Most universal Compressor for vocals on Dance, house, electronic music vocals?

[roginator]

whell, I start to work with my new studio and have a load of stuff BUT I would like to hear what you guys use on vocals

my dynamics in rack

EMT 256II (x2), 257 (x2) 261 (x2)
Focusrite RED 7
DBX 160 S
Aphex 661 (x2)
SPL Transient Designer
GSSL with DBX 202c
ADR SUperDynamic LIMITER
EL Disteressor

and on the way 2-1176 UA

and that is my Final setup for long time,,, so I hope I got all for best universal vocals!!

[Greg_KPX]

I think you're pretty sorted there mate!

[Strobian]

I don't do a ton of vocals, but when I do, I have an API 7600 channel strip that I use. I use it on keyboards too though.

[Reptil]

yeah nice selection, lots of bases covered.
now for vocals?
grainy crunch ADR
slick shiny focusrite
touch of invisible Aphex

[octatonic]

Bus compressor- I like chaining a Red 3 and a DCL200 but I wouldn't throw myself off a cliff if I had a API 2500 or SSL G Series.

[sexxy]

Originally Posted by Reptil

yeah nice selection, lots of bases covered.
now for vocals?
grainy crunch ADR
slick shiny focusrite
touch of invisible Aphex

who wants grainy vocals ?
who wants dark or blur vocals ?

[top] personal taste

me ?
i like: more real 3d vocals than reality, larger than life, glowing life crystal clear + gold warmth trasnparency

lots of people/djs in 3rd world countrys have
or an m-audio/emu/mbox/digi001/2 mic-pre + plugs
or a yamaha promix01/01v/01v96/ds2416/03d/02r
or roland vs or behringer digital console
or a sound-blaster + dmp3 or samson or behringer

some djs have a focusrite platinum or a dbx platinum 5xx or an ART Vactrol
or presonus acp80/88, eureka, bluetube, bellari, dbx, alesis 3630 also, drawmer 1968, avalon, manley

i was a hardware hard-way
personally im quite happy with my 2x tfprousa.com(TM) "red" included in my emu 1820m + Lynx AES16

verry

to line-in, up to 16k or so, way better than 001/art mp/002r

my ex-BlueTubes were clean up to 50% gain, sounded similar to john hardy m-1, but dont overloads nice

i had a few rsp 360 with hush & rocktron 360 with hush comp/limiter that had a verry bold warm sound but... dark, highs a bit blur & automatic A-R but.. with a nice peak-limiter "eraser" stronger than dbx PeakStop

dont like dbx 266xl comp/limitr sound "harmonics" but love the 266xl gate
i also like the noisy ART Vactrol similar to ART TubeMP

people say m-audio tampa compressor are the bomb, but never heard one so far

but...
if im gonna record a worldclass vocal/ac.guitar ?

mic+cable+mic-pre+AD+wordclock somewhat is

adk mics or mxl vXX
vovox mic cable
+
focusrite liquid 4pre/channel
savillero Halios console mic-pre replica
or the real console

or
Roland vs2480 / mmp-2 + Lynx AES16 SynchroLock(TM)

or
john hardy m-1 + aurora8 or mytek or lavry or ua2192
or
millenia hv-3 + aurora8 or mytek or lavry or ua2192

+
ssl duende
or
liquid mix
or
gco-1
or
antress vdme-160
or
Urs channel strip Pro
or
soundburst protocomp
or
sonictimeworks compressor-x
or
mcdsp.com
or
Waves rcomp

havent heard sonnox, euphonix

anyway...
i miss the 2x symetrix 421, similar to aphex 320a, was so kool with synths
had that invisible magic, but a bit noisy

in http://www.gearslutz.com/board/gear-...s-audio-tests/

thers:
Liquid Channel Replica Shootout
Liquid Channel Replica Shootout Pt.2
Liquid Channel Replica Shootout Pt.3
Liquid Channel Replica Shootout Pt.4
Liquid Channel Replica Shootout Pt.5
Liquid Channel Replica Shootout Pt.6
Liquid Channel Replica Shootout Pt.7
Liquid Channel Replica Shootout Pt.8
Liquid Channel Replica Shootout Pt.9
Liquid Channel Replica Shootout Pt.10

precision8 vs. vs2480
Mic Preamp Shootout

mic cable test:
Vovox Mic Cable vs Standard Mic Cable spoken-word test (WAV's posted) - you decide!


hardware compressors are another world/dimention to explore

[sexxy]

Originally Posted by octatonic

"I don't go to mythical places with strange men." Douglas Adams

WTF does that mean ? hes not gay/gey or somthing ?
insane!

who, what the hell ?

he wont go with you ?