Fionn Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 I was just wondering how folk rate the "Spectracomp" compression, which is in-built to TC Electronic amp-heads. I'd be interested to hear the opinions of past or present TC users. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 I like it a lot. Nice unobtrussive compression that does its thing without being too obvious. I guess that's what other people call "pretty transparent". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urban Bassman Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 (edited) Hi I had a Rebel 450 for a couple of years and I liked what it did a lot. Best compressor I've ever used. Hope that helps. Edited September 7, 2013 by Urban Bassman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanAxe Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 I generally leave it set at 3/10. If you turn it up too high then obviously you lose dynamic range, but that's the case with any compressor. It's pretty much 'set and forget', which is meant as a compliment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jellyfish Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 It excels at adding an evenness to the tone without compromising tone but it's definitely one that you wouldn't wanna take past half-way. I don't often use the toneprints in my BH250 head but the Spectracomp is the one that I keep on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 When I had a Classic 450 my impressions were much the same as above. Put it on 3 or 4 to even out the dynamics a bit, and just leave it there. It really didn`t sound compressed at all to me, until you turned it off and could hear then what it wasn`t doing, if that makes sense? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 +1 It is (one of) the reason(s) I use my TC Electronics Classic 450 over my Genz Benz Streamliner 600. The other being the Tubetone, which I find much easier to control on the fly than the double gain thing on the GB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urban Bassman Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 Oh yes Tubetone.....great stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanAxe Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 [quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1378617681' post='2202396'] When I had a Classic 450 my impressions were much the same as above. Put it on 3 or 4 to even out the dynamics a bit, and just leave it there. It really didn`t sound compressed at all to me, until you turned it off and could hear then what it wasn`t doing, if that makes sense? [/quote] This. With the Spectracomp at 5, you hit the strings harder but it doesn't get louder. Good for some things, not for others. [quote name='Paul S' timestamp='1378631205' post='2202500'] It is (one of) the reason(s) I use my TC Electronics Classic 450 over my Genz Benz Streamliner 600. The other being the Tubetone, which I find much easier to control on the fly than the double gain thing on the GB. [/quote] And this! strangely I have been hankering after a Streamliner 600 since auditioning basses through one a the Gallery, but yes the joy of the Tubetone is you can just 'add it in' rather than having to juggle gain and master volume. I was practising some indie/punk stuff yesterday and the tone wasn't quite there, so I notched up the Tubetone from 3 (vintage-sounding but not noticeably driven) to 5, and there it was. I bought the Classic 450 on a bit of a whim, but I have yet to find anything with a feature set that suits me better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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