the only time i ever played with a red 3 was mixing a singer who brought his own and insisted i use it on his main vocal. when he was out, i also patched it across the drum buss and the mix buss to see what it was made of.
i remember thinking 'what an odd, grey sheen on top of everything', like a silver fur coating. i wasn't sure if i liked it, but i definitely didn't hate it. it tamed the vocals really well too, although it seemed to be doing more GR than the meters indicated. very thick compression if memory serves.
in addition to rambling
, i have a point: i was setting up a plug-in comp at an acquaintance's place, teaching him the basics of compression, and he had the sonalksis compressor. the first thing i thought when we stuck it on his vocal was 'this sounds like that red 3.'
i wonder if they modeled it.
gregoire
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