mprintslcii.net Posted December 28, 2000 Share Posted December 28, 2000 looking at these compressors: 1 Nady CL-5000 2 CH. ($100.00) or 2 Presonus Blue Maxs ($280.00) or 1 ART Dual Levelar 2 CH. ($269.00) These three I can find used or in my budget (cheap) The intended application is to even out the mix on a female duet that has one powerful voice and a weaker one, and to compensate for a singer that has poor mic technique (and a hard head) Even at this low $$ end I hope to get some warmth and little noise - What do you say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curve Dominant Posted December 28, 2000 Share Posted December 28, 2000 Alesis Nanocompressor - $95. Ya get what ya pay for, but it ain't too shabby. Eric Vincent (ASCAP) www.curvedominant.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip OKeefe Posted December 28, 2000 Share Posted December 28, 2000 FMR Audio RNC1773 Compressor (Craig, you loved it, so back me up here!) $200.00 http://www.fmraudio.com/ I also have a Blue Max, and it's pretty good too, and if you have had little experience with compression the presets might help you get started. For some reason compression is hard for some (a lot of) people to grasp at first. I'd stay away from the Nady. Just my .02 cents worth. Phil O'Keefe Sound Sanctuary Recording Riverside CA http://members.aol.com/ssanctuary/index.html email: pokeefe777@msn.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mprintslcii.net Posted December 28, 2000 Author Share Posted December 28, 2000 Thanks C.D., I have not heard that one, I'll consider it too. I thought the first post would be from AlphaJerk, telling me they all suck http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/wink.gif Are you in a time zone that makes it a normal hour where you are, or are you frequently up at 3 AM like me? Later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mprintslcii.net Posted December 28, 2000 Author Share Posted December 28, 2000 Phil That makes the second warning away from Nady, hmmm a hundred bucks for two channels of compression, maybe that is *too* low for even the low end! If I went by marketing hype, it would be the presonus, what they claim is what I want, I am just too cynical to believe it. So your input is heartening. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nhcomp45aol.com Posted December 28, 2000 Share Posted December 28, 2000 Pick up a used Ashley CL-50 . I have three of them and always looking for more. They even put my DBX 160X to shame. That new cheap stuff is junk, I am not kidding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderton Posted December 28, 2000 Share Posted December 28, 2000 >>FMR Audio RNC1773 Compressor (Craig, you loved it, so back me up here!) $200.00<< No problem backing you up. The RNC is a fabulous compressor that also works GREAT with program material (where most cheapo compressors fall down), as well as individual tracks. Joe Bob says check it out. You won't be disappointed. Craig Anderton Educational site: http://www.craiganderton.org Music: http://www.youtube.com/thecraiganderton Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/craig_anderton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
not Cereal Posted December 28, 2000 Share Posted December 28, 2000 presonus makes wonderful sounding albeit cheap gear. i have and love the acp22 in my compressor rack, its the bigger brother to the blue max-same curcuitry more features. i paid $370 for it a few years back. be careful- compression is a touchy science- remember; if you have never played trumpet before and you go out and buy an inexpensive one, your not going to compete with dale herseth anytime soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mprintslcii.net Posted December 29, 2000 Author Share Posted December 29, 2000 Thanks guys for the advice This is how it starts aint it?- I'll buy one, but will I really be satisfied? Proly not, so I'll end up trading or aquiring another & another . . . Hi, my name is Craig, and I'm a gear addict. Later Craig M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooreman.marcskynet.be Posted December 29, 2000 Share Posted December 29, 2000 Phil & Craig & anyoneusingit, the RNC - what 're you using it for ? In the first place ? What are its special qualities ? What can't it do? Very curious! Marc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sintz_productionshotmail. Posted December 29, 2000 Share Posted December 29, 2000 mprints, I just got a Presonus ACP22 to replace a dilapidated Alesis compressor. I've put a few older badly recorded track through it and it does a fabulous job. There is no colour to the music at all, just good clean compression, but wait! Theres more!! It is the quietest compressor I've ever owned! And all this for under 300.00, actually Presonus is lowering the price to around 269.00 after the shows in January but Brook Mays music sold it to me for that price now so hey, why not. Like I said, no colour, quiet and affordable, what more can you ask in a piece of equipment. Good luck TC SINTZ This message has been edited by SINTZ on 12-28-2000 at 06:04 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajcamletearthlink.net Posted December 29, 2000 Share Posted December 29, 2000 I've used the RNC for everything from vocals, to its current task as a stereo compressor for drum overheads (in supernice) Its a fantastic unit. Best by far in its price range ajc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noizformoney Posted December 29, 2000 Share Posted December 29, 2000 In my studio I use: 1 Drawmer 1969 1 Crainsong STC 8 1 Distressor 1 Tube Tech LCA2b 2 DBX 160 vu 3 RNC 1773 The RNC easily sits beside compressors 15 times its value. Dont get me wrong, it wont replace them but it is a......uh.....really nice compressor. Go to deja.com and type "rnc compressor", then narrow the search to rec.audio.pro, you will find many praises from guys who know. Sorry, am I going on and on? For me this is a no brainer. RNC Happy Holidays, Roscoe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuntmixer Posted December 31, 2000 Share Posted December 31, 2000 Yet another plug for the venerable little RNC.....I have three and love them. They can do the "transparent" thing woderfully as well as the "mangle" thing (try chaining both sides of one unit). Enjoy,........Charles Charles Rieser Southwind Studios Austin, Tx. www.southwindstudios.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinopop Posted December 31, 2000 Share Posted December 31, 2000 Dumb question here... Just looking at the RNC on Fletcher's website. I notice the SuperNice button. Is this essentially a hard-knee/soft-knee toggle? - Layne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderton Posted December 31, 2000 Share Posted December 31, 2000 >>Just looking at the RNC on Fletcher's website. I notice the SuperNice button. Is this essentially a hard-knee/soft-knee toggle? << Conceptually, yes, but it's far more sophisticated. This mode layers three stages of gentle compression in series, which gives a highly compressed signal, but without the artificiality...it's a cool trick. Craig Anderton Educational site: http://www.craiganderton.org Music: http://www.youtube.com/thecraiganderton Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/craig_anderton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphajerk Posted December 31, 2000 Share Posted December 31, 2000 i got 3 RNC's myself. i love em. the best deal out there by far. i would get it over the others you mentioned. $175 beats the others you listed [except the nady, who wants that?] the supernice mode is the absolute shit. alphajerk FATcompilation "if god is truly just, i tremble for the fate of my country" -thomas jefferson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Bob Posted January 2, 2001 Share Posted January 2, 2001 Here is another enthusiastic endorsement for the Really Nice Compressor. I just got it and have really liked it. My only comparison is to the Alesis 3630 (sucks the tone out) and Art LeVelar (limited controls). The RNC is transparent and very consistent (what you see is what you get). I laid down a lead guitar last night at 6 to 1 and it sounded better on playback than it did live (balancing the double stops with the single notes). I got mine from Lord Valve for $175. Actually, my mother-in-law gave me one for Xmas. I also used it in a mixdown as an insert as I comp'd between two vocal tracks for the final vocal. Worked like a charm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sintz_productionshotmail. Posted January 2, 2001 Share Posted January 2, 2001 I presented the question of the RNC to Jim, a tech for Alan Holdsworth, which owns a guitar shop here in Dallas. His concern was Phasing between the three compressors. Although I can't repeat exactly what he said in technical terms, he still pushed the Presonus ACP22 as the best sounding and best electronics compressor under a thousand dollars. So I managed to listen to both side by side. The Presonus in any mode by far exceed the sound from the RNC. Mind you I do like the sound of the RNC, the ACP22 excells beyond it at a hundred dollars more. I bought the ACP22. TC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP3 Posted January 2, 2001 Share Posted January 2, 2001 I'll probably get heat for this one, but the Behringer Musticom is a good, transparent comp. Four channels for well under $300.00. It's been tested in the broadcast facility that I work for, and was much cleaner than the BSS and Drawmer 4 channel comps, at a 1/3 of the price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenElevenShadows Posted January 6, 2001 Share Posted January 6, 2001 -------------------- Phil & Craig & anyoneusingit, the RNC - what 're you using it for ? In the first place ? What are its special qualities ? What can't it do? -------------------- I have two RNCs, and I use them for vocals and bass in SuperNice mode, and for squishing ambient room mics when recording drums in Regular Mode. For the above two purposes, it excels admirably. For the latter, it's pretty darn good, although it's pretty damn hard to beat the EL-8 Distressor for things like this. As Craig described, the SuperNice mode is basically three compressors in series, creating a gentler overall compression. It's a $200 compressor that sounds much better than its looks and price tag would indicate. It's fairly clean. It does not compress (squish...nuke) at super-high ratios as well as I would like (it distorts slightly), but for $200, it's pretty damn nice. It distorts bass guitar fairly easily, but rather than this being a design flaw, I believe it's because of the relatively quick compression it's able to do -- just ease off on the attack (or in some instances, play with the release) and you'll be fine. It sounds really good when compressing stereo mixes overall in SuperNice mode, although I usually don't compress my mixes, preferring to let a mastering engineer with far better equipment than I have compress this instead. ------------------ Ken/Eleven Shadows/d i t h er/nectar ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ music*travel photos*tibet*lots of stuff "Sangsara" "Irian Jaya" & d i t h er CDs available! http://www.elevenshadows.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ken Lee Photography - photos and books Eleven Shadows ambient music The Mercury Seven-cool spacey music Linktree to various sites Instagram Nightaxians Video Podcast Eleven Shadows website Ken Lee Photography Pinterest Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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