Compressor comparison (with sound samples)

Must be me; can't get the samples to play but would like to!

 

I clicked the icon to open the Soundcloud page and see "This playlist has no tracks". Do I need to be logged in?

 

well, you sound so good = what difference does it make?

(the listening system is working fine for me.)

you can see my votes: i didn't care for 1c compared to the other two choices. TBH: they'd all work in a context. hope you get some actual, righteous feedback!

 

They do all sound great and I'm going to go out on a limb and say I hope at least one of those clips was recorded through a Boss CS-2 since I bought one yesterday. How about clip number #3 as being a CS-2 since that's what I'm hoping it will do for me.
How's that for a fatuous response?

 

They'd all work, personally I'd prefer a brighter tone all around but fretless is fretless.

From what I heard, I like B on both. C was too muffled, and A sounded overcompressed which gets you more artifacts both from your playing technique and the circuit.

 

Really only focused on the #2 samples as that's closer to my thing. Think 2A was awesome and punchy.
Not positive they all are volume matched but if not, it's not off by much.
Thanks for this

 

I voted (a) in both samples, which I find more articulate and focused. But I like compressed sounds, anyway. I have an idea of the compressor used, but honestly it could be anything.

 

Nice playing! I also liked A on both. Nice punch and sounds like my new Empress!?!?

 

A seems to colour the sound the least (Empress maybe?), C the most.

 

It may be my inability to clearly articulate what I’m hearing or my comparably inexperienced ears but, to me the ‘b & c’ samples have a slight harmonic undertone compared to the ‘a’ samples. My preference’s were 1a and 2a.

Thanks for sharing! Not surprisingly, you sound great! Looking forward to seeing the reveal.

 

So you lied.

 

Interesting! I thought both samples of B and C sounded muffled for lack of a better word. While both A samples really do sound like my new Empress Bass comp thru my WD800. The Empress to my ear at least is very transparent, and the color switch does shape the tone and adds harmonics. I used the MXR 87 but i pulled it because it compressed too much and sucked tone. See if you can try an Empress, I’d like to hear your thoughts.

 

Congratulations, you're able to get a compressed sound without a compressor, and an uncompressed sound with a compressor.