RNC 1773

[INFOHOU]

Hello Folks,

I have one of these coming hopefully Saturday.

Years ago some folks in this group were fans of the unit, particularly in
terms of bang for the buck.

I am wondering if there is a tutorial somewhere or tips and tricks. Maybe
undocumented configs? Things to look for?

I am going to first use it as a mix buss compressor, but may use for recording
insturments or vocals to analog tape.

Thanks,
Robert

[INFOHOU]

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I am finding the Really Nice mode quite transparent. I have it on the master
buss insert of my desktop mixer(Soundcraft EPM8).

So, you folks don't have any thing to say about it?

Take it EZ,
Robert

[geoff]

You already said it !

geoff

[INFOHOU]

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Ha,

Thanks Geoff, but I was hoping for some tricks and tips, or maybe some
settings that worked for folks in specific situations. I am thinking it might
be good for vocals, particularly on the inexperienced non pros I want to
record.

Y'all take care,
Robert

[Ty Ford]

Try this!

https://www.acousticguitarforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=24054b265b5e445d683ffb54348e5e3f&t=202692&page=2

Regards,

Ty Ford

[Scott Dorsey]

INFOHOU <inf...@notgonnatellya.com> wrote:
>Hello Folks,
>
>I have one of these coming hopefully Saturday.
>
>Years ago some folks in this group were fans of the unit, particularly in
>terms of bang for the buck.
>
>I am wondering if there is a tutorial somewhere or tips and tricks. Maybe
>undocumented configs? Things to look for?

Nothing undocumented, it's a very very simple thing. It's just a standard
variable-gain amplifier stage with low distortion, pretty much an off the
shelf circuit used by lots of other people. What makes it different than
other compressors is that the control signal for the gain cell is generated
by a very simple and slow microcontroller which can do more sophisticated
things than just peak and average following. But you don't get to see that,
you just get to select the mode and let it go.

On signals that are mostly low-frequency content it can have some issues,
especially in super-nice mode. It wouldn't be my first choice for a bass
channel. But as an overall program compressor on the 2-buss it is hard to
beat.

If it would stay in Super-Nice mode after being power-cycled I'd recommend
it as a broadcast compressor, but losing settings when the power goes out
is a dealbreaker in unattended applications like that.

>I am going to first use it as a mix buss compressor, but may use for recording
>insturments or vocals to analog tape.

Let us know how you like it.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

[INFOHOU]

On Aug 4, 2022 at 16:11:25 CDT, "Scott Dorsey" <Scott Dorsey> wrote:
> Nothing undocumented, it's a very very simple thing. It's just a standard
> variable-gain amplifier stage with low distortion, pretty much an off the
> shelf circuit used by lots of other people. What makes it different than
> other compressors is that the control signal for the gain cell is generated
> by a very simple and slow microcontroller which can do more sophisticated
> things than just peak and average following. But you don't get to see that,
> you just get to select the mode and let it go.
>
> On signals that are mostly low-frequency content it can have some issues,
> especially in super-nice mode. It wouldn't be my first choice for a bass
> channel. But as an overall program compressor on the 2-buss it is hard to
> beat.
>
> If it would stay in Super-Nice mode after being power-cycled I'd recommend
> it as a broadcast compressor, but losing settings when the power goes out
> is a dealbreaker in unattended applications like that.
>
>> I am going to first use it as a mix buss compressor, but may use for recording
>> insturments or vocals to analog tape.
>
> Let us know how you like it.

Thanks for that. Still just using it for playback for now, but I like it very
much.