Members konsole Posted August 16, 2007 Members Share Posted August 16, 2007 Would anyone be interested in a triple band compressor? Much the same sort of idea as my Triple Band Overdrive but instead of handling the overdrive levels on the lows mids and highs you can select the amount of compression on each section..... I imagine it would make for some pretty odd sounding effects - a bit like when you run a compressor with a clean blend ///// Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members handofthehost Posted August 16, 2007 Members Share Posted August 16, 2007 I think that's a great idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members konsole Posted August 16, 2007 Author Members Share Posted August 16, 2007 It just suddenly sprung into my head about 10 minutes ago I'm interested in what it would sound like now....... I need to get an even bigger breadboard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kishjor Posted August 16, 2007 Members Share Posted August 16, 2007 I'd buy it if it sounded good. Which I don't doubt it would. Oh Oh! Make it tube too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members konsole Posted August 16, 2007 Author Members Share Posted August 16, 2007 I'm tossing this over in my mind and I recon it wouldn't be too hard to put a working proto together. Turning it into a working and useful design is another matter. It took me half a day to get a "working prototype" of my Waterfall - the next few months perfecting it. But I suppose half of that time was me messing about not making my mind up about what features to include! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members konsole Posted August 16, 2007 Author Members Share Posted August 16, 2007 All tube! Very nice, but why use tubes for compression when you can use them for overdrive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 Multi-band compression is fairly common in software - you might want to take a look at a few such plugins to get some ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ianshaw Posted August 16, 2007 Members Share Posted August 16, 2007 I would be interested. My comp of choice is the EBS-Multi-Comp because it has some limited multi-band compression on it. Why does this appeal to me? I use my comp in some tradional ways on a 6 string axe but also use it a lot for lap slide and (expecially the multi-band mode) electric 12 string guitar. I try to squash things so the bass strings pop a little more than the treble strings. Beign able to do true multi-band on a pedal would be just wonderful for me for that application. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members red_riviera Posted August 16, 2007 Members Share Posted August 16, 2007 Good idea but Akai's Hexacomp has six bands. Not much control over the comp parameters though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members konsole Posted August 16, 2007 Author Members Share Posted August 16, 2007 Cheers Phil, I'll check a few out. I'm imagining the main problem will be getting the envelope section triggering correctly. I need to figure out if one follower would do or if 3 seperate followers, one for each frequency band, will be required. I'm thinking it would be the latter. Ian, I imagine a multiband comp would be great on 12 string. You could really taylor your sound. That hexacomp sounds great, if a bit pricey at $300. It's the first time I've seen it! Trust Akai to spoil the party What sort of control do you guys like to see over the compression? Attack and decay controls? I'm giving myself a stupid workload here. I'm still polishing off 4 designs as I speak! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members konsole Posted August 16, 2007 Author Members Share Posted August 16, 2007 Looking at it some more it would have to be 3 seperate envelope followers.... I would probably address the frequency bands as per my Waterfall.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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