Cheapest Tube Compressor on Amazon
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- Опубликовано: 19 июн 2018
- Cheapest Tube Compressor on Amazon
Get the ART PRO VLAII on amazon: amzn.to/2WBA8xn
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My ART X-15 foot switch has been in use for 30 years. I called them up asking for a power cable for it and they sent it free of charge, 25 years after buying it. It was then that I knew ART was one of the great companies serving the music community. Of course we all grew up on ART multi effects and learned MIDI from them. Here's to many more!
I had a ART DST Eighty/Eighty for years. Smoked my first cabinet with that guy. :)
I still have an X-15 that I bought when they came out,late 1991 I think.
This makes me happy. I worked at ART here in Rochester, NY from 1990 to 1999. My first product was the X-15; I wrote the software. Looking back, I'd probably do some things a bit differently, and I would have pushed harder for a three-digit LED display. But ART was always about pragmatic products, and that's what I see in this review of the PRO VLA II: Do the best job you can for an affordable price and everyone is happy.
@@johnpassaniti4417 I'm from Rochester my uncle Matt Guarnere does a lot of live music engineering out there. And I asked him for Any studio gear he could spare and he sent me some art stuff and it's all great.
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Wow, yeah I remember my dad's ART SGX-2000 effects rack from about 30 years ago.
Compressing on the way in while recording is definitely the way to go. Performance is everything! When bands hear something that sounds like a record in their headphones, they get inspired.
Yeah I'm considering that now, even if for the time being I just run a plugin. I have trouble getting the pitch right with headphones on and I suspect more compressed dynamics on the way in might help a lot when hearing my voice back.
sonicwingnut Different singers need different things. Some need an 1176 into an LA2A while recording. Others just need reverb on the headphone mix. Others find reverb makes them make even more mistakes!
sonicwingnut oh a super tip for pitch problems whilst singing is that if the singer is singing too sharp turn down the music in headphones a bit and if she/he is singing too flat, turn the headphone music up a bit. The singer then pushes it a bit more or slacks off a bit. Great trick.
People have gotten too dependent on their mix engineers and are too afraid to commit to sounds in the studio. I’ve always loved processing in the studio and having as little done in the mix as possible. That’s how CLA said American Idiot was done and that’s the highest selling pop punk album of all time
Yes! I can run compression as a monitor-effect only, and the singers I've tracked have all been like..."Dude, my voice sounds like a record already", and it's so much more fun and engaging for them. The results follows.
I use this across the output of my TV out going to the receiver. It's great for leveling dynamic material like movies and obnoxious commercials from the local cable company.
May you make a video on how to connect it to the receiver
Yeo that’s actually smart.. i have always wondered
You know a series of "cheapest version of normally expensive gear" would be pretty interesting
Picked it up for $200 new on amazon!
Pro Tip: Keep your eyes on something for a while if it isn't an urgent purchase.
Price went back up to $350 the next day.
I have owned its preamp counterpart for years now. I love the MPA II. i installed some Dr.J ax12s in mine. The best part about it is the ability the impedance match your mic on the way in. Then the balanced line out the back brings the best sound the mic can have with out impedance issues. I am gonna definitely get one of these now. Thanks Glenn!
That metallica esk bit at the end sounded great!
Dude, I've been using large format art splitters, direct boxes, and recently added a headphone amp to the studio and I'm consistently impressed by the quality and price. Was just looking at the compressors a few weeks ago.
I've wanted one of those for years. I instead settled for the ART Project Series Tube MP/C. Not nearly the same types of controls but it gets the job done for less than a C note.
I've been using one of these, paired with the MPA II, on room/ambient mics for a while now. Especially with my ribbons (the MPA's variable impedance really comes in handy), I can really boost the gain on the pre and then squash with the VLA for maximum ambient resonance.
Same, Mid/Side room mikes on drums. Both my MPA II ended up with an insane hum on one channel. When I opened them up I found some of the black diodes were microphonic on the PCB board. Tossed ‘em.
I bought this a few years back. When I ordered it, I also ordered a pair of Mullards thinking I would no doubt have to upgrade the tubes to squeeze a bit more out of the unit.
That was 2012. I still haven't put the Mullards in. Haven't needed to. This compressor is truly exceptional for the price. Hell, it's exceptional at two or three times the price. It is extremely transparent and compliments damn near any source you pass through it.
I think a lot of people buy the ART because it's cheap and wind up keeping it even when they eventually add the 1176, etc next to it.
I had the Art Pro MPAII preamp and used it for YEARS. I loved it. Good piece of kit. I did replace the Chinese AX7 with a NOS Mullard.
I love the idea of the cheapest studio gear. Something that everyone will appreciate. There is a lot of good budget gear out there.
Truly an honour to work with you in your studio Glenn. Hope to do it again sometime :)
Great performance, Mylady. Cheers from Germany.
Karsten TheBestFriend Thank you so very much :)
Great Vocals Rose, thanks for working with glen and doing a video for all us poor slobs in youtube land. much appreciated. oh, that might be the nicest daisy rock guitar i've seen. cool axe.
Thank you kindly. It's the Elite Venus model and it plays like a dream :)
You can't sing
Nice to have some reliably trustworthy gear reviews out there. Thanks Glenn!
Dude.........I've had one of those for 10 years and it STILL works great and STILL sounds awesome. No joke those comps. plus stereo bridge function with all the clean headroom for boosting whatever you want. TRS and XLR ins/outs.....what's not to dig!!! Cool review bro.
Almost any gear in the hands of someone that knows how to create a great sound, the result will be awesome!! Thanks man!!
You are absolutely right! Know your gear, that's the best way to make it sound good!
I agree.
Great Review about the advantages of using analogue on input chain! I used to have their 'Voice Channel' tube pre with comp/limit/expander channel strip. The comp was very similar to this one in a sense of 'there but not there'. The pre was ok, kinda weak below a certain point. Would recommend it over overpriced mid-level pres because it gives the Bang-For-Buck.
ART gear is fantastic value. Their Mic Pre in this series is also very nice. Their DI's are good too - very clean.
YES. I've been dying to find a review of this. I've been looking for a good analog compressor for a while and I'm glad you did a review of it!
I was part of a test for the original Pro VLA before it was released to the public. Was doing a live performance and advised the sound engineers that they were going to get a very hot and properly compressed signal (and that they should not run their compressors for the show). They left them on and I shut down a 10KW sound system twice during the performance. The one we used was a Pre-production unit that ART GAVE the writer (my good friend)...Pro VLA is one of the best tube compressors I've ever used to this day in a studio.
Man, I have one of those ART Channel strips. I run the tube preamp in the yellow all the time and knock off 4 to 6db with the compressor in optical mode. The EQ section is fine, but usually I just bypass it and EQ in the box.
The ART PRO VLA II is a solid piece of entry level gear and you can find great deals on used models. I swapped the tubes in mine and I can't notice that big of a sonic difference besides less noise but I only use it for light vocal compression and it does the job well.
Finally a real review! I've been looking to get one of these for years. I've heard a lot of awesome things about them.
I really like the ART stuff! Glad you made this video
i've found some of the random little gear they make comes in quite handy in a pinch.
This thing has lived through three different personal studio builds I’ve done (could have easily tossed them) but I love the units (own 3) They are like the SM57 of the rackmount world.
I have used the ART PRO VLAII for years. The thing sounds great for the price!
I got the VLAII years ago and swapped out the stock tubes with some Electro-harmonix and it sounds great!
Thank you for this video Glenn, I will buy one to play my bass through it, so I can miss notes and sound like shit BUT with a lot of analog saturation!
Almost thought this was gonna be a fearless gear review. good to know that its a good piece of gear for a cheap price.
The Art Pro Tube stuff has been VERY cool to mess around with and I've definitely gotten good results with it. Go on, pick some of their stuff up. It doesn't hurt your pocket much.
because of your recommendation, I went and got my hands on one of these. Very cool compressor and is just as good as this video shows
ART is pushing out a lot of good rack units for a low price, defintly worth checking out for the home and smaller recording studio.
Got a TPS II recently since those I have in my mixer suck for dynamic mic's , plus I can use it as an all purpose Mic preamp on the fly with it's presets, lessens the workflow a bit.
It doesn't reach the typical tube sound from much more expensive units but it get's the job done.
Might also get their headphone amp soone or later.
Great demo with great example sources!
I have mine on the Master to level things out and it seems to do that job amazingly well without the color. I’ve got an live analog/digital synth hardware setup for dance music. Trying to avoid a DAW and this does the trick. Amazing value! I’m looking at the ‘ART Voice Channel Tube Channel Strip’ next.
Especially given the price, that sounds really solid. No frills. Does the job.
3:00 Dry vocal test. Female vox. no comp
3:24 Compressed VLA 4:1 ratio
3:52 Compressed VLA 4:1 ratio
4:14 Stacked vocals compressed 4:1
4:48 bassguitar Control/ raw
5:59 Bassguitar w/Comp
5:36 Drumit raw/uncompressed
5:46 Drums Comp 20:1 fastest attack & release ,roommics (nice blending in)
6:34 Mixbus guitar and female vok
7:29 Snaredrum raw, then copmressed
Thanks mate
heY gLeNn is It OkAy iF i nEvEr cHaNge My bASs sTrIngS? MiNe aRe 4.5 YearS oLd aNd TheY sOund OkaY
mine are 4
People change bass strings?
I just use the green strings 😅
Mine are 20, but its fine cos I'm a drummer
Mine are 15+ and i love the sound.
I have been using my old ART TUBE PAC - Mono tube preamp and tube compressor for years in live show, it`s simple and it sound Good enough for RnR
Another unit worth trying if you haven't already is the Art Pro MPA 2 dual tube preamp. I really enjoyed using it when I did to record electric guitar, bass and drums. The impedance control is your friend, to the degree that it makes for a great DI bass tone-shaper. The only downside is that you don't want to use it on quiet sources because it can get a bit noisy when cranked. I tried it out on room mics and regretted it, which is why you want to use it with loud sources and/or Cloudlifters. Great review as usual, Glenn.
Thanks Glenn for a great demo. I've been planning to invest in a hardware compressor and this seems like a great entry level thing.
CatPick Studios we have these in our studio and love them
Electric Cat Studios Sounds like I need to start putting few bucks aside. Cool channel name btw ;)
Same here! Thanks.
you can probably spend the same on a better quality plugin
maybe entry but maybe DBX 166 or 266 ? whatever it circuit model not tube but really good
I use this compressor. I love it. I use it mosly as a master buss compressor. I found to really get the warmth and grit tof the tube amp I run the output hard to where i'm almost in the red.
portallatro I use the leds for the GR and the Out Put volume. The VUs I use for input.
portallatro I have also read on a lot of forums the stock tubes are not that good. To me there are just fine. Sure i could get better ones but I’m just fine with stock.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the LED's and the VU meters don't display the same information. LED's display tube drive and VU meters show output levels.
Micah Lindstrom The input or output levels of the Pro VLA II can be monitored by the analog VU meter. The VU METER switch selects the source of the audio for this meter. The ballistics characteristic of the meter provides an accurate indication of the average signal level. If you need peak level info (critical in digital systems) use the central stereo LED bargraph OUTPUT LEVEL meter.
You're the only channel that I actually sit thorough the entire in and out credits!
because his theme song is amazing too
Thanks for sharing this and who really cares who did what first. I appreciate that you are taking the time to share information about gear and how to help us Home studio beginners with buying gear to help us get both feet wet . Please do more of this. Thanks again
Bought this thing back in April this year and I have to agree. It is a GREAT compressor for the money. I got it for $180 on Reverb. I didn't even think about running it through the master track though. Thanks for the idea Glenn!
Even though it’s budget, it can make an album sound great and as enjoyable as another album with expensive gear. Just a a different flavor in sound.
I love the idea of doing cheap studio gear. Please keep doing these. But could you also do some cheap bass gear? I've been waiting for that for months, if not years.
GodOfChaos he did one on recording bass guitar with only a DI box and free amp sim software.
That's awesome and all, but what about for cheap basses, or good budget amps for practicing or to take on tour?
GodOfChaos for practice, almost anything at this point. As long as it's built for bass and not regular guitar.
For touring, that's outside my knowledge. Lol.
A cheap bass that's set up well and in good condition kicks the nuts off a poorly set up/bad condition bass in the £1k bracket. I've just got an active pup'd Ibanez TMB100 for less than £200 and the preamp is very good. Great gigging and recording bass. If you're going for passive pups I'd recommend a Sansamp Bass Driver Deluxe pedal - 100% analogue preamp, great studio and live tool (if you have good monitors). If you're gigging shitty PAs in smaller venues, my Trace Elliot Commando 12" 100W has been unbelievably reliable and versatile in that circuit. Best of luck fellow bassist.
GodOfChaos there’s certain years that the $299 - $350 Squires are really good. ESP if they have the Duncan design pickups. It’s a bit of work, but if you wanna find the awesome cheap stuff scour the msg boards Talkbass and other sites. Good fast cheap...well, to be cheap and good, it’s gonna take time 🍻
I have this unit and upgraded the tubes. It is fantastic for the home studio recorder. Great on bass. TIP: Pair it with the ART Voice Channel tube channel strip with digital connectivity and you are on your way home studio folks! I upgraded the tubes in the Voice Channel as well.
I have loved ART since my recording inception for their affordable, decent gear.
Hey man, if it works, it works. I’ve been wanting to explore outbound gear
outboard*
I own one . I really like it. I replaced the Chinese tubes with old Telefunkens. I also often use a Shure SM7. It's a good combination.
A good tip is to rùn the output of channel 1 to the input of channel 2 then out. 4:1 on channel1 and 2:1 on channel 2.
I like Tungsol tubes in it.
Can u show a video on how u replaced them?
Glenn. Please do more of these for the home studio recorder who wants to use rack gear. In addition to low-cost, new gear, please include in your series affordable used/old gear we should be on the lookout for.
Thank you so much Glen been on the fence on this one for awhile.
I have 4 of these and I can tell you they're pretty good - not my 'go to' comp, but very decent for fill in stuff. Worth the money ? Yup absolutely !
Ps: try one on acoustic guitar - I've had some really natural sounding acoustic through these. Also Glenn said it's a good 'first' compressor - well maybe but honestly the vla is much more capable than you might expect from that statement. I know for 299.00 you probably wouldn't expect too much, but you might just be surprised :)
Why tf do you have 4 if they're not your go-to? You sell them all and get 1 great compressor.
Nothing wrong with a cheap compressor if you use it for what it's good at. Sounds pretty neat to me.
Espen Storø Totally. I think that’s what this video is trying to highlight
it not cheap, it's affordable
jmac2050
Semantics.
Ryan Wilson. Cheap is thought as low or bad quality, reasoning for a low price.
Affordable is good quality at a fair price.
jmac2050
No shit Sherlock but there’s more than one way to skin a cat...
I think of cheap as a perspective to what something costs compared to similar functioning pieces of gear. A $300 compressor is cheap compared to a $3,000 one. A $1,000 compressor is cheap compared to a $3,000. Both could also be considered affordable depending on budget.
When I see something “cheap” in regards to what you said I call it for what it is: a piece of shit. Being “cheap” has nothing to do with what something’s retail price is. Just look at the vast selection of boutique pedal builders there are now charging astronomical prices for unoriginal shit gear you could build better yourself (I’m not talking about the big name guys).
Again. Semantics. With a dash of perspective and pinch of subjectiveness.
I upgraded to some nice matching NOS tubes and it makes these Units solid!!
VLA's are dope. I'm definitely getting one in the future for tracking vocals. Saves a lot of hustle
ART also make a channel strip called the voice channel. I've used it a couple of times and really liked it. Maybe something to check out in a later episode?
There was a Mic Preamp shootout in sound on sound a few years back, using the ART Pro MPA 2 , Ams Neve, SSl, API. It was a blind test. The ART came out top. It sounded best to my ears also. After the results were made available, you should have heard all the API, Neve etc users back peddling. Too late! The ART was top. After seeing that I bought the PRO VLAll for my studio, it is my prefered compressor, above my Avalon, Neve and the rest. Use your ears & forget the hype like industry standard. Ok this is not the MIc pre, but you get my point..
I highly recommend the ART Pro MPA II Tube Preamp, had it for 5 years, been using for live sound and recording!!
I’ve found a way to add it in a mastering chain to apply a slight softening and coating effect to the track. A little goes a long way, and you have to drive the output a bit.
"so nice to hear someone harmonize without auto tune" ✊✊🔥🔥💯💯🎤🎤 💯 💯 ✌ ✌ You da man Glen!!
Wow, when we had only heard the vocals and none of the band, I thought this song was going to be way more mellow than it is, haha
me too. i was actually pretty confused because my brain assumed mellow, but i couldn't think of anything mellow that would sound good with the vocals. even thought the vocals were awesome. so glad he played the whole mix. would have driven me crazy wondering what the song sounded like!
I bought one, and it's cool to throw into my vocal chain when I want some extra grit/warmth. It's pretty dope. As of now I chain one channel behind my WA12 MK2 black mic preamp and my LL2A compressor limiter from Little Labs. Like I said before I only incorporate the VLA when it's necessary.
I’ve been using a bunch of cheap ART active DI’s for more than ten years now, and they’ve been rock solid trough all the abuse... never thought they’d last more than a year :)
Maybe the cheapest on Amazon, but we know where you really got it. ;)
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Hey L&M. Fire your entire sales staff at your Windsor location. I was going to drop $2500 on a new guitar. Hung around for half an hour looking at guitars. NO ONE even bothered to ask if I needed help or even glanced in my direction. Albeit I had just got off work and looked a bit scruffy, it shouldn't matter. Especially when the scruff may have $2500 burning a hole in his pocket. Walked out and probably won't be back. Just thought you should know your aloof sales staff is costing you money.
p0llenp0ny why wouldn’t you just ask for help dickwad. No no, they should all be FIRED 😂 are you afraid to talk to people?
yourmanwatson can’t say anything about this store, but Sweetwater has just the best customer service. I bought a pickguard and they still call, text, email, and mail to make sure I’m doing fine and don’t need anything.
LOL
The ART Tube MP that sells for $49 is an amazing acoustic guitar direct box. It beats the Baggs Paracoustic DI for less than 1/4 th the price.
Thank you so much for this vid, my dad's been looking for a cheap reliable compressor. Now I know this one will work.
gotta love Glen!
The talent is awesome btw. Kudos.
That Daisy Rose sounds pretty good.
Thank you! It's a great guitar that I've had for years and Glenn is masterful in the studio
So is it going in your rack?
I'm a big fan of the Mark Bass Compressore pedal. It's a true Fairchild/Manley style 12AT7 based variable mu tube compressor. Being a mono unit, without a stereo link function, it's more suited to individual instruments and tracks, but it sounds incredible and is extremely reasonable price wise.
I've got one of these - great character and fun to use. Sounds great on drums!
I have difficul tay braya-thayan
@Slater Slater Her voice sounds horrible imo lol
I really can't figure out what those lyrics are supposed to be
I feel like I am having a stroke listening to it. I get the "I have difficul tay" part but then it's like "bray thay bagel" or something. Then it's like "I can feel my heart" ok but "bay day eggle" or something. I've repeated the parts like a dozen times each and I literally can't figure out what it is supposed to be.
I don't have a problem with her singing ability, but either her enunciation is bad or her choices in where to break up the syllables were just not good.
I heard "I have to f*ck off ...."
the way whoever was responsible for layering those vocals went about it makes me fucking twitch as a producer. why is the little " iiIIIiiiIIIII " part not the main harmony part?? it has such an unnatural flow
Proof that gear can’t fix bad recordings lol
The recording wasn't bad. The mix? Meh. I'm not a mixing engineer or any kind of engineer really. I know what I like though.
I don't mean to sound like an idiot but those drums sound like plastic.
@@RS-pp7ng yes could use samples lol
@@RS-pp7ng they were room mics. andit did sound a bit trash
I just got mine in 2 days ago. Can't wait to use it with the Drawmer Mxpro-60.
Nice review Glenn. Got the VLA II for two weeks now. and using it on Vox and Bass. Tubes are 12AT7s and due to the missing Fent Slots it gets pretty warm. Greets from Cologne, Germany
The baritone thing was taking the piss out of your tele video.
Not saying you should be avoiding overlap though. Forget that shit do what you want. It's not like he invented that video style anyway.
Your kick and snare didn't sound centered in that room! Do you fix that or it doesnt matter?
I really like this compressor as well and have seen it in some pretty legit studios. I also have the ART stereo tube amp, and they are both really great for the price. I have also found upgrading the tubes takes it to a whole other level. Great video!
Hey Jay, which tubes did you upgrade to?
Intredasting. Seems like a quality product that's way more affordable. I always liked ART gear. I still have an ART SGX LT guitar preamp/fx unit with X-11 Midi controller pedal that I got as a birthday present from my wife back in 1992 that I use on recordings from time to time. I'm going to have to look into getting one of these compressors. Great review Glenn.
Goddamn it Glenn. **puts a Pro VLA in my Sweetwater shopping cart**
I wonder how this compares to the FMR RNC compressor
Will try one!
FMR is crap !!!!!
The FMR is great, especially running it in series after a tube compressor like this... everything comes out tame and smooth. It’s literally how I’ve been able to get my best mixes to date.. change the tubes for Gold Lion, Mullard or Telefunken tho 💪🏾
I recently got one and was blown away with this.
Thanks for the best review of this product I’ve seen, been considering one.
Hey Glenn, what Reaper skin are you using? I like the way it's laid out and would love to try it!
+Zak Barlow He's said it in one of hiw DAW videos and when he explained it helped his mild colour blindness.
I don't remember the full name but it has fusion in the title
Steely dan level harmonies
Merci :)
hey Glenn, I'm so excited. being the guitar player I bought new strings for the bass player( also me) today I can't wait to hear it sound so much better. I've been neglecting recording bass checks on a lot of my demos lately but I had to buy some new strings so I can do so and post them.
Your stuff sounds good! Not only do you know what you're talking about, you're one of the rare RUclipsrs who can bak it up with good mixes. Nice!
Two (possibly dumb) questions: 1. Are you using a preamp between the mic and that compressor? 2. Is she singing what I think she's singing, or is she singing in tongues-or do I just have a dirty mind?
Dare I ask what it is you think I was singing? (lyrics-wise that is)
LMAO! I have no idea who that is but I assure you the lyrics are as follows, "I have difficulty breathing. I can't hear my heart beating. I have numbed all my insides cause I don't wanna be lost on the outside."
I swear on all that is both holy and unholy that it sounded to me like you were singing "I have to fuck hard…," and I couldn't make out what came right after. Now that you wrote the proper lyric out, and I listen again, it sounds like what you say it is. It's the way you measured out the syllables that threw me off. Wouldn't be the first time I misheard a lyric.
"Sooch a nice, pretty goil, mit sooch a nice, pretty woice, but mit sooch doity mout'! Mit soap dey shoult vash it out!"
Adam Fox Well on all that is both holy and unholy I'm bloody glad I clarified :) The song is called "Lost (On the Outside)" in case you're curious. I wrote it many moons ago when I was fronting a rock project called Anti-Hero.
Sounds good, but maybe you shouldn't clarify. Controversy = publicity. "Louie Louie" became a classic after everybody mistakenly thought The Kingsmen were singing about something dirty.
"Listen how great this sounds!" **every track is clipping** LoL
In all seriousness. I've been wanting to get an affordable compressor for a while. I was hoping you were going to show some heavy vocals with a lot of dynamic differences to see how the ART did. Still a great video. Do you suppose the ART would do a good job evening out vocals with more extreme level changes? Thanks for all the great content.
Those were some pretty serious level changes
I guess I'm talking more along the lines of whisper quiet parts and full on screaming, those kinds of dynamic changes in a vocal performance. I meant no offense.
@@hamonthecob For that kind of thing you are better off having separate tracks for the different styles, the same way you might have a track for verse vocals or Chorus vocals if you want to process them differently.
@@peterbull3955 I'm not talking about different parts of a song. I'm talking about Mike Patton type dynamic changes right in the middle of a part. It's not the end of the world. Thanks anyway for the suggestion.
4 years down and couple of price hikes later these are still really good compressors . smooth and musical .
Bro these used to be 200 bucks now they're 450 lol
I got one years ago and still have it in my compressor rack, it don't get much use but it looks cool as fuc in the rack!
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I think that the “can you play metal on a baritone guitar” was just a troll video...
TimmyScandi Are you sure? Have you watched it?
But baritones only have 6 strings, how can they be metal?!
Robin Flick of course!
Robin Flick of course!
Yeah definitely a parody lol
The more I listen to hardware compressors, the more they just sound better to my ears than most plugins. Now, I know that regardless of which option you choose, whether software or any number pieces of hardware, good results can be obtained if you know what you're doing, but for whatever reason the hardware compressors seem to sound more natural and better-suited to the job. It's pretty awesome that a compressor like this is so affordable. I was looking into some of the Warm Audio stuff, which sounds great and is reasonably priced, but this seems like a better choice for someone just getting into the hardware side of things that doesn't want to spend a ton of money. Great bargain.
Thanks for the demonstration, very well done!
IVE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU TO DO THIS REVIEW. thank you!
This compressor is very cheap and there is many reasons. The electronic design is extremely poor and cheap, seems to be done by advertising office. Few examples why: tubes are there just for marketing and to ruin the sound (they are powered at 40V instead than >200, because no additional high voltage power supply), no ground planes on the board, only electrolytic capacitors (worst sounding on the market) on the audio chain, and no protection resistor on the output so if you connect a mono jack instead of a balanced one you burn one of the two amplifiers driving the output, no bypass capacitor stabilizing the power supply on EVERY operational amplifier inside. Seriously Glenn, on the technical point of view this compressor is rubbish, its value is probably one tenth what they made you pay for. I worked on it for quite a while: excluded tubes, changed every capacitor to non electrolitic, inserted the bypass ones, repaired the broken output amplifier. We chould do a original/modified comparison if and when you want.
Dood, it's a $300 rack mount tube compressor, what do you expect? Of course they cut corners, but the results aren't as bad as you are painting them. I'd bet a full paycheck that you couldn't differentiate between samples mixed using this compressor and the same samples mixed using a compressor that cost 2X as much. I mean, you probably think you can, but it would be a guessing game for you (and I'm talking about full mixed samples, not just a simple guitar riff).
Steve Synan I wouldn't worry about people like this. They are just rich elitists who have awful mixes and worry too much about image vs the sound.
@@codylujan I didn't offended anyone Cody, why are you triying to offend me? Do we know each other? Did you listened to one of my works? I suppose not. I just reported what's inside that compressor. My dayjob is the electronics engineer and designer, so please, would you just let me to share my techincal experience without being offended by my observations?! It's ok if you like it, nobody said the opposite, nobody is attacking your perception of sound! BUT, that doesn't change the acutal FACT that it is a terrible design (read again the previous post before replying please)
Thank you.
@@stevesynan3910That doesn't change the fact that tubes are put there just for tricking you into believing "it's a tube compressor". As I wrote you can't run a tube at 40V hoping the sound to become better, the design would be better without it. Yes! I would be very interested to do a blind test actually! Sadly I didn't took any before/after sample. The one that I modified has been redone for mastering purposes, now it extremely neutral/clear and precise when it is not compressing, when compressing it kept the character of the compression as the circuit driving the vactrol is more or less the same.
Ok great aendrea, you made me want this unit that much more... I new there was a catch... I thought why does this 300 dollar device dound so great... Oh.. (Slap my knee) the DESIGN sucks..... Im just glad the sound doesn't and neither does the look of it.. Thank you aundrea!! :)
Rose is a fantastic singer!
Merci :)
Thank You for sharing your talents with all of us!
I'm thankful I got to be a part of Glenn's magic in the studio :)
its never gonna happen bro
Nathan Hassall excellent
Great demo on a great piece of gear. I've been using this compressor now for several years and track EVERYTHING through it: guitars, DI bass, vocals, kick, and snare. I've not tried to use it as a buss comp yet but after watching this, I just might have to do that. Seriously, for 300 bucks, it'd be silly to NOT have this in your studio if you can afford it. Thanks for your content, Glenn.
Hey Chuck! Thanks for commenting.. I'm finding it pretty damn useful
Please give an update on the video if you end up changing any of the tubes out. Mine sounds good enough with the (what I believe to be) stock Chinese tubes that I just left them in there. Considering a tube change in the future though, when money and time permit.
Winterman looking good this year for Chrimbus