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Compressor, Do I need one?
- Thread starter Liquid477
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Liquid477 said:
depends on your technique, and on the sound you are after.
theory is that it evens you the level during playing, so you get a more phat/punchy/constant level
but also used in extremme settings if squashes your sound (a-la- les claypool) and also it takes some of the sensitivity on your playing.
You have to try some yourself, and it see it is what you are looking for.
Some people would never play without one.
I have tried, but I still have not found one I liked.
If I compress to much, I hate the tone. If I compress too little, it adds nothing - but another failure point in my signal path.
But, again, you should decide for yourself.
Some people would never play without one.
I have tried, but I still have not found one I liked.
If I compress to much, I hate the tone. If I compress too little, it adds nothing - but another failure point in my signal path.
But, again, you should decide for yourself.
If you don't know if you need it, chances are you don't, I have one for my Ampeg, I used it a couple of times and now it just an expensive rack spacer.
It's built in on my Eden.
It's built in on my Eden.
AxtoOx said:
Beat me to it. If it ain't broke, don't fix it!
They can be pretty handy, however. I recently acquired a small compressor (Alesis Nanocomp), and I find it useful when I go between slap and fingerstyle playing within the same song. Before this current band, however, I've never needed on as I've only played fingerstyle. It depends on the situation and the dynamics of what's going on.
