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Post by jimmyc on Nov 2, 2009 16:03:21 GMT
Hi Everyone
Just wondered what your thoughts are regarding the above. Was wondering if it would improve my 'shad sound' if I used it before my Magicstomp ?
Also, could anyone recommend a good one ?
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Post by BarryH on Nov 2, 2009 16:39:02 GMT
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Post by tonybiker on Nov 2, 2009 17:38:15 GMT
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Post by rayd on Nov 2, 2009 17:40:24 GMT
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Post by ha2he on Nov 2, 2009 18:52:02 GMT
Hi Charlie & Friends, Welcome aboard Jimmy, I'm sure you'll like it here, lots of info to sift through and a friendly bunch to boot. It's handy to know what to listen for with compressors, a good example is Atlantis. The lead guitar has a lot of compression applied to it, I don't know if this was done while playing or after recording. I use a Boss CS 2 which sometimes come up on the well known auction site and can be a bit pricey, I find it very good. I've heard the CS 3 can be a bit noisy but can't confirm this myself. It might be worth taking a look on Harmony Central if you have a model in mind and see what other people think. Here's the link:- www.harmony-central.com/Hope this helps, Regards, Tim. |
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Post by Charlie Hall on Nov 2, 2009 22:59:05 GMT
Hi Jimmy,
Welcome to the site. It is worth noting that Hank never used a compressor on the early hits as they weren't available as a pedal effect then. But compression would have often been applied in the studio, effectively to the whole of Hanks sound coming out of his amp, which in those days included the echo.
I tend to think it is an unnecessary effect for most of this type of music, although placing a compressor with suitably subtle (in most cases) settings after the echo unit instead of between the guitar and echo can be an interesting thing to try.
Regards,
Charlie
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Post by Len on Nov 2, 2009 23:06:02 GMT
The September '09 edition of 'Sound on Sound' has an interesting article about 'Compression', followed by a run-down on various commercial compression units available. Len
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Post by jimmyc on Nov 3, 2009 16:44:07 GMT
Thanks to you all for the warm welcome and sorry for the spelling mistake !
I'll look at the threads for more info. Charlie's words were very interesting as usual - it's great to learn these things but the beauty of this site is all the fantastic knowledge that can be passed on.
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Post by teleman on Nov 9, 2009 19:13:17 GMT
Hi guys, I have a boss CS3 on my board. Just wondering if anybody has an ideal'ish setting for the attack and sustain controls for the intro to Atlantis. I use the pedal only on this song to level the volume out a bit if I hit the strings too hard etc. Any assistance would be most appreciated.
Thanks
Neil
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Post by teleman on Nov 9, 2009 19:33:19 GMT
Think I may have found what I'm looking for. Just followed Rayd's link to a previous post and there are some suggestions from Tonybiker on there for atlantis, I will give them a try and post back with any relavent comments.
Regards
Neil
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Post by Charlie Hall on Nov 10, 2009 1:31:41 GMT
Hi Neil,
The very first note of Atlantis sounds to me like the attack time is short, so I would set the attack time to less than halway. Set the sustain control to wherever it sounds best, I imagine it would be around half to two thirds.
Regards,
Charlie
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Post by teleman on Nov 10, 2009 13:52:14 GMT
Hi Charlie
Will give them suggested settings a try later on. Its only a subtle ammount of compression I'm looking for to level the volume out a bit on the 12th fret parts. I always seem to get one note louder than the other higher up the fretboard playing that particular intro.
Thanks for the advice
Neil
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