bass compressor pedal

[stevieb85]

Alright folks, lookin for you opinions on compressor pedals, im currently using the ashdown one, but not sure if im totally happy with it as the low e still tends to cut a million times more than anything else. im running it through an ampeg b2re so could have my arms twisted to go for a rack model, however for price, a pedal would be what i would go for first.

[woodyratm]

i got an alesis 3630 of the bay.

24 quid plus 10 quid for a psu from alesis. it does a broken rack ear though (doesnt bother me at all)

[stevieb85]

[quote name='woodyratm' post='481894' date='May 7 2009, 01:02 PM']i got an alesis 3630 of the bay.

24 quid plus 10 quid for a psu from alesis. it does a broken rack ear though (doesnt bother me at all)[/quote]

cheers ill have a look into it.

having a look at your gear list, how does big muff get it, i have had a big and little and sold both on as they used to over ride my amp, have you ever came across this before?

[johnnylager]

Some good info on compressors [url="http://wiki.basschat.co.uk/info:effects:compressors_and_limiters"]here[/url] & [url="http://www.ovnilab.com/"]here[/url].

My vote goes for the EBS MultiComp, but it would do - I bought one and never turn it off.

Edited May 7, 2009 by johnnylager

[sk8]

BBE Opto Stomp

[Twigman]

[quote name='sk8' post='481990' date='May 7 2009, 02:05 PM']BBE Opto Stomp[/quote]

I bought one of these a few eeeks ago and can say it was £55 very well spent.
Lovely - it pulls up my troughs and squashes my peaks subtly and cleanly - exactly like a decent compressor should.

[EBS_freak]

Multicomp. It's the business. Try one out... you'll see why.

[EskimoBassist]

[quote name='johnnylager' post='481985' date='May 7 2009, 02:02 PM']Some good info on compressors [url="http://wiki.basschat.co.uk/info:effects:compressors_and_limiters"]here[/url] & [url="http://www.ovnilab.com/"]here[/url].

My vote goes for the EBS MultiComp, but it would do - I bought one and never turn it off.[/quote]

PLUS ONE. That's me too, mine's always on.

[Hamster]

Also a lot of info to be found via the search function - [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?act=Search&CODE=show&searchid=ef6ba447af8583645c3b29a6f0fbbbae&search_in=titles&result_type=topics&highlite=%2Bcompressor"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?act=Search...e=%2Bcompressor[/url]

[Boneless]

+1 on the BBE Optostomp.
Cheap and cheerful, does its job. Nice.

Avoid:

- Ashdown Dual Compressor: I am using it now as a backup (I used to own the BBE), and it's noisy and doesn't seem to compress that much. Plus, it's anything but transparent
- BOSS CS-3: it just doesn't work on bass.

[clauster]

[quote name='Boneless' post='482220' date='May 7 2009, 05:51 PM']Avoid:

- BOSS CS-3: it just doesn't work on bass.[/quote]

Unless you have it modded with a Monte Allums kit..... Absolutely superb then

[Basszilla]

[quote name='clauster' post='482377' date='May 7 2009, 08:12 PM']Unless you have it modded with a Monte Allums kit..... Absolutely superb then[/quote]

+1 Clauster

I sold my EBS multicomp after trying one.

[Sugden]

I'd be very intrested to hear if anyone had tried the Monte Allums fitted CS-3 against the Demeter Compulator?

Tim how come you got rid of the multicomp how much better was the fitted cs-3? Any perticular quality?

I'm looking for a compressor at the moment from some pretty heavy reading the major contenders for the up to £200 price bracket are:

Demeter Compulator
EBS MultiComp
Maxon CP9Pro+

Then racks:

dbx 160X
Aphex 651 (if you can find one)

The ovnilab website seems to agree with alot of reviews on here and also seems to be a very unbiased good selection of reviews.

Edited May 7, 2009 by Sugden

[dannybuoy]

[quote name='Sugden' post='482581' date='May 7 2009, 11:24 PM']I'm looking for a compressor at the moment from some pretty heavy reading the major contenders for the up to £200 price bracket are:

Demeter Compulator
EBS MultiComp
Maxon CP9Pro+[/quote]

Add the Diamond Compressor to that list - Bongo hasn't reviewed it yet on the ovnilab site, but it's definitely worthy to rank among those 3. I have one and prefer it to the Multicomp I had beforehand. Thing is, I'm not sure compression is for me at the moment, not sure if I want to keep it... I need to use it some more in a band situation before making my mind up!

[silverfoxnik]

If you can find one, the DBX MC6 is an absolutely brilliant unit but it's neither a footpedal or a rack unit..

[tischbein]

add the T-Rex Squeezer to the list... adds a nice valvey touch. Wouldn´t change mine for anything else...

Edited May 8, 2009 by tischbein

[mcc]

I really like my Presonus Comp16.

It adds nothing except for great compression.

Only drawback is that it has 16 presets (you only control gain and output)... so if you don't like the set ups you are done. Though I must say I rarely
use more than 3 presets.

I might point out it is not a bass compressor, it is for studio. It is a third of a rack unit, but I just stand it on my amp. Also sometimes when there is good PA and I can't be bothered to lug my amp around, I just plug the balanced output to the PA and everything works fine.

[Basszilla]

Sug - I just preferred the tone of the modded cs-3.

The EBS for me is too transparent and doesn't really do much for long sustained notes.

The CS-3 has oodles of sustain and the compression is more pleasing to my ear.

I never would of tried one though if it wasn't for my guitarist lending me his.