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Re: COMPRESSORS THREAD
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2017 4:50 pm
by frigid midget
Ordered a Fairfield Accountant at prymaxe, about four weeks ago. Got lost in the mail
So I settled for one of those old tiny green guyatones. Gotto say I'm impressed. Got it dirt cheap, and it's nice and squishy, and surprisingly quiet too.
I guess the CS-3 I used to have was good enough for my humble needs. Prefered the slow breathing effect of my very first comp: Boss CS-1. Too bad it was noisy like a mother :/
Re: COMPRESSORS THREAD
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2017 4:54 pm
by friendship
I got a Dynacomp recently and it's pretty handy on lap steel. I think it wants a drum machine too.
Re: COMPRESSORS THREAD
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2017 5:52 pm
by rustywire
Drum machines love'm [high praise]
Re: COMPRESSORS THREAD
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2017 10:33 pm
by Mudfuzz
For guitar and interestingness on bass orange squeezers are actually great, my guitarist never turns Hers off... It really helps bring out all the overtones and chimey bits in chords
Re: COMPRESSORS THREAD
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2017 6:31 am
by Ev_O)))
Dude I live for good compression. When I play guitar (less and less these days) my boss LM-2 is a constant. Chronically underrated and cheap as fuck for what it does.
Re: COMPRESSORS THREAD
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2017 7:05 am
by Iommic Pope
Maxon CP101 thoughts?
Re: COMPRESSORS THREAD
Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 5:00 am
by Ev_O)))
Iommic Pope wrote:Maxon CP101 thoughts?
Had a real old one, struggled with noise floor at volume but like the general clampyness, played better with buckers
Re: COMPRESSORS THREAD
Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 5:00 am
by Ev_O)))
Iommic Pope wrote:Maxon CP101 thoughts?
Had a real old one, struggled with noise floor at volume but like the general clampyness, played better with buckers
Re: COMPRESSORS THREAD
Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 9:32 am
by raj007
Got an Xotic SP recently. I'm am FAR from being knowledgeable about compressors, but I like what this does to my clean tone...it just adds that lil something and evens out my shit playing a bit hahahaha.
Re: COMPRESSORS THREAD
Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 10:47 am
by jamesmikelly
Here to say I leave my accountant on 100% of the time in my guitar rig. If I want a more typical compressor sound I bought a dod milk box for like $30 a few years ago and it's pretty great.not noisey, squashes pretty well, infinitely better than the cs3 I had to use before I bought it.
Re: COMPRESSORS THREAD
Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 1:23 pm
by Pete
I used to have a Dyna Comp. Didn't like it at all, and couldn't find a use for it
Re: COMPRESSORS THREAD
Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 8:51 pm
by Iommic Pope
Ev_O))) wrote:Iommic Pope wrote:Maxon CP101 thoughts?
Had a real old one, struggled with noise floor at volume but like the general clampyness, played better with buckers
I mostly use buckers, so thats good news. Interesting about the noise floor. Im trying to eliminate as much noise as I can from my rig (which is mostly my amp), as everyone does. Reports on the new one say its pretty quiet, so maybe they've fixed it?
Pete wrote:I used to have a Dyna Comp. Didn't like it at all, and couldn't find a use for it
The thing with dyna comps is youve got to set them so you dont notice them. Sounds like it defeats the whole purpose of the exercise, but if you can feel the squish with them, you gotta dial it back.
Re: COMPRESSORS THREAD
Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 9:59 pm
by retinal orbita
I go between a CS-2 and a DOD Milk Box with my bass. I like 'em cranked, especially the Milk Box which adds a real great colour to my sound.
The CS-2 is also great, I like to crank the sustain. Both are very unique and if I had a giant board I'd probably have both on there.