorus. Trem, od3 and tuner.. All great but this pedal I never understood, liked.
Me convenció de ir por el dyna comp 😊
"Sustain is sustain...Level is obviously..,level" . WTG genius
Sustain is bad m'kay!
does the level knob decrease the overall volume or just the compression volume (if that make sense, like a mix knob perhaps)?
great demo!
That's a lot of really great info! And a really great video too, thanks for sharing 🤘
Hey Sweetwater, what would this sound like with a big muff?
Hi, Smitty. It would work great. A Big Muff has a lot of sustain to it already, but the compressor would increase that even more.
Thanks for your interest!
Charlie Davis, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1320
And he winner of 2021 Self-explanatory award is:
Can you use this for vocals too. Will a Mic work through it?
MICHAEL DAVIS- yes, technically the Boss CS-3 will work with a high-impedance microphone. However, since it's voiced and designed for guitar, it wouldn't be my first choice...from a sonic perspective. Just sayin'! :-)
Thanks, Don Carr
He strummed harder when using the CS3
I notice that you have added an lsr roller nut to your strat,does it make much difference?
this girl explains very well !
Great Pedal
can you use this to do the sustained pinch harmonic instead of getting a Sustainiac pickup ?
Does this sustainer work well with fuzz?
Yes. Put it before the fuzz to tighten up the effect, Make things less muddy. Put it after the fuzz to use it as a sort of volume control/sound check, to maintain the fuzz.
Depends totally on the sound of the attack.
I’ve got this pedal, but still have no idea what it does.
Did Don Carr raised in Glenview IL?
It's probably just me, but I think compressors make a guitar sound artificial, like a guitar recorded direct instead of mic'd
Aww that guitar reminds me of my first electric I got from my dad. I can almost smell it😜
Everyone here talking shit about this review. I felt like this was great review and now i know what kind of pedal this is and what it is used for. Thanks Don!
could you explain what exactly the attack does?
Martin Ferreira-simply put, "Attack" controls how quickly the compression happens to the signal. A higher Attack setting compresses the input signal quicker. This is why it can sound snappier, especially at higher compression settings.
I wrote a 2-part article on guitar compressors that may answer questions you have. I linked it to an earlier comment. At the risk of being redundant, here it is again:
www.sweetwater.com/insync/how-to-get-the-most-from-your-compressor-pedal-part-1/
Martin Ferreira-Thanks for your question, BTW! Hope this helps.
Don Carr
great. thanks for the clarification. I have had this pedal for years without knowing exactly how to use it correctly.
Will this pedal lower the feedback sound? That kinda annoying sounds when you’re not touching the guitar?
Maybe you’re looking for a noise suppressor?
Wtf moment when he started taking !
So, the attack knob turns both clockwise and counterclockwise!
The BEST!... BOSS
Everything sounded better before he hit the pedal.
I have electric guitar, and regular speaker, where there isn’t coming out the electric guitar sound. Will this compressor sustainer make a difference ? (Thank you).
Can I chain this pedal with my multieffect Zoom GX5?
Hi, Mhabs! Appreciate you getting in contact.
Yes, you can run the CS-3 compressor in front of or in the loop of the GX5. Same with any other pedal in your collection. That’s a very common option for guitarists.
Please contact us direct with other questions as you have them!
Robert Williams, Senior Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 2371, robert_williams@sweetwater.com
If I knock down the tone about halfway can it sound like the cs2 because I hear a comparison between the CS2 and cs3 and the CS3 sounds more transparent
how much longer sustain do you get with this thing?
By now you likely know but to best summarize a compressor,...When you are using cleaner tones with less over-drive, distortion or gain or light distortion, light gain or light overdrive,..you will lose a lot of sustain. In order to keep this type of tone and increase sustain a compressor is used.
Clean boosters also do this.
Having said that, everything will color the tone to some degree, even if it is subtle.
To answer you question, it is a significant amount.
I hear absolutely no difference in the distorted sound in the end between the cs-3 off and on...
I think it's supposed to emulate the sustain pedals on a piano.
This all sounded the same to me
The reason my first pedal was a compressor after a fuzz box.
When the string is first struck it makes an annoying “ping” or popping sound. Is that because of the stratocaster or the compressor?
TheseusTitan
Stratocaster. No doubt. Only good bridge single coil is a P90.
I'm trying to find a pedal that comes super close to a Burny sustainer guitar; any suggestions?
Is this one and the T-rex neo comp the same?
Attack knob on this model also known as the 'does nothing' knob
I've had this pedal for some time now and still don't know what it does
Nice one , you sound like Dan Ackroyd
Hi guys, I have many questions about this pedal, when I use a strat or a telecaster, I put the attack in 3 and the sustainer in 5, and when I use an archtop guitar I put the attack in 5 and the sustainer in 3, is correct this setting, or how you recomend me setting this pedal?
I think I have an addiction to guitar pedals. I've been collecting them since 1975 and currently have 768 pedals from 1968 through 2015. I really love my old Maestro pedals the best.
You should donate the to my "l Like Free Stuff" foundation.
Welp. At least your kids are set for college.
Joseph Liptak good lord
What do you mean you think you have an addiction. Da nile is not just a river in Egypt dude
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how would you set this to get snappy kind of single coil sound? sort of a "cant stop" sound by rhcp. people say a compressor is key to getting frusciantes tone but idk how to implement it. thanks in advance!
PCMESS, for the "Can't Stop" sound, the compressor is keeping the volume of the note's initial attack in-check without altering the tone much otherwise. Sounds like Frusciante's attack is pretty hard but all of the notes, even the sustained ones, stay level in volume.
Put the comp early in the signal chain, preferably right out of the guitar, and get your sound with the comp bypassed. When you engage it, start with the Sustain control about as low as you can get it and use the Volume to bring it up to unity gain. Keep turning up the Sustain and bringing down the Volume little-by-little until you find the sweet spot. This will be different depending on the player, guitar, pickups, etc. The Attack will probably be most-of-the-way up and the Tone somewhere in the middle.
Experiment with different comps, they all sound and react uniquely. If you want to get really tweaky, here's a link to Part 1 of a 4-part series I wrote about how to get the most from your compressor.
www.sweetwater.com/insync/how-to-get-the-most-from-your-compressor-pedal-part-1/
Hope this helps, have fun!
Cheers, Don Carr
Hey! I am trying to get a Gary Moore like sound, can I use this pedal for that? Or do you have other suggestions to create the gary moore sound? I don't have a really big budget :P
Neck pickup
Overdrive stacked on less distortion
Reverb
Dial everything to 7 on amp
Does it work for bass aswell?
Hi, saschakupke405! Thanks for the inquiry. The CS-3 is absolutely for bass. It’s a favorite of one of my customers, Juan Alderete of Mars Volta and Marilyn Manson fame.
Please contact us direct with other questions as you have them!
Robert Williams, Senior Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 2371, robert_williams@sweetwater.com
I wanna to ask to everyone if I buy this compressor ,can I use it for live song ?or it is working only during the vocal record??thank you
For my money, I need any effect pedal to have a more obvious effect, which of course can be dialed down to zero. But it really needs to jump out.
I'm after lots of attack but less sustainy for that really effecty tone.
why other pedals might have a sensitivity knob and boss's doesn't have !? is sensitivity knob is for how much compression is applied !? does attack knob is for that !?
Thanks you !
sensitivity means attack
my cs-3 has problems turning on and off and when guitar is plugged in and the pedal is plugged to the amp it won't work it sounds loud feedback. I don't know what to do. any suggestions?
Hey Kevin Wright! Give us a call at (800) 222-4700 or email us at sales@sweetwater.com. One of our sales engineers will gladly look into this for you!
Tone speaks for itself, attack is actually the sound of the attack, level of course is the level, sustain is like the compression ratio the more you turn it down the less you hear the effect, the more you turn it up the more you hear the effect.... THIS IS EPIC lmao... Great JOKE
How come when i turn my compressor the volume goes way down....
where shall i put this on my pedal board?
I would put this right at the start! Or in the off chance you have any overly sensitive fuzz or distortion pedals, right after them, but before everything else. It's kind of a sculpting tool in my opinion.
Yup. Before light drive pedals and clean effects, but I'm running mine after my DOD Grunge to help check the sound and maintain a good tone. The DOD Grunge can get wicked out of control real quick, and I'm stacking it with the Boss Blues Driver as well
"And it's painted blue because that's the color Compressors are painted ." How about a TRUE OVERHEAD shot to see that knob settings?
Where should this go with a wah and a DigiTech drop?
Thanks for your question, Ray. Hope you and yours are well and safe.
I suggest experimenting with the pedal position to see what you prefer. Depending on how you set your compressor, you could limit the dynamic range or set the output for a boost. Either of those will affect the other effects. There is no right or wrong, only what sounds good to you. I'd go after the drop and before the wah, since that tames the output of the pitch change and allows the filter of the wah to run free. YMMV.
Robert Williams, Senior Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 2371, robert_williams@sweetwater.com
this review gave me no insight into what this pedal is actually doing everything was vague and you only showed things once, you didn't give comparisons a few times so we can really hear a difference... and you flipped through things like a phone book... maybe this review was good for someone who's been playing with a bunch of different pedals for a while but for the beginner who's trying to figure things out without reading all the manuals I'd like more in a review especially from Sweetwater
what we want in a sustain pedal? to hear the sustain... what style uses more sustain? Guitar Solos... what does this guy do to show a sustain pedal???? plays chords and dont even puts a more solos distortion and plays a hight note and sustains it for us to see the pedal in work... Get T Funk Out Dude!
It's a compression pedal....
CS-3 killed my guitar's brilliance. It removed the high frequencies like mad. Not a good thing. Even with the Tone knob to compensate the high frequency loss is of very little use. Sold it off.
did you try the attack knob? lol
Do these type pedals give a fullness to the tone as well as keep the sustain above the amps normal ability. I really like to hear about the difference this type pedal gives to both tube and solid state amps. Being that I have at the present time both, It would be a great value not to get the wrong kind of pedal. By thinking the wrong information would be sufficient to make a acquisition and end up junking it.
Get a compressor. They help make biiiig dirty pedals more moderate, and the boost the sound of clean effects like delays and choruses. They help cap everything off, and mold the shape of your sound better. They give it definition and make your sound seem professional
Thanks
Way to start a video about one of the most misunderstood 'effects' ever with a load of reverb.
What does this pedal do ?
My pedal don't work for some reason
Level is level, attack is basically attack and the others do what they say on the label.
What an informative review lol the presenter sort of looks like the guitarist who got kicked out of a dad-prog-rock band
Holy crap I thought it was an old chic until he opened his mouth. Sry bro.
Wow. You sure don't know your genders bro.
I know we live in confused times but still, be careful out there.
lmao
He looks like my neighbor Karen.
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@@TisEYEthe1 ikr.
Wow I love Sweetwater videos, but this explanation was terrible.
Anyone use this lately? I get increased noise on the sustain from noon to six. The noise is loud
Yep noisy as hell..they should sell this paired with a noisegate
Don Carr reminds me of the keyboard player from the Cure.
A pretty weak explanation of the compressor settings, but I can understand how you wouldn't have time to explain how all compressors work in a short video. Might want to offer a separate video for that and suggest people watch it first.
Tone is tone level is level and attack is stack. Pretty obvious 😮
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