Looking for a good buss compressor

Mike Goodwin · Post by **Mike Goodwin** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 9:31 am

Anyone have a recommendation for a good buss compressor for scope?

Mr Arkadin · Post by **Mr Arkadin** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 9:39 am

Well depends upon what you're compressing. Assuming it's a buss of lots of different frequencies then it would have to be OptiMaster.

eliam · Post by **eliam** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 9:49 am

Vinco on the stereo bus is great!

zangsta · Post by **zangsta** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 10:34 am

Also, the free AnMuCo-light is well worth a try !

Mr Arkadin · Post by **Mr Arkadin** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 10:43 am

Also if you're bussing drums, Transient Designer is very good, although obviously not a compressor.

Sounddesigner · Post by **Sounddesigner** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 11:07 am

For the cleaner sound i like DAS-2A and another i'm soon about to get wich is wolf's kompressor. You may want to demo both, i love them. Vinco is nice to but a bit stronger personality then the first two (Pleasant tho). All three are really nice quality to me. Lastly i agree with previous poster about Transient Designer, really can add punch and snap.

darkrezin · Post by **darkrezin** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 12:05 pm

Orbitone Impressor - smooth and transparent

Shroomz~> · Post by **Shroomz~>** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 7:23 pm

You'd be mad not to try JuAnCo by MCCY & Wolf's 'Kompressor' of which there's a demo.

Mike Goodwin · Post by **Mike Goodwin** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 6:49 am

Thanks for all the tips. I am looking for a master buss compressor. Something to put right at the end of the chain. I have a great native buss compressor but I am trying to avoid bringing everything back into the sequencer for monitoring.

EDIT.. I can't find any links for software by MCCY. My budget is very tight at the moment so free sounds great. Anyone have a link or the software that they would be willing to email me?

wayne · Post by **wayne** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 4:32 pm

Search the devices forum for MCCY.

AndreD · Post by **AndreD** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 2:05 am

...the file-link is dead but:
http://www.planetz.com/forums/viewtopic ... compressor

dbmac · Post by **dbmac** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 3:18 am

Hi Mike. The STW Mastering Comp isn't exactly cheap ($149), but it's one of the best.

http://www.sonictimeworks.com/p_pmasteringcomp.php

/dave