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Old 11th March 2009   #53
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This is a quote from another poster (different thread) quoting what UBK told him about the warmth control>>

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Originally Posted by lakeshorephatty View Post
Good morning. I thought i should put a few comments here. I had asked some questions on operation and Greg sent me a great email last night. There will be manual for this box in the next few weeks but in the meantime, Greg gave me a very long and detailed answer with some different tips.

2) Because this is now my go-to drum compressor, I wanted the Warmth work in extremely subtle increments. Even at maximum, you will likely only get 2-4db of reduction at best unless the material is extremely bright. Essentially, each step is now like a 1/4db high shelf atenuator at 12k, to super-fine-tune the top end of cymbals or vocals rather than coarsely crush them.
In the first post of this thread UBK mentioned that the Warmth functions are the same as the original Fatso, so I'm a little confused >>

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Originally Posted by u b k View Post
or you can have your Classic Fatso modded to become a 100% UBK Fatso. same warmth, same harmonic saturation and tapey thickness as the original, but with radically different compression styles and aesthetics.
Also, IF the warmth steps have been changed, have you changed the threshold levels for the steps or how much attenuation is assigned to each step (seems to have been said above?), and therefor the total warmth reduction capability? Meaning, would I not be able to 'crush' something on the warmth control like I could with the stock Fatso?

It almost seems that on some or most material you are saying that even with warmth at max (7), you might only get 2-4db reduction (on the warmth meters??)??

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