Does this D-Comp make me look fat?
Nov 25, 2022 15:21:35 GMT -6
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Post by bchurch on Nov 25, 2022 15:21:35 GMT -6
Hoooo-eey!
I've run through about three or four recent mixes since plopping this Audioscape D-Comp on top of my rack (no time for rejiggering / going offline right now) and I am really plussed. I admit it, I am a compression nerd and have more channels of analog outboard comps than I need. The only other zener one I have is the Heritage Successor (which I do think is quite good), but my ears have always loved that diode bridge thing, particularly on drums.
And with all the respect due the Heritage piece, this is pure class. All the features you need right where you need 'em, and none where you don't slowing you up.
I use a ton of subgroups. Partially out of convenience, partially out of laziness. So when it's getting to the right end of my mix window, there's funnels going into funnels. Every single thing I've tried the D-Comp on is better for it. Drum room mics? Uh-huh, ayup. Overheads? With authori-tah. Drum submix? Yes, indeedy.
But the fun doesn't seem to end there. I've tried it in parallel setups against the main mix and there's definitely something to it. Really seems to like anything with a lot of toms in it. Oh, and an unruly SVT head/cabinet with an RE20 became a fire-spitting monster.
I think the inspiration for this was one part EMI TG compressor, and one part watching Godzilla destroy a Japanese city.
Now... I have to actually rack it.
I've run through about three or four recent mixes since plopping this Audioscape D-Comp on top of my rack (no time for rejiggering / going offline right now) and I am really plussed. I admit it, I am a compression nerd and have more channels of analog outboard comps than I need. The only other zener one I have is the Heritage Successor (which I do think is quite good), but my ears have always loved that diode bridge thing, particularly on drums.
And with all the respect due the Heritage piece, this is pure class. All the features you need right where you need 'em, and none where you don't slowing you up.
I use a ton of subgroups. Partially out of convenience, partially out of laziness. So when it's getting to the right end of my mix window, there's funnels going into funnels. Every single thing I've tried the D-Comp on is better for it. Drum room mics? Uh-huh, ayup. Overheads? With authori-tah. Drum submix? Yes, indeedy.
But the fun doesn't seem to end there. I've tried it in parallel setups against the main mix and there's definitely something to it. Really seems to like anything with a lot of toms in it. Oh, and an unruly SVT head/cabinet with an RE20 became a fire-spitting monster.
I think the inspiration for this was one part EMI TG compressor, and one part watching Godzilla destroy a Japanese city.
Now... I have to actually rack it.
