Budget"colored"2-buss compressor

Snatchman · 21st September 2004

Hi all! Im looking for a good low budget compressor to use on a 2-buss drum sample mix. I like the samples in a 2-bus mix,instead of individual outs.The drums seems to sound"fuller" to my ears this way.Once i get the mix up it sounds okay, not like real drums but decent.I tried using the RNC,it sounds good but a little "thin".Just wondering if anyone else uses this steup that could impart some advice,recommend a compressor,etc.Thanks to all that respond!

Screws · 21st September 2004

I have used the JoeMeek C2 stereo opto compressor for exactly this purpose. Worked pretty well to fatten up the drums in a parallel buss scheme.

Now that I have a Fatso, I don't use it as much.

Saucyjack · 21st September 2004

Maybe check out ART Pro Vla.Yeah it's ART but sounds pretty decent.
It has flavor...whether you will like it or not who knows.
Can be found for $200-300

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Snatchman Lives for gear Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 3,327 Thread Starter	Budget"colored"2-buss compressor Hi all! Im looking for a good low budget compressor to use on a 2-buss drum sample mix. I like the samples in a 2-bus mix,instead of individual outs.The drums seems to sound"fuller" to my ears this way.Once i get the mix up it sounds okay, not like real drums but decent.I tried using the RNC,it sounds good but a little "thin".Just wondering if anyone else uses this steup that could impart some advice,recommend a compressor,etc.Thanks to all that respond!

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Screws Lives for gear Joined: Nov 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 733	I have used the JoeMeek C2 stereo opto compressor for exactly this purpose. Worked pretty well to fatten up the drums in a parallel buss scheme. Now that I have a Fatso, I don't use it as much. __________________ Steve Cruz Cruzified Music Florida

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Saucyjack Lives for gear Joined: Jan 2003 Location: Dirty South Posts: 571	Maybe check out ART Pro Vla.Yeah it's ART but sounds pretty decent. It has flavor...whether you will like it or not who knows. Can be found for $200-300 __________________ If you really want to make orginal results,work fast and cheap,because there's more of a chance that you'll get somewhere that nobody else did. Brian Eno

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