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Originally Posted by James Meeker  I'd rather have no hardware compressor than a bad one. There are always plugins.
The Alesis 3630 is... really bad. |
Compared to
what?
They typically cost $100-$120. New.
Now, I've had mine for years, but even then I picked it up new for about that. The build quality, of course, may have slid. Alesis has been through a lot of changes over not that many years.
While it's been a long time since I used mine, I thought it was an entirely decent compressor compared to other super-affordable units. Yes, I'd rather have some others for a little more -- but the 3630 gives a full range of control in including gating and the ability to de-yoke the two sides. And for the money (assuming they're still the same as mine) it has great metering.
Of course, I'm pretty aware that full control compressors seem to
confuse a lot of folks who seem to prefer two big, simple knobs. (Not you, mind you, James, I ain't saying that.
)
Again, I'm not saying it's a great unit. I'm just saying that, for the money, it's hard to get anything better or even with as many features.