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Post by Tbone81 on Nov 19, 2020 19:02:24 GMT -6
I just scored a killer deal on a used V-Comp off Reverb. I got it setup last night and I’ve been using it on vocals for an album I’m currently working on.
My question to you fellow V-Comp owners is: How distorted does this thing get when pushed? I’m hearing some, not so pleasant, distortion when I push this thing into heavier compression. The needle is hitting -10 to -15. I’ve been using it in Triple Mode with a fast attack.
It might be that it’s accentuating some distortion that’s already there, baked into the vocal track. I recorded the vocals pushed a little hot into my LA610 for some intentional grit. But when I use the UAD 1176 plugin I don’t really hear the distortion. And I can use by Buzz DBC comp on it without hearing it too.
I’m still figuring out the gain staging and general tone of this comp but I suspect it has a bad tube. I’m not sure though. At times it sounds simply beautiful, sometimes not though.
So, how hairy does this thing get?
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Post by audioscape on Nov 19, 2020 19:48:13 GMT -6
I just scored a killer deal on a used V-Comp off Reverb. I got it setup last night and I’ve been using it on vocals for an album I’m currently working on. My question to you fellow V-Comp owners is: How distorted does this thing get when pushed? I’m hearing some, not so pleasant, distortion when I push this thing into heavier compression. The needle is hitting -10 to -15. I’ve been using it in Triple Mode with a fast attack. It might be that it’s accentuating some distortion that’s already there, baked into the vocal track. I recorded the vocals pushed a little hot into my LA610 for some intentional grit. But when I use the UAD 1176 plugin I don’t really hear the distortion. And I can use by Buzz DBC comp on it without hearing it too. I’m still figuring out the gain staging and general tone of this comp but I suspect it has a bad tube. I’m not sure though. At times it sounds simply beautiful, sometimes not though. So, how hairy does this thing get? Hey man! First off, CONGRATS on scoring a USED V-COMP! Very rare to come across in the wild! 😜 So, the V-COMP can get pretty heavily hairy DEPENDING upon your settings... source material is also a variable but as soon as I saw you write "I've been using it in Triple Mode with a fast attack" - I knew right away what was happening... Triple Mode is the mode I personally use the LEAST - UNLESS I'm using a slightly slower RECOVERY TIME - I almost think of this control as a "how much grit / saturation do I want" knob... The sweet spot, IMO, is 2nd or 3rd from the FASTEST recovery time - with the SLOWEST setting matching up to the recovery time of an OG, vintage Gates STA-Level. I tend to prefer DOUBLE MODE w/the Recovery set, as mentioned, around the 2nd-3rd from fastest setting...sometimes slower! NOW, you can get away with using the fastest recovery time if you're in SINGLE MODE and often times, DOUBLE MODE depending upon the source. TL;DR - go back a click or two slower on your recovery setting, or switch to DOUBLE MODE and you will HEAR exactly what I'm talking about ;-) Hope this is helpful to you in some way - anything else I can do for you - anytime, never hesitate to reach out to me at: charlie@audio-scape.com Cheers and WELCOME to the AS FAM Tbone81!!! |
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Post by Johnkenn on Nov 19, 2020 20:10:05 GMT -6
Yeah. I don’t ever use triple. Vocal is usually Double. Sometimes single. With bass it’s usually single.
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Post by Tbone81 on Nov 19, 2020 21:42:38 GMT -6
Yeah. I don’t ever use triple. Vocal is usually Double. Sometimes single. With bass it’s usually single. Thanks John and thanks Charlie. I haven’t had time to give it a proper test because I’ve mostly been editing, all day long, every day, ugh...and I’ve just been slapping it on the vocals to get a sense of it...but that makes sense. I’ll play around with it more. |
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Post by Ward on Nov 20, 2020 7:57:26 GMT -6
It's always single mode for me with most vocals unless I have someone who is VERY dynamic, then it's double. Not too quick on the attack, though.
Triple is almost certain to generate loads of overdrive/overload/distortion.
As an added bonus, the V-comp is a great leveller that makes it's own tonal imprint! Man, that is some go-o-o-o-o-od sounding stuff!
#ASAF
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Post by Bat Lanyard on Nov 23, 2020 23:15:57 GMT -6
I do rock/electronica and the V-Comp is on bass. Double, up on input, drop on output, slow recovery. For P-Bass you have to watch the picking hand on placement, but when it's good, it's done.
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