Arion SCO-1 Compressor

[friendship]

http://www.ovnilab.com/reviews/arion.shtml

This site says it's trashy but is it trashy in a really cool way?

I'd like to use it as a studio effect. Anyone ever use it?

[Chankgeez]

I've never tried the Arion, but, in general, I like cheap pedals from the '80s.

They certainly aren't going for much. So, I'd say, go for it.

[D.o.S.]

I trust Bongo.

[Chankgeez]

Yeah, I do too. His reviews are usually pretty spot on.

In Bongo we trust.

[friendship]

Cool I will peep one.

[Chankgeez]

Please let us know what you think of it.

[friendship]

Will do, just BIN'd one. My first test with it will be to run drums through it while tweaking knobs.

[Dr. Sherman Sticks M.D.]

hope u get on w/ it. i didn't jive w/ mine

[friendship]

hope u get on w/ it. i didn't jive w/ mine

what kind of umbrage did you take with it?

[Dr. Sherman Sticks M.D.]

i hestitated replying at first cuz i didn't wanna rain on your parade but i remember it just sounded like ass, and not in a super cool way. totally kills the low end, and makes kick drums sound like farts...very treble heavy.
i think i still have it, but its mostly because it didnt seem worth it to sell at the time. how much do they go for these days? i got mine used at my local GC for like $10.

i think its more suited for trashy nasally guitar / higher octave keyboard stuff. i'm sure theres some cool uses for it, but for what i was trying to do w/ it (smash drum machines) it wasn't my bag.

i love the look of these old arions tho. something about it drew me to it in the first place.

[friendship]

i hestitated replying at first cuz i didn't wanna rain on your parade but i remember it just sounded like ass, and not in a super cool way. totally kills the low end, and makes kick drums sound like farts...very treble heavy.
i think i still have it, but its mostly because it didnt seem worth it to sell at the time. how much do they go for these days? i got mine used at my local GC for like $10.

i think its more suited for trashy nasally guitar / higher octave keyboard stuff. i'm sure theres some cool uses for it, but for what i was trying to do w/ it (smash drum machines) it wasn't my bag.

i love the look of these old arions tho. something about it drew me to it in the first place.

Haha I'm super curious now!

[Chankgeez]

Makes this guy sound awesome:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmlInHqcWeY[/youtube]

[Phengren Oswald]

I was looking at these a while ago. This thread reminded me and I picked one up for relatively cheap. (well, I've seen em cheaper…)
Pretty psyched to mix it with a rig that includes a CS-2, a Dynamic Filter, a Boss RV-2 and an old DOD Compressor…
it's going to sound AWFUL!!!!

[friendship]

I was looking at these a while ago. This thread reminded me and I picked one up for relatively cheap. (well, I've seen em cheaper…)
Pretty psyched to mix it with a rig that includes a CS-2, a Dynamic Filter, a Boss RV-2 and an old DOD Compressor…
it's going to sound AWFUL!!!!

Cool! Crush the RV-2's gated reverb with it!

Cruuuush

[friendship]

I only got to play around with it a little bit this weekend but so far I really like it. Most of its settings are hyper crushed and artifact-y. You can really pinch the input signal in a nasty lo-fi way. I'm going to run some drum tracks through it this week.