Compressor pedal

[Audiogremlin]

Hey all. Looking for a compressor pedal. I'm not looking for anything to alter my tone in anyway, just clean and transparent peak control. Having a gain reduction meter is important to me. I'm a live and studio audio engineer and so I'm looking for a pedal that operates more like a traditional VCA or optical compressor as opposed to the "compressor/sustainer/booster" style pedals that seem to operate to serve a tonal function rather than just peak control and level smoothing.
Looking at the following models;

Keeley compressor Pro
Darkglass hyper luminal
Boss BC-1X
Whirlwind OC Bass
MXR M87
Empress

If anyone has any insight on these models or other suggestions, I'd greatly appreciate it.

 

[Smurf-o-Deth]

Check out the sticky about testing compressors at the top of this forum.

 

[Audiogremlin]

Perfect! Thanks.

 

[mmbongo]

Becos Mini does exactly what you are looking for. Or one of the bigger Becos if you want more features.

BECOS FX CompIQ MINI Pro Compressor for Guitar and Bass | Gear Hero | Reverb

 

[Audiogremlin]

Becos Mini does exactly what you are looking for. Or one of the bigger Becos if you want more features.

BECOS FX CompIQ MINI Pro Compressor for Guitar and Bass | Gear Hero | Reverb

This Becos looks killer! I just ordered the Twain dual band. I play 5 string so this should tame my low B really well. Thanks for the rec.

 

[Audiogremlin]

Check out the sticky about testing compressors at the top of this forum.

This was incredibly helpful. Thanks so much

 

[bassbrad]

[Invalid or Expired Link Removed] is a sound engineer's virtual toolbox with two full featured compressor expanders, EQ, Gates and more.

 

[Jrussblues]

Empress is extremely neutral. A ton of functionality in a small package. It can boost but doesn’t have to.
I play an active bass through some pedals and an amp that has color so I chose the empress because I didn’t need any more color in my chain to fiddle with. Kind of a set it and forget it, always on line leveler to take the peaks off of slap and bring up the fast finger style so neither get buried in the mix.

 

[Rolling Thunder]

I'm loving my Orange Kongpressor (optical) so far. Smooth is how I would describe it. I went against the prevailing logic and sold my Empress to fund the Orange.

 

[moon-bass]

This Becos looks killer! I just ordered the Twain dual band. I play 5 string so this should tame my low B really well. Thanks for the rec.

+1 on the Becos. I was looking for exactly the same thing, tried a bunch of pedals and ended up with the Becos. No regerts. I love it!

 

[cnltb]

might lovesqueeze be a candidate?

 

[thebreakman]

I love my Diamond Comp.