Behringer Composer Pro vs Multicom Pro
Ben Bayliss
I tried to find an old thread about this but couldn't find one.
Can anyone explain the difference between these two units? It seems a no
brainer that for only £10 more you can get 4 channels instead of just 2.
Does the Multicom lack something that the Composer has? From what I've seen,
the Composer appears to be the more popular product.
Thanks,
Ben.
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Chris G.
in addition to an auto-mode. It also has a seperate limiter and downward
expander (noise gate) on each channel. I believe the controls and features
per channel on the Multicom is a lot more limited.
However I'd recommend the FMR Audio RNC compressor far above either of those
Behringer compressors if you just want really high quality compression at a
low price. The Multicom would be better if you REALLY need 4 channels of
compression and the Composer, if you REALLY need a seperate limiter and
noise gate section.
Chris G.
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> The composer has manual controls for threshold, ratio, attack, and release
> in addition to an auto-mode. It also has a seperate limiter and downward
> expander (noise gate) on each channel. I believe the controls and
features
> per channel on the Multicom is a lot more limited.
> However I'd recommend the FMR Audio RNC compressor far above either of
those
> Behringer compressors if you just want really high quality compression at
a
> low price. The Multicom would be better if you REALLY need 4 channels of
> compression and the Composer, if you REALLY need a seperate limiter and
> noise gate section.
> Chris G.
Hi Chris,
Thanks for the advice. I use the Waves plugins for 'real' compression during
mixing etc.. I'm just after a few channels of external compression/limiting
to stop digital overs, particularly for some live events I've got coming up.
So basically I want to get the cheapest 4 channels of comp/limiting I can
find that won't destroy the sound. Behringer were the obvious choice :)
Chris G.
have seperate limiters per each channel, so in other words, it might be
exactly what you need. One thing that I liked alot about my old Behringer
Composer was the limiters. They worked very well for brick wall limiting.
Not as good as software based limiters of coarse but very handy for limiting
stuff coming into the computer so you don't accidentally overdrive your
soundcard inputs. These days I use an ART Levelar, although I could also
stand to use a few more channels of limiters. Instead I just set my levels
very conservatively and when I set levels I tell the musician to play as
loud as he/she can. :)
Chris G.
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> stand to use a few more channels of limiters. Instead I just set my
levels
> very conservatively and when I set levels I tell the musician to play as
> loud as he/she can. :)
Sounds like what I do - drummers in particular seem to like this method of
level setting :). The last guy I did looked at me stunned and said with a
big grin ' as loud as i can, huh? '. Safe to say that after his warmup
bashing his tracks didn't clip once.
Anyway, I took the plunge yesterday & ordered a multicom, so it should
arrive today or tomorrow. I'll let you know how she does. Don't worry about
me using it for mixdown compression though - I can't see me liking it more
than the C1, L1 and L2 Waves plugins :)
Thanks for the advice,
> Chris G.
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