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Originally posted by kosi
Hi Paul, good to see you here !
One question: Are the sidechains on the 2500 supposed to work ? On mine, they do absoluteley nothing. And there's no word about them in the manual...

I really like the sound of the 2500, it's something special, I have it most of he time on my 2 bus, soft norm and old style, feeding an STC 8. There's a nice effect, when you boost the gain on the API to drive the STC a lil bit more.
Sounds killer !!!
Thrust sounds very fat on drums, but I wish, there would be a possibility, to throw only a low pass filter in it, cause you gain punch, but always loose highs . Thats why I wanted to use the sidechains.

Cheers, kosi

I know this is years later, but the side chain does nothing if you are in the old mode because it is not possible the way the detector works, but the THRUST settings will massify that.

It is the best thing I have ever done. I only listened to Shelly Yakus when I designed it. Did the rest in secret. He had a very good view on mix compressing for making hits and money.


from E-CUE

My 2 cents on the API...


Killer on a drums bus. Killer on a lead vocal bus. Killer on a BG vocal bus. Sucked (very, very sadly) on stereo bus... I spent at least 2 hours thinking "I must be doing something wrong", but I just couldn't get it to sound good on the SB... Disapoointing only on the streo bus thus far...

Side note: Scotch thread? I'm there.....

E-cue


Call me the next time you use it on the 2 bus. I have never heard anyone ever say that before. It's all over the radio now days. It can be found in most of the biggest, most popular remote trucks on the 2bus, as well as in control rooms.

Try this setting:

thresh around -4
attack- adjust for the snare snap amount
ratio- 10 to 1 YES
release- 11 oclock
Thrust- LOUD or MED
Knee-SOFT
OLD mode
Link- 70%

Auto gain makeup switch in the OUT position

Don't be afraid to push it hard. Don't pussy out with 3 or 4 dB of compression.

This works for anything that is up tempo. Not for classical

If that doesn't kick your ass, maybe Muzak would be a better choice...

Wait until you see what I will be coming out with in this department soon...