51m0n Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 The empress is a great looking compressor, I've never heard one (would love to) shame it only has 3 ratios though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Der JD Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Another vote for the EBS Multicomp here. I have no problems at all with retaining high end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBassBob Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 [quote name='51m0n' timestamp='1427819238' post='2734654'] The empress is a great looking compressor, I've never heard one (would love to) shame it only has 3 ratios though [/quote] You can mix your clean signal with your compressed signal if you find 4:1 is too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
51m0n Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 That becomes parallel compression which is a really nice feature in and of itself But I find 2:1 often too heavy at the thresholds I like to set it ☺ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shockwave Posted April 2, 2015 Author Share Posted April 2, 2015 Still haven't decided. I feel that the EBS does not have the full features of other compressors. The MXR is a possibility... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBassBob Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 [quote name='51m0n' timestamp='1427877619' post='2735241'] That becomes parallel compression which is a really nice feature in and of itself But I find 2:1 often too heavy at the thresholds I like to set it ☺ [/quote] I like to squish the life out of my signal with a high ratio and then blend in clean to add some life. Makes for an incredible slap sound. For general uses I have a light compression at 4:1 but I have the mix set to about 3 o'clock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eater_of_Birds Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 [quote name='molan' timestamp='1427746810' post='2733882'] Worth a trawl through Ovni Labs for reviews of lots, and lots, of compressors [/quote] THIS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassnut62 Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 Surprised nobody has mentioned Keeley 2 or 4 knob compressor. It's the only pedal that has been welded to my board for over 5 years now. It is very transparent, preserves clarity and is especially good at the tops IMO. Everything just sounds better through it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shockwave Posted April 20, 2015 Author Share Posted April 20, 2015 Hmm, I been looking at the Ovni site, still haven't found what I am looking for though. Maybe an M87... Might just go with Ovnis cheap recommendation of a DOD Milkbox and go from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juliusmonk Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 (edited) Carl Martin Optical compressor. Pretty transparent and inexpensive Edited April 20, 2015 by juliusmonk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 At the LBGS I tried an Aguilar TLC and it didn`t affect the tone at all - really tightened things up on the lows but no tone change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funky8884 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Plenty of great rackmount comps out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shockwave Posted April 24, 2015 Author Share Posted April 24, 2015 (edited) I have decided! Been looking on Ovnilab and things that are coming up on Ebay. The best Compressor looking at reviews for my needs is the [u]Seymour Duncan Double Back[/u]. Has a great write up for a Mid Level Compressor. VCA based with some interesting features and the tone is completely neutral. The fact that they usually come up fairly cheap is a bonus. Just hope people don't bid up on it too much Edited April 24, 2015 by Shockwave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shockwave Posted April 26, 2015 Author Share Posted April 26, 2015 Well, I got outbid Need to find another! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben4343 Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 I read today that matey from The Mars Volta froths about the Boss CS-2 for the very reason that it has a mega top end. I'm afraid I can't offer any personal suggestions, but thought this was worth a mention as I hadn't seen it come up yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elephantgrey Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 [url="http://www.ovnilab.com/reviews/cs2.shtml"]ovnilabs[/url] says that the cs2 rolls off the highs, and looses a bit of lows when bypassed. that and it only has level attack and release controls (no separate threshold ratio and makeup(/input) gains). and off the top of my head i dont think it has metering, so would be hard to dial in even with a full range of controls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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