So, to repeat...
That was thought before, yet the last several (algorithm) improvements are just about a year old, IIRC.-
And to be clear...
- I am not complaining about anything
- I am not requesting anything
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Compressor not as good as it could be
- Thread starter frankencat
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That was thought before, yet the last several (algorithm) improvements are just about a year old, IIRC.-
And to be clear...
That's a perfect example of what can be done if you provide clips.
These requests, without clips and a willingness to work on things, fall into the mostly useless category I'm afraid.
frankencat
Inspired
I am willing brother. Lay it on me.
Awesome. See what I did here for the Ross matching and comp block changes: https://forum.fractalaudio.com/threads/uglier-compressor-algorithms.177609/page-2#post-2163731I am willing brother. Lay it on me.
Do that, but with one of the pedals you love. That'll get the ball rolling.
Stratman68
Axe-Master
Brewce, I stand by what I said. Been here since the beginning.So, to repeat...
Uh, my post was actually directed at the op I should have specified.So, to repeat...
I've been here since the very first forum too — I've just been away a few years (not to another modeler) and noticed there was a compressor update around October 2021.
I'm not sure what is repeating for you. What repeats for me is that stuff is claimed to be "there," yet still gets improved for some reason
Then, when that person has his thing, he will claim everything is totally there, but another person may not find his thing yet.
Stratman68
Axe-Master
What I meant by "repeating is, someone insists the device cannot get this sound or do this or do that. Like I said, either you get a quick answer, you're right it cannot do that or you get help from MANY knowledgeable folks.I was in the very first forum too — I've just been away a few years and noticed there was a compressor update around October 2021.
I'm not sure what is repeating for you. What repeats for me is that stuff is claimed to "there," yet still gets improved for some reason
BTW, Are you grading my posts? Will I graduate?
frankencat
Inspired
Very cool idea. I don't have time to set that up at the moment but I will do it later and report back. Thanks!
... which is part of why I am not complaining or requesting anything.
I also makes me sense an unwillingness to understand it's not just about sound (see the example about ratio), but under which circumstances you get that sound (for example).
You might be an example of the guy that now has his thing and will claim everything is now there — which I don't dispute for now.
How so? I have not graded/Liked your postsBTW, Are you grading my posts? Will I graduate?
It is you who tried to grade yourself by suggesting you've been here long before me...
Realize that some n00bs may have been here before you.
Eh? Settle down, Skippy.
If you can't let us hear the sound you want, there's no way to effect any change to get the sound you want.
I've done this long enough to know it's the rare case the firmware needs to change.
Stratman68
Axe-Master
Excuse me, please show me where I said I was here longer than you. NEVER SAID THAT. Try the truth. Jeeezzzzz!How so? I have not graded/Liked your posts
It is you who tried to grade yourself by suggesting you've been here long before me...
Realize that some n00bs may have been here before you.
How does "been here since the beginning" mean I have been here longer than you?
ak301
Power User
Not for me. I had it every time and the difference was way too big to be a day-to-day thing.
I think I only sold it around 2005.
It is probably the most fun sound I've ever had and the main one I'm missing.
Even if an Axe can technically match it, I still suspect it's a (for me) magical combination of all that specific gear.
But hey, in a few weeks I may be back if I finally found it again
Just an observation, so it's been 17 years since you heard this sound you're after.
If that's the case then there's every chance it's what you think it was rather than what it actually was having some impact here. I've gone back to stuff I hadn't heard, or watched when we consider TV and film too, and it's not at all what I remembered.
There's every chance you're remembering it correctly, but equally you memories are tainted by time
sprint
Axe-Master
one challenge I've run into is that Axefx provides kindv an open palette in many areas - I have all possible parameters for an effect at my fingertips, but, if I'm after a specific sound from a real world pedal with only a couple of knobs on it, the tweaking can get challenging as that pedal has a lot of its sound dialed into it internally with that info not exposed / available to the user. The target sound can be dialed into Axfx with the tools at hand, but reverse engineering the target sound back to it's core parameters can require some knowhow, in addition to proficiency for dialing in Axfx parms.
The compressors are great. If you are typically using pedal compressors like the Keeley then you want to be using the "Dynamicomp" type. The other types are studio compressors and won't sound/feel like what you are used to.
JoKeR III
Fractal Fanatic
It seems you're a bit stuck on the ratio rather than accepting the possibility that a "higher" ratio could provide similar results using one of the FAS models. 8:1 may be too high, but then again it might give you what you're looking for. At least be open to the possibility that another ratio that's a higher than your memories ideal can work just as well in conjunction with the other parameters.
Rumbletone
Inspired
How hot is your input signal? It looks like you're compressing from -60dB, which I suspect is much lower than most of your pedals. IIRC the Keeley Comp Plus doesn't have an adjustable threshold, but the other Keely's comps I believe have a lowest setting of -50dB. In any event, if you haven't already, consider raising the threshold so that there is an appreciable portion of the signal that doesn't get compressed, so that the peaks are more noticeably compressed, possibly increasing the ratio and our mix to compensate. FWIW, I just checked some of my compression settings in the FM3, and none are near that low (-30 something is the lowest I could find in a sampling of my presets, and that's with relatively low output pickups ...).
Also, have you tried using the side-chain? I don't know what your tone sounds like, but it could be that lower frequencies are triggering the compression in a way that is not working for the high frequencies, so by removing the lows in the side-chain you may be able to get closer to a classic guitar tone that is responding to the transients/pick attack.
yek
Legend!
Yup. The Dynacomp type is my perfect, simple compression solution.
Dave Merrill
Axe-Master
Is it sounds "too compressed", try mixing in a little dry, so you hear a little of the natural attack.
Randalljax
Fractal Fanatic
Check out Leon Todd’s block library
There are about 6 in there and 1 is a copy of the Keely
There are about 6 in there and 1 is a copy of the Keely