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Re: What's a cool [ideally DIYable] compressor?

Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 10:39 pm
by sonidero
I have a feeling no one really understands compression... Greyscales and Mike have the best comments I've seen in our umpteen threads about compression... To me it's like a tuner, it's something that is an accessory to guitar and not an "effect"... A misused or abused compressor can add sound or character to your guitar or a cheap one can impart it's own tone but it's not fundamentally changing the sound... I like opto compression cause it works best for what I like compression to be, and it's seems more natural... Compression when used correctly is like Auto Tune used correctly i.e. your not supposed to hear it...

Silly compression is silly...

Re: What's a cool [ideally DIYable] compressor?

Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 10:53 pm
by Officer Bukowski
Yeah I'm not looking to go super squishy, just need a little more compression for this new song I think.

The Compulator was the other circuit I was considering. You pretty much confirmed what I was thinking Mike.

Thanks for all the info! You guys rule.

Re: What's a cool [ideally DIYable] compressor?

Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 11:02 pm
by sonidero
Behndy's gonna throw a shoe but I love the Black Finger...