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Post by kcatthedog on Jan 24, 2023 19:46:16 GMT -6
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Post by notneeson on Jan 24, 2023 20:13:28 GMT -6
I've never loved distressors, but have cohabitated with a few. The vintage rev F at Hyde Street C is the best 1176 I've ever used but I honestly might rather have the Warm than the EL8.
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Post by geoff738 on Jan 24, 2023 20:22:06 GMT -6
Daking FET II.
Cheers,
Geoff
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Post by phdamage on Jan 24, 2023 20:43:28 GMT -6
Daking FET II. Cheers, Geoff What’s the deal with these? Huge difference from MKI vs II vs III? |
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Post by geoff738 on Jan 24, 2023 20:55:58 GMT -6
I’m not sure about the differences. All I know is I want another.But it was meant as sort of a joke, off topic as it is sorta. I remember somebody on the purple site years ago saying the Daking was what the 1176 wants to be when it grows up, or words to that effect.
As for a serious answer to the OP I’d go 1176.
Cheers,
Geoff
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2023 21:00:30 GMT -6
Daking FET II. Cheers, Geoff What’s the deal with these? Huge difference from MKI vs II vs III? mk III is full rack, stereo, pots instead of switches, and removal of the super long releases, and THAT buffers on the outputs instead of Jensen transformers. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2023 21:13:36 GMT -6
In that video? None. They all sound bad. He made the kick even more radioactive with the plug than he did the hardware.
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Post by phdamage on Jan 24, 2023 21:39:20 GMT -6
What’s the deal with these? Huge difference from MKI vs II vs III? mk III is full rack, stereo, pots instead of switches, and removal of the super long releases, and THAT buffers on the outputs instead of Jensen transformers. So does that mean MKIII is less desirable? Sounds like parts got worse? |
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Post by ericn on Jan 24, 2023 21:44:23 GMT -6
Daking FET II. Cheers, Geoff What’s the deal with these? Huge difference from MKI vs II vs III? The 3 isn’t really a FET it’s VCA, but mimicks the FET like no other VCA. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2023 22:12:57 GMT -6
What’s the deal with these? Huge difference from MKI vs II vs III? The 3 isn’t really a FET it’s VCA, but mimicks the FET like no other VCA. The VCA ones are the 500 series one and Comp II. The lineup is weird. |
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Post by ericn on Jan 24, 2023 22:27:08 GMT -6
The 3 isn’t really a FET it’s VCA, but mimicks the FET like no other VCA. The VCA ones are the 500 series one and Comp II. The lineup is weird. I couldn’t remember what # was what. |
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Post by RealNoob on Jan 24, 2023 23:56:32 GMT -6
Daking FET II. Cheers, Geoff What’s the deal with these? Huge difference from MKI vs II vs III? FET II is a mono compressor with vibe and smack. The FET III is a stereo compressor with smack and less vibe. I had the FET III for a while. It was great on the main buss. It gave smack but was pretty clean - IMO. |
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Post by copperx on Jan 25, 2023 0:24:42 GMT -6
There are nice and ugly distortions, and I've always categorized the Distressor in the ugly camp. It can sound really good in specific scenarios (smashing drum room mics, 00's emo vocals, snare, and kicks), but I don't think it's as versatile as the hype says. An 1176 is much more versatile, in my limited experience.
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Post by kcatthedog on Jan 25, 2023 2:47:20 GMT -6
Funny, the daking gets mentioned, luv my daking pre and have been very curious about their comps.
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Post by thehightenor on Jan 25, 2023 8:12:45 GMT -6
Thankfully is only a hypothetical.
I couldn't only have one compressor, unless I was only ever going to record and mix one track on one song :-)
But pushed to choose .... mmmh
An 1176 I think.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2023 8:32:54 GMT -6
One compressor for every track on every song? MDWDRC2 so I can’t screw up. Molot GE for something in the 1176/distressor vein. The only Daking that’s still made is the Comp II.
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Post by RealNoob on Jan 25, 2023 11:11:47 GMT -6
One compressor for every track on every song? MDWDRC2 so I can’t screw up. Molot GE for something in the 1176/distressor vein. The only Daking that’s still made is the Comp II. Comp II looks like a new line - stereo. |
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Post by mcirish on Jan 25, 2023 11:13:01 GMT -6
I personally like the simplicity of the 1176. Hard to screw it up, so on incoming vocals, my vote is 1176. I too have been intrigued by the Daking compressors. I've got a mic pre IV and love it.
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Post by sean on Jan 25, 2023 11:38:47 GMT -6
Fan of the 91579 / FET II as well.
Distressors are interesting they definitely have an “electric” distortion. I’ve always been curious what one would sound like by Jim Williams…I do find them very flexible but using them on anything besides kick and snare in a “rock” setting sometimes gets me in trouble.
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Post by svart on Jan 25, 2023 11:59:18 GMT -6
I like both. I can work with either.
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Post by EmRR on Jan 25, 2023 12:07:38 GMT -6
Fan of the 91579 / FET II as well. Distressors are interesting they definitely have an “electric” distortion. I’ve always been curious what one would sound like by Jim Williams…I do find them very flexible but using them on anything besides kick and snare in a “rock” setting sometimes gets me in trouble. Dan Deurloo finds Distressors useful finally once Jim touches them. The Zing is cool on drums, that's the only place I use mine anymore. |
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Post by Ward on Jan 25, 2023 17:11:47 GMT -6
Fan of the 91579 / FET II as well. Distressors are interesting they definitely have an “electric” distortion. I’ve always been curious what one would sound like by Jim Williams…I do find them very flexible but using them on anything besides kick and snare in a “rock” setting sometimes gets me in trouble. Dan Deurloo finds Distressors useful finally once Jim touches them. The Zing is cool on drums, that's the only place I use mine anymore. Would you please walk me through the settings you default to on Distressors for drums? |
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Post by copperx on Jan 25, 2023 17:21:01 GMT -6
One compressor for every track on every song? MDWDRC2 so I can’t screw up. Molot GE for something in the 1176/distressor vein. The only Daking that’s still made is the Comp II. What do you mean by "can't screw up"? MDWDRC2 has many interacting parameters, doesn't it? Wouldn't that make it easier to screw up? To me, an opto is what I think about "not screwing up". |
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Post by EmRR on Jan 25, 2023 20:35:30 GMT -6
Dan Deurloo finds Distressors useful finally once Jim touches them. The Zing is cool on drums, that's the only place I use mine anymore. Would you please walk me through the settings you default to on Distressors for drums? usually starting 3:1 A 5:00 R 3:75 never use the distortion modes anymore. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2023 22:24:53 GMT -6
One compressor for every track on every song? MDWDRC2 so I can’t screw up. Molot GE for something in the 1176/distressor vein. The only Daking that’s still made is the Comp II. What do you mean by "can't screw up"? MDWDRC2 has many interacting parameters, doesn't it? Wouldn't that make it easier to screw up? To me, an opto is what I think about "not screwing up". MDWDRC2 just doesn’t distort really except for the auto release set fast on bass. The thing has a ton of quirks programmed into it. You can set it to be a much better, less pumpy, less distorted LA2A and keep the peak crest up to not crush anything. The only other things as clean as it I’ve used still made and supported are the Tokyo Dawn compressors and daking stuff. Kotelnikov has built in anti pump Mechanisms but can be set to be more plastic than mdwdrc. Molot has built in release automation to make it hard to make it stupid distorted without making it into a fuzz bomb. Only hardware that clean ive used is the Aphex and Daking and Aphex is gone and owned by rode and Daking auto releases certainly do not zip. The fastest release on most of them is 500ms to prevent you from messing stuff up |
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