I've seen you mention your ELOP a few times. I'm enjoying mine. I was curious if you are using it during vocal tracking and if so, how hard are you hitting it? Also, do you find the high pass option useful?
I love my ELOP and use it almost exclusively for tracking lead vocals
I have one of the OG ones that did not come with side chain hi pass
I find that I can slam that meter on certain peaks when needed
this is why i love it
it is a set it and forget compressor
when tracking vocals
once i get it set correctly
I rarely need to alter anything
the only other 2 compressors that I use similarly and decide upon when getting ready to track are
my LA 3's
and my Inward TSL 3
but the ELOP is usually the winner because it has a nice middle ground between the LA 3 and the Inward