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Originally Posted by Mike Derrick  Lowswing,
I've looked through this thread for settings used for your comparison tests and couldn't find any. Just wondering about settings for all the compressers used.
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in a blind listening test,...
VOX PRE
I liked D (HCL) the best with A (CADAC) as a very close second, possibly interchangable. The other 2 just didn't exhibit the same "body" in the character of sound so to me they weren't even in the same league.
VOX COMP
B - 1176
C - HCL
A - compex
D - ADL
-both B (1176) and C (HCL) seem to retain the transients the best, whereas A (Compex) and D (ADL) have that "too squashed" feel with mushyness in the low end and lack of clarity up top. Both the 1176 and HCL did a very nice job, 1176 felt a touch warmer overall, however HCL seemed to have a bit of edge in the sparkle up top.
GUITAR COMP
B - 1176
A - HCL
C - compex
D - ADL
-interestingly in a blind test with the 2 different sources I picked the comps in the exact same order. Again same thing, top 2 and bottom 2 in separate classes (if all things being equal according to tester's methods) for me again it's all about those transients, don't want them squashed out of existance like C and D, want to keep 'em plus pull the presence of the sound closer to the listener. Listen to the sibilance off the acoustic strings, very present and shines for 1176 and HCL, somehow the other 2 leave the guitar dull and smaller.
Anyhow, all these thoughts could be changed since I wasn't the one doing the comparison and it would be good to know the settings used on each comp in order to step back and evaluate each sound file according to the settings used and then with appropriate view be able to discern reasons for differences. |
Hi Mike,
I did the test long time a go and i can't remember all details, what i remember is that the mic prer test was quit accurate and we matched level as far as possible, with the compression test we couldn't go that "sienctific" as each compressor has very different controllers and very different response, I just tried to go to a common settings i would use and to get same gain reduction read on all compressors, I matched than the output level with the gain make-up, I figured up that the make up amplifier in those compressors has big influence on "the sound" of each of them.