Members KeysMan Posted September 17, 2012 Members Share Posted September 17, 2012 I'm thinking about adding a compressor for vocals and am wondering what recommendations others have. I was looking at the DBX 266xs Compressor/Gate or Alesis 3632 Dual Channel Compressor/Limiter/Gate. I was trying to stay relatively inexpensive, but if these models aren't good and should be avoided I would consider higher priced modules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nchangin Posted September 17, 2012 Members Share Posted September 17, 2012 266 works good to smoothcontrol vocals. Alesis I cannot speak for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jlb Posted September 17, 2012 Members Share Posted September 17, 2012 I have always had great luck with my dbx 1066 and 1046 units. It is becoming easier to find good deals as more and more are moving to digital consoles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Unalaska Posted September 17, 2012 Members Share Posted September 17, 2012 General consensus is to stay away from the 3630, the DBX's are great though, I have 5 or 6. I know there are some other decent comps out there, really I haven't looked into them since selling all behringer comps and getting DBX's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rezrover Posted September 17, 2012 Members Share Posted September 17, 2012 General consensus is to stay away from the 3630 How long has it been since someone gave the thumbs down to an Alesis 3630? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Real MC Posted September 17, 2012 Members Share Posted September 17, 2012 How long has it been since someone gave the thumbs down to an Alesis 3630? Two nanoseconds The 3630s are called "dirty thirties" for a REASON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dcastar Posted September 17, 2012 Members Share Posted September 17, 2012 Love my Summit TLA50's on Vox. Pricey, but tube compression is tasty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members twostone Posted September 17, 2012 Members Share Posted September 17, 2012 Go for the DBX 266 comp/gate usually you can find decent deals on eBay if you don't mind buyuing used or B stock and factory refurbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Barisaxman2000 Posted September 18, 2012 Members Share Posted September 18, 2012 DBX266 (as mentioned), I also really like the TC Electronics C300, which is discontinued but a nice unit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members KellyMainEvent Posted September 18, 2012 Members Share Posted September 18, 2012 drawmer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Shaster Posted September 18, 2012 Members Share Posted September 18, 2012 Get the 266. Not much love for the Alesis around here, although you might get different opinions on your two choices depending on where you're located. IMO the Alesis wall wart is reason enough not to get it. BTW I own the 166xl. and it performs as it should. And I also have a 25 year old Alesis 3630 that I haven't powered up in decades. I'm holding on to it in case I get into Electronic dance music Apparently something about the way they pump and distort is desirable for that genre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TimmyP Posted September 26, 2012 Members Share Posted September 26, 2012 TC Triple C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Axisplayer Posted September 26, 2012 Members Share Posted September 26, 2012 My personal choice is the Aphex 622, until you said inexpensive, which rules it out. For not a lot of money, I had good results using dbx 1046 when I started out. Didn't give me the fine control that my Aphex 105s did on instruments, but for vocals I liked it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMS Author Craig Vecchione Posted September 26, 2012 CMS Author Share Posted September 26, 2012 Of the two, dbx 266 would be my choice. If you can pay a bit more, a dbx 166 is a better unit. And of course the several other dbx's already mentioned are very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.