Compressors with Blend control.

Empress

 

Origin Cali76 Compact Bass has a blend.

 

Seymour duncan

 

Any compressor you like with an ls2!

 

My favorite right now is the Wampler Ego

 

I'm sorry but why would you want a blend control on a compressor? The purpose of compression is to reduce peaks and smooth out the sound. It seems to me that a blend control would defeat this purpose. Maybe it's because I learned about compression in a studio setting so the idea of having a blend control on a compressor just seems kind of stupid to me.

Just my opinion with an explanation of how I formed it. I'm not trying to start a fight.

C/S,
Rev J

 

The best example is that the compressed part can be used to add sustain, while the uncompressed part retains a certain level of dynamics.

 

Compressor Reviews - "blend" search results
OVNI Effects

 

Not stupid. Useful.
Parallel (blended) compression

 

Pigtronix Philosphers Bass
Seymour Duncan Studio Bass.

Back in the day you couldn't give me a compressor without a blend. Then I got a Keeley Bassist and now I don't understand why a compressor would need a blend

 

Parallel blending is just another technique that may or may not yield an outcome that is pleasant, or perhaps solves a dynamics problem. To refer to it as being "stupid" is sort...hmmm...considering the technique is supposed to have originated in the recording studios of New York City, from some pretty well-heeled engineers.

Parallel compression - Wikipedia

 

but will it blend? that's the question

 

Pigtronix & Smoothie

 

Tc electronic hyper gravity 3 band and no mud.

 

i like my blend knobs ... on just about everything ...

the Dark Glass , to me , has a tubelike warm ... so it can be driven harder to color the sound a bit ... a color that i like ... then squish to taste , ... blend together -- whatever works at that moment in time ...

just another harmless tool ..

but ... if you want and can find / afford something very transparent ... and stays transparent whilst squished ... then i wouldn't want/need a Blend .. !

 

That site is crazy useful. Happy to share it.

 

Parallel compression? I'm pretty much all about studio stuff so it intrigues me that you've never seen a wet/dry or blend control on a compressor. They're really common place now, especially in the studio.

I really love any Ross style compressor for bass, and I'm pretty sure there is a mod for the Dynacomp which gives it a blend control!