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Originally Posted by thebaron  I'm hoping to hear more first hand reviews of vocal and mix buss use.
This thing, especially with the price point, sounds like a great way for me to break into some otb mix buss, bass and drum buss mixing. |
I'm sure more opinions will arrive as people get more experience with the unit, but I've spent a little less than a year with these pups on a number of sources and have really run them through their paces. There aren't many things that just suck through a FET comp however it's pretty rare for you to find many mastering engineers throwing them across a 2 mix. Because the Overstayer has built-in blend you find yourself trying it on just about everything (just to see if it'll work.) While not traditional, it's got vibe and sometimes that's all that matters.
Something that Jeff spent a lot of time on is making sure the size of the audio didn't shrink as you run thru the unit and that really pays off. You can really abuse your material but you don't ever feel like your fidelity is suffering. You're right, with this price point you kinda want it to work on everything. I'm sure you won't find anything under $1500ish that would come close to be as good as this on the sources you mentioned, I've looked. Think of it as the ultimate analog inflator without reels.
For vocal and mix buss compression you want the variable release with auto release mod version. If you are just tracking vocals with it the standard one knob atk/rel version would be optimal, IMO.
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On Mono sources run one channel into the next and all it cost you is a xlr cable. You'd think it'd be limiting (no pun intended) to only have one set of controls for both sides but if you don't set it to stun, the second channel reacts very nicely to what is being feed from the first one (when the stereo link button isn't engaged.)