Bass compressors that keep zingy top? COMPRESSOR PICKED!

[51m0n]

The empress is a great looking compressor, I've never heard one (would love to) shame it only has 3 ratios though

[Der JD]

Another vote for the EBS Multicomp here. I have no problems at all with retaining high end.

[BigBassBob]

[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
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You can mix your clean signal with your compressed signal if you find 4:1 is too much.

[51m0n]

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 ☺

[Shockwave]

Still haven't decided. I feel that the EBS does not have the full features of other compressors. The MXR is a possibility...

[BigBassBob]

[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 ☺
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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.

[Eater_of_Birds]

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1427746810' post='2733882']
Worth a trawl through Ovni Labs for reviews of lots, and lots, of compressors
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THIS

[Bassnut62]

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.

[Shockwave]

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.

[juliusmonk]

Carl Martin Optical compressor. Pretty transparent and inexpensive

Edited April 20, 2015 by juliusmonk

[Lozz196]

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.

[funky8884]

Plenty of great rackmount comps out there.

[Shockwave]

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

[Shockwave]

Well, I got outbid Need to find another!

[ben4343]

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.

[elephantgrey]

[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.