On 02/21/2011 03:09 PM, linuxdsp wrote: > The compressor used in the linuxDSP MBC2 does have a kind of gentle tape > saturation style soft clipping in the final stage, so (only) if you push > the levels high there will be a gradual overload - the idea is that if > you have your gain structure correct you will run into this gentle kind > of overdrive without / just before hitting the kind of fierce hard > cipping which can happen at the output of the DAC / soundcard (and which > tends to happen suddenly and without any warning). The softer clipping > is intended to be a gradual indication that you are approaching the > limit and might need to back off a little if you want to keep the signal > clean, but it can of course be used as an effect in its own right too. > It's probably best thought of as part of the 'character' of the > compressor, in the same way that analogue equivalents (and other > plugins) have their own 'sound'. For the most part it should have no > effect - its just designed to give the compressor a more analogue > character when pushed. I used the MBC2 to finalize the track, for the vocals in the verse I used the Calf compressor from git. The Calf one is way more 'digital' and thus colder sounding which I preferred in this case. I really like the sound of the MBC2, big bonus is the GUI, it loads superfast and no xruns. If I start up the GUI of any Calf DSSI or LV2 plug-in I get an xrun and it doesn't open as swiftly as the LinuxDSP ones. This is only a minor drawback, other than that the Calf plug-ins are great too. Best, Jeremy _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
