Question regarding pedal manufacturer

[james condino]

Another anonymous original poster asking questions about an anonymous company yet they somehow expect very detailed and specific answers......

 

[Smokeyharrisun]

Another anonymous original poster asking questions about an anonymous company yet they somehow expect very detailed and specific answers......

Hey! If you had read the earlier comments you would have seen that my questions had already been answered. 99% of the other comments have been either irrelevant to what I wrote or just being simply cocky and pretentious, or both like yours
Cheers
Cheers

 

[dbsfgyd1]

Hey guys
Probably a dumb question, but- I'm interested in buying a specific compression pedal but couldn't find any information regarding the compression amount. This information is important as this pedal is unavailable for me to test in person and I want to make sure the specs fit me well before I order it. I contacted the manufacturer asking for for the ratio/ threshold amount and functionality. The manufacture responded that this is not a traditional compressor so the meters aren't measured in a traditional way, therefore couldn't provide an answer. Obviously they don't want to reveal this information for some reason. Is it a common thing among pedal companies not to provide this info? Is it possible that they honestly cannot provide an answer to a question like what is the maximal compression ratio or can you control the threshold? Should I be suspicious because of it?
What yall say?
Thanks!
P

Try another manufacturer.

 

[bongomania]

@bongomania How do you in general communicate to the consumer how and possibly why your compressors (or other pedals) do what they do? scubaduba's work provides an incredible resource in this regard. And your commenting on this forum is invaluable, too. Sound seems such an ineffable thing. Is it just buy and try?

For me, I built up a reputation describing compressors on my site, so when I came out with my own, I gave it a "review" along similar lines to my other reviews. Which is of course bogus in one sense, because _obviously_ I'd give it a positive review, but I did my best to describe it honestly. In fact I went to some length to avoid using language that might be taken as hype or puffery. Man if there's one thing I hate, it's all the pedal ad copy crowing about the magical perfection of their unique design. So I ended up kinda shooting myself in the foot, in terms of competitive marketing. And even then, a few people have decided I must be full of crap just on principle.

Apart from marketing though, there is some language that people generally seem to understand when talking about compressors. Strength, squish, limiting, smoothing, fattening, thick, clean, fast, slow, sustain, noisy, etc. In reality none of those words have specific standardized meanings, but they're what we've got--and they seem to convey the basic gist well enough.

 

[Haroldo]

For me, I built up a reputation describing compressors on my site, so when I came out with my own, I gave it a "review" along similar lines to my other reviews. Which is of course bogus in one sense, because _obviously_ I'd give it a positive review, but I did my best to describe it honestly. In fact I went to some length to avoid using language that might be taken as hype or puffery. Man if there's one thing I hate, it's all the pedal ad copy crowing about the magical perfection of their unique design. So I ended up kinda shooting myself in the foot, in terms of competitive marketing. And even then, a few people have decided I must be full of crap just on principle.

Apart from marketing though, there is some language that people generally seem to understand when talking about compressors. Strength, squish, limiting, smoothing, fattening, thick, clean, fast, slow, sustain, noisy, etc. In reality none of those words have specific standardized meanings, but they're what we've got--and they seem to convey the basic gist well enough.

I usually suggest to people that are new with compression to research what they might be looking for in a compressor and then ask any questions they might have. It is always better if someone has tried our pedals and then asks questions, otherwise describing features or parameters sometimes doesn't translate well with what the person is after.

-Frank

Thanks.