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Originally Posted by neon  Hey Brad, did you upload the video again?  |
The video is on my friend's camera, and he has the day off due to the holiday. He's out with his girlfriend and is not at the computer. As soon as it's possible I'll try to upload again. Youtube says it's uploaded, but is processing the video. I don't know what's going on.
I want to comment briefly on the sound of the unit. I own a FATSO and have a pretty good feel of what it can and can't do. Greg demo'd the upgraded version for me and we spoke at length about the mods. I've always felt like the compressors were not as useful as they could be. Sometimes they worked, sometimes they didn't. I usually could find another piece of gear to compress material in a way I found more pleasing. UBK FATSO is a whole new beast with a new personality. All the attack and release constants have been totally revamped. The compression feels entirely different to me. In a really good way of course! I was really impressed with the settings I heard. He had mono drums, bass, and electric guitar samples and we were nailing all of them with like 15dB's of gain reduction and it sounded f-ing awesome. It was amazing how the compressor was able to simultaneously pull the kick drum to the front of the mix and put the snare to the back while adding punch to both. The bass guitar sound we got using his "glue" setting with tranny was brilliant. It levelled the thing, gave it attitude, but still let it feel dynamic and thumping.
I think this is going to be a total winner. If you have a FATSO it's a no brainer in my book. If you don't have a FATSO there's now a new reason to have one. I think the goal was to create a tracking compressor that you could use all the time and not have screw up your music. From what I've heard so far I think UBK accomplished that. Also the faceplate looks great. It's less cluttered and easier on the eyes. The chocolate color looks unique and classy.
Brad