Overloud - Comp76 FET Compressor V2 - Mixing With Mike Plugin of the Week

[@hermanshermits124124]

My favorite 1176 plugin! Love the mid-side trick on the organ, definitely gonna use that myself!

[@MrBitterman75]

Why on Earth did they make the attack and release knobs work the other way around is beyond me...Thanks for a great review (as always).

[@mixingwithmike]

Wish I knew...

[@skyrise4996]

My guess is that's probably just the way they decided to do it. But who knows, maybe it was done by mistake and they just said F it, that's the way it's gonna stay. Too many things in audio are done by accident...

[@mixingwithmike]

@@skyrise4996 In many ways, 1 being fast and 7 being slow makes more sense and maybe they thought it would be more logical/easier for people to understand. I have never been able to find out why the original hardware was 7 fast and 1 slow. Maybe they wired it backwards? Also, why 1-7 and not 1-10? Still a great plugin...

[@Am6-9]

Easiest solution would be to put some extra label on the knobs, to indicate where fast and where slow is...the original handling sure isn’t intuitive.

[@RealHomeRecording]

@@Am6-9 that's what Arturia does.

[@musiclover-r9m]

with a million 1176 plugins out there, reversing the attack and reelase from the norm has me never reaching for this one, which is really unfortunate because I love this company.

[@jvonnjvonn4688]

you the best when it comes to deciding if its worth buying an plugin your demos are the best most ppl would do a preview an wont do vocals u do it all i wish you did outboard gear as well

[@futuredoodofficial]

interesting I was just thinking about a plugin that could let you toggle between different revisions of the 1176. Very cool to see a modern approach to it. Thanks for the review, will be checking this one out as a extra color in my 1176 crayon box lol

[@eranddroory9987]

Thanks Mike.. Always enjoy your thorough vids 😊

[@mixingwithmike]

Cheers!

[@skyrise4996]

Hi Mike, I agree with you. The blue face 1176 is not warm. It aggravates me when people confuse midrange distortion as "warm". I would like to know how so many people get this confused though. I totally understand that we all hear differently but midrange distortion shouldn't be warm to ANYONE. That's called grit (or use another synonym of your choosing)! Lol!

[@mixingwithmike]

I think there's a tendency to believe older is warmer which is largely true for most gear. In this case, I think the LN circuit design changes had the benefit of rounding out the sound. Either way, I LOVE having all 3 versions on the same UI for the tonal variation.

[@skyrise4996]

@@mixingwithmike Completely agree. LN is awesome for rounding out the edges. Rev A is better for aggression. They are both great in their own right.

[@Tabzunderground]

Mike you're the BEST...!

[@mixingwithmike]

Cheers!

[@dwaynelevy9315]

Hey MIchael! Another one knocked out the park. Just a side question, were you the one who tracked the vocals? Whether or not do you know the tracking chain? Vocals sounds really Good.

[@MixingMAN]

Thanks Mike.. Sound very good!!!

[@mixingwithmike]

Cheers!

[@PatrickPleau]

Thanks Mike you Rock!

[@Barncore]

A revision sounded warmer to me

[@daniela.acevedo2111]

Mike needs a better Mic 😄.. I kid I kid.. Like your videos

[@gabejohnston1556]

Way too much talking. Why do plugin reviewers talk so much and demo the plugin so little? I want to hear plugins on a ton of different sources, and not the reviewer rattle on about how 'in theory it should sound really good'. More plugin, less chatter.