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Compressor - need a recommandation

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dude123

Nov 13, 2012
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#1
hello, i have recently purchased the Carl martin Opto Compressor, and it does not fit my requirements....

what i want is a device that will stablize my overall sounding by boosting low signals and lower high peak signals - i believe there are some compressors out there that actually do that, like the BOSS cs-3 - thats a nice sounding compressor, the problem is the high volumed noise when you turn the sustain knob beyond 9:30...

i was thinking about the Seymour Duncan DoubleBack.. but i`m open for any other suggestions, and also you may put some light on this issue if i was getting it wrong..

thank you very much.
 
#3
oh yes i did a little research, thats actually why i bought Carl Martin for the first place, but in those reviews he touches compression in other aspects, so long story short i didnt find what i was asking for...

- like the seymour duncan review - he is not talking about boosting low signals and lower high peaks (in the seymour duncan site they actually do refer to this issue when talking about the DoubleBack)..

i think i got something wrong - doesn`t all compressors do that? (boosting low signals and lower high peaks) or are they just limiting the signals that goes beyond the threshold?
 
#8
Reducing high levels and boosting low levels is the basic function of any compressor. So there must be something very, very wrong with your Carl Martin if it doesn't do this.

Perhaps it's merely a setup issue, or something more tonal that doesn't appeal to you. Or it could be that's it's transparency means that you can't hear it working - often, subtle compression isn't obvious until it's used in the context of a band mix. Likewise, obvious compression can sound quite bad once in a band mix.
 
#11
dude123 said:
oh yes i did a little research, thats actually why i bought Carl Martin for the first place, but in those reviews he touches compression in other aspects, so long story short i didnt find what i was asking for...

- like the seymour duncan review - he is not talking about boosting low signals and lower high peaks (in the seymour duncan site they actually do refer to this issue when talking about the DoubleBack)..

i think i got something wrong - doesn`t all compressors do that? (boosting low signals and lower high peaks) or are they just limiting the signals that goes beyond the threshold?
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You clearly haven't read the FAQ, so don't say you've "done research". At the top of my review page it says "read the FAQ first" and I meant it.
 

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