| I use the FATSO on pretty much everything but IMO it has two distinct uses. On the master buss it's great for a subtle rounding off of edges - Tranny on and a bit of warmth (basically a de-esser). I'm not a huge fan of the compressor section - maybe used it two or three times.
For tracking though, it's a completely different beast. Try routing your drums through it (compression off again) and cranking up the input to around 9. Sounds far, far better to me than any plugin limiter. I'll be checking out the Anamod as soon as I can but this second use of the FATSO is the closest emulation of what tape does that I've heard so far (ok, different - sometimes worse, sometimes better).
The compressor section isn't actually all that bad - sounds kind of expensive really but seems to push things back in the mix too much for my taste. |