Overstayer FET vs. Overstayer VCA

SDB_12 · 17th November 2011

Hey!

Ok, not really a competition or thread asking which is better...but I want to hear the difference in sound. I plan to pick up both at some point. Can anyone who owns both units put up so clips possibly? And/or describe the sound of each?

From what I've heard, the FET is a great drum comp, very versatile, and can be clean or dirty. The VCA seems to be a bit more smooth, great mix bus compressor, but also versatile. I need both, but one at a time!

Thanks!

TelekonStudios · 18th November 2011

I would also be interested in this. I just picked up the fet version.

hereticskeptic · 18th November 2011

If you search for either the Overstayer FET or VCA threads, there's definitely a thread where someone demonstrated how both sound, via clips.

My impression was that the FET version definitely dirties up the signal a lot more, in a cool way, if you're into that kind of thing. This was with pretty much all settings demonsrated, but the dirtiness is less present with less aggressive settings.

The VCA version stayed really clean, regardless of how hard you pushed the behavior setting, though the "thump" definitely increased with higher behavior settings.

I thought they both sounded fantastic, and only went another way, because I'm not tracking, or mixing any drums at the present time, and Cytomic The Glue will suffice for 2-bus duties for a while. I definitely plan on grabbing the VCA compressor in the future though.

Hope any of this helps.

SWAN808 · 18th November 2011

yeah check the FET and VCA threads in New Gear forum - I talked about this there and did some audio demos...

17th November 2011	#1
SDB_12 Lives for gear Joined: Jun 2010 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 630 Thread Starter	Overstayer FET vs. Overstayer VCA Hey! Ok, not really a competition or thread asking which is better...but I want to hear the difference in sound. I plan to pick up both at some point. Can anyone who owns both units put up so clips possibly? And/or describe the sound of each? From what I've heard, the FET is a great drum comp, very versatile, and can be clean or dirty. The VCA seems to be a bit more smooth, great mix bus compressor, but also versatile. I need both, but one at a time! Thanks! __________________ www.sethbrand.com

18th November 2011	#3
hereticskeptic Lives for gear Joined: Nov 2010 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 1,097 1 Review written	If you search for either the Overstayer FET or VCA threads, there's definitely a thread where someone demonstrated how both sound, via clips. My impression was that the FET version definitely dirties up the signal a lot more, in a cool way, if you're into that kind of thing. This was with pretty much all settings demonsrated, but the dirtiness is less present with less aggressive settings. The VCA version stayed really clean, regardless of how hard you pushed the behavior setting, though the "thump" definitely increased with higher behavior settings. I thought they both sounded fantastic, and only went another way, because I'm not tracking, or mixing any drums at the present time, and Cytomic The Glue will suffice for 2-bus duties for a while. I definitely plan on grabbing the VCA compressor in the future though. Hope any of this helps. __________________ "I can tell you what's gonna happen when you patch it in for the first time and squeeze your voice into submission: you're gonna cuss, then a split second later you're gonna laugh. A few seconds after that, you'll wonder out loud wtf took you so long. Then you'll get back to it, and within days you will begin to think about which compressor to get next, and how long it'll take to scrounge up another $1500" - UBK

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18th November 2011	#2
TelekonStudios Gear maniac Joined: Feb 2008 Location: Phoenix Posts: 159	I would also be interested in this. I just picked up the fet version.

18th November 2011	#4
SWAN808 Lives for gear Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 5,067 1 Review written	yeah check the FET and VCA threads in New Gear forum - I talked about this there and did some audio demos...