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Originally Posted by Ironklad Audio  yea, but how much can you trust HC reviews of a cheap piece of gear?
most of the people who pick up the 3630 have probably never used another comp. before...and if they have, it was most likely another cheap POS comp.
if you took all the people who gave it decent reviews, and let them play around with some distressors or LA-2A's or something for a couple days, they'd probably trash the 3630 to no end. |
Did someone say that the $100 3630 can compete with a $3000 LA2A here? (And don't forget you'll need
two LA2As to 'compete' -- so that's $6000!)
If they did -- it sure wasn't me.
All I'm saying or have said is that the 3630 is probably the most full featured compressor around
for the money it costs (need I repeat
100 dollars) and as such could be considered a decent deal for the money.
Now, would someone be better off buying an RNC (to pull a cheap compressor out of thin air) for about double the money if they can afford it? Or maybe one of those ART starved voltage tube Pro VLAs for a little more?
I'd probably say
yeah, go for it. (Still, neither of those units has the amount of control, though they are certainly probably better liked for their sound by low end afficianadi.)
But will they get the same thing out of a 3630 that they'll get out of a compressor that, in essence, costs SIXTY TIMES as much?
I'm thinkin'
probably not.
See if you can guess what else I'm thinkin', ace...
BTW... in case anyone was distracted by this annoying sidebar dialog, I'm part of the plug in compressor contingent here -- I think the OP should avoid tracking with compression, especially cheap compression; unless you know precisely what you want and what you're doing when you're tracking digitally, I think it's best to avoid compressing on the way in. (As I indicated in my first post.)