Which VST COMPRESSOR is the best????

[Alex van ReeVe]

Hey there,

Got a question: which VST compressor is the best one?
There are several like: Sonic Timeworks CompressorX, Waves C-4, TC Native Essentials "X", Dominion, mda Dynamics, PSP VintageWarmer, SmartElectronix H2O etc.

Which one do you guys use?
Which one is the best for mastering guest mixes for instance and which one for general mastering?? Any comments appreciated,

Cheers

Alex

[Young Free]

Interested to hear others' thoughts on this. I've experimented with compression on my mixes in the past (SC4) and not entirely happy with the results, always end up sounding flat. But there's also a lot of disagreement about this, so I hope we can get a useful discussion going here.

[James L.]

Density MK II (free), Power Core MX3, Power Core CL 01, native Cubase 5 simple one band compressor and Kjaerhus Classic compressor(free).

I use free stuff mostly... TAL, Kjaerhus etc. btw. Synth1 is great emulation of Nord Lead.

[DeceasedSuperiorTechnicia]

Endorphin is one of my favorite VST compressors.....it does something to the sound i cannot explain, but the results are very listenable ....

[Ben Double M]

depend on the use..for instance I'm using C2,C3 or Rcomp (Waves) if I need a fat compression.
but most of the time (and mainly for voices) I use Sonnox Oxford (Dynamics Native plugin),one of the most transparent imo. (incl. gate,limiter,expander,warmer,and sidechain EQ)

[Alex van ReeVe]

yeah, WAVES makes fantastic vst I must say, not only professional but after that the sound is clear nice and warm, of course when you know how to use them

I use Oxford too, really nice VST's

[Ben Double M]

yeah, WAVES makes fantastic vst I must say, not only professional but after that the sound is clear nice and warm, of course when you know how to use them

I use Oxford too, really nice VST's

I agree, everybody agree ;)

so if you have Waves and Sonnox, you don't need more

[Alex van ReeVe]

I agree, everybody agree ;)

so if you have Waves and Sonnox, you don't need more

I agree, but the most important thing is to set the settings right

[Ben Double M]

I agree, but the most important thing is to set the settings right

of course...because most people (non professional) are using the original settings indeed..

[XDR]

For productions I've been using Cytomic Glue, PSP VW and Ozone 4. For my DJ sets i've used a variety of combinations of these as well, but most recently just some simple processing with the PSP VW.

[Young Free]

I agree, everybody agree ;)

so if you have Waves and Sonnox, you don't need more

Well, going to try Sonnox now

[Ben Double M]

Well, going to try Sonnox now

anyway everyone his own tastes.. some prefer transparent, some hard compressing...there's so many good tools available nowadays (free or not)
that's why both worlds should be taken into consideration imo ;)

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[Young Free]

of course...because most people (non professional) are using the original settings indeed..

a good place to start though, until I get some experience with it

[eltel007]

I use SoftTube's - Tube Tech CL 1B. It's awsome and got amazing reviews in Music Tech Mag & Computer Music Mag, I highly reccomend it. =)

[Ronny K.]

Hey there,

Got a question: which VST compressor is the best one?
There are several like: Sonic Timeworks CompressorX, Waves C-4, TC Native Essentials "X", Dominion, mda Dynamics, PSP VintageWarmer, SmartElectronix H2O etc.

Which one do you guys use?
Which one is the best for mastering guest mixes for instance and which one for general mastering?? Any comments appreciated,

Cheers

Alex

Internal Ableton compressors and for mastering TC Finalizer 96K (awesome piece of hardware)