FabFilter Pro-C compressor plugin - Page 2

t_d · 9th July 2008

demoing this now... as much as i don't want another compressor plug in.. it's really impressive... the M/S mode can really bring things to life..

couple of complaints though.. i don't like having a "regular" GR meter... that scrolling waveform just goes by too fast and it's hard to know what's going on.. i'm used to looking at a GR meter for getting a general idea of where i'm at.

also, the M/S knobs.. inner and outer ring knobs.. are a bit confusing.. they're implementation of M/S definitely requires a few reads of the manual to know how to use it.

pretty nice piece of kit, though.

Tranny-Cap-Tube · 12th July 2008

The Pro C can be so smooth. It wont get aggressive though. The m/s is awesome. It sounds good on everything but is not full of character. I like to put Colortone Pro after it.

cl516 · 17th November 2008

people still lovin' this?

Zero Point · 20th June 2009

Thread resurrection!

I got to use Fabfilter's Pro-C compressor over the week and here is what I have found:

This compressor is absolutely beautiful as a channel comp. Set it to Clean and hard knee and you easily get that Neve comp pop and snap. Set it to Classic / Soft and you have a FET style sound ala 1176. Set it to Clean / Soft and you have something very close to that awesome Over Easy mode dbx has that makes kick drums sound so good.

Overall it is a very nice, low overhead, and easy to use compression plugin. I was rather impressed. For a lot of things the Cubase compressor does me just fine, but I think this thing is pretty cool.

-ZP

Tranny-Cap-Tube · 20th June 2009

Its one of only a few comps where the autogain actually works well. Such a well-made tool!

9th July 2008	#31
t_d Lives for gear Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: pound ridge, NY Posts: 1,544	demoing this now... as much as i don't want another compressor plug in.. it's really impressive... the M/S mode can really bring things to life.. couple of complaints though.. i don't like having a "regular" GR meter... that scrolling waveform just goes by too fast and it's hard to know what's going on.. i'm used to looking at a GR meter for getting a general idea of where i'm at. also, the M/S knobs.. inner and outer ring knobs.. are a bit confusing.. they're implementation of M/S definitely requires a few reads of the manual to know how to use it. pretty nice piece of kit, though. __________________ taylor deupree \| 12k 12k (label) • 12k mastering • photography looking for: simplicity

12th July 2008	#32
Tranny-Cap-Tube Gear maniac Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 244	The Pro C can be so smooth. It wont get aggressive though. The m/s is awesome. It sounds good on everything but is not full of character. I like to put Colortone Pro after it. __________________ dfegad .

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17th November 2008	#33
cl516 Lives for gear Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Toronto Posts: 1,218	people still lovin' this?

20th June 2009	#34
Zero Point Gear interested Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 19	Thread resurrection! I got to use Fabfilter's Pro-C compressor over the week and here is what I have found: This compressor is absolutely beautiful as a channel comp. Set it to Clean and hard knee and you easily get that Neve comp pop and snap. Set it to Classic / Soft and you have a FET style sound ala 1176. Set it to Clean / Soft and you have something very close to that awesome Over Easy mode dbx has that makes kick drums sound so good. Overall it is a very nice, low overhead, and easy to use compression plugin. I was rather impressed. For a lot of things the Cubase compressor does me just fine, but I think this thing is pretty cool. -ZP