"Compression Bible" E08 : OPTO, VCA, Vari-Mu, FET and their sonic imprints

[@forse.music96]

Bro, I don't understand why KZbin isn't pushing your videos, but they are pure gold. You deserve to be at the top among sound KZbinrs.

[@incidence.studio]

@forse.music96 thank you so much for your lovely words! Made me blush :p I've only been here for two months and not so active on other channels... I guess all this plays in the way the algo behaves.. at least I know it's not useless thanks to you :) feel free to share to friends of yours who might benefit from it as well :) slowly, step by step i'm hoping this is how it will grow :) Cheers and thanks!

[@shaft9000]

After 3 decades at it, I confidently say that the VSTs are about 50-70% as effective as the hardware equivalents, typically You'll help your ear and workflow much more using a single dbx or FMR unit for a few hundred bucks, vs what 1000s of VSTs can tell you about the sound. Weird, but true. Like anything in life, learn by DOING. Code is just code , and when it is all shoved through the same D/A circuit _it all tends to sound similar (!)_

[@incidence.studio]

thanks again for watching this other video, but again i don't understand what your comment has to do with the topic. we're not discussing analog/hardware vs. plugins here... You might prefer an hardware opto comp to a vst emulation and that's fine . This doesn't take away that opto has another attitude than vari-mu or FET and this is true in hardware and software emulations. My purpose here is to help people understand those differences in order to better choose the right tool for the job. This being said i quite strongly disagree with the statement of vst being 50 to 70% as effective as hardware otherwise how would you explain worldwide known mastering engineers working daily switching to 100% ITB? Also workflow is way easier on soft vs hardware (not only for cables, interfaces,... but simply on the exact recall because only a few hardware developers now provide digital control/recall of their hardware) but then again this is off topic...