Plugin Alliance - AMEK Mastering Compressor - Mixing With Mike Plugin of the Week

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[@kenwatts3848]

Another amazing video! Thanks, Mike!

[@amunahm3324]

It’s good to have this in my comp collection. I’ve been using ds1-mk3, drawmer 1973, and unisum for mastering. Will buy this when it’s on sales. Thanks for the video!

[@MichaelMasonMusic]

I appreciate your tutorial. It was really helpful.

[@GloveBunniesVideos]

That Activity Monitor really helps. Very cool!

[@mulatabrandedlifestyle5459]

Wooow....the mixing journey is amazing with mike 🙌🏾

[@BLACKSYNTH]

Bought this few days ago, not delved into how it works yewt so watching this, I did try the VCA clip section which seemed like magic. how it clips that hard and sounds almost the same as off is beyond my understanding.

[@jamzdrumz141]

Hey Mike, Just re-capping on this compressor, great explanation as always. Definitely a little tricky to get your head around at first, although surprisingly rather easy to grasp once I’ve started playing with it. Definitely a very powerful tool, especially on vocals. Cheers, Jamie

[@balajikrishnan907]

Mike is godsent

[@KarasamaBeats]

Straight facts !

[@Bluelagoonstudios]

This one I use mainly for mastering, together with the AMEK 200/ 250, great combo. These days I use, on every track ex busses, the Lindell 50 channel strip. Beautiful. On the busses mainly the Lindell SBC or SSL G bus compressor.

[@el-bov8034]

Can’t seem to find a video of you covering the Amek 9099 console. Given you seem very positive about other consoles from bx/PA, I wondered if there were any particular reasons for this. Many thanks :)

[@LokoTheChannel]

I've tried it and I think it's ok for some things but it's not great, for me UNISUM from Tone Projects is still the best mastering compressor out there in plugin format.

[@nectariosm]

Same. I have Unisum so this is a pass for me. Not to say that its not nice, but I prefer Unisum.

[@Drfresh1402]

I hoped you guys finally changed your mind. This Amek compressor is in a league of its own. It’s the only software compressor that ever shocked me when I used it in a mix. Breathtaking to say the least.

[@Reggi_Sample]

Much needed video. Regarding knee in general for compressors - doesn't a softer knee mean the compression curve gradualy starts before the threshold? Rather than just increases post threshold? Please correct me if I have it wrong I always took it to work in the same way softening a clipper would work, presuming thats right too! Thanks Mike (or whoever answers)

[@Bronwyn031]

Question. I just picked this master compressor up and came to YT to look for any tutorial videos. I enjoyed your video immensely but then I heard that lovely track you are using as your signal. Has this track been released by the artist yet?

[@mixingwithmike]

Kuda - Don't Give Up on Me kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2OvimCJit6KqaM

[@benbenzon]

i really like AMC because 1. it is not heavily coloured = versatile 2. can do mild compression to crazy compression 3. fast and peak knob can carefully control transient. But i dont like the compression from it is not very smooth , has some kind of transient smearing. AA Tiger's compression is very smooth, but can't get result as quickly as AMC

[@RyanHarris77]

anyone do a comparison with this and ozone 11 advanced?

[@XiyuYang]

Nice! Nice? Nice...

[@azoteapost8734]

What compressor is based of ? Awesome explanation!

[@reptilespantoso]

GML 8900

[@ronadish1]

Literally the first sentence in the video..

[@ernestbuckley8671]

Another good video Mike. Won`t purchase this until it goes down to $29... Looks good but I`ve got enough hardware and software options for now.

[@massivebeatzz]

haha - would be nice - wont happen

[@Rhythmattica]

@@massivebeatzz Just happened.. Got an email from PA .. till Feb 10th $29

[@Svartboxen]

@@massivebeatzz happening right now

[@mange586]

@@massivebeatzz It happened.... as always

[@FutureClubNow]

Who's the artist and song? What a fucking vibe.

[@Sicolirics]

what daw is that you use?

[@brusecco]

looks like Pro Tools to me… :-D

[@ernestbuckley8671]

Says Pro Tools in the upper left hand corner.

[@mange586]

Stupid layout of controls but I can get used to that.

[@monkmusic5994]

Got it for 69 bucks. It is not my favourite mixbus comp. It could be more useful for single tracks or buses such as drums, bass and vocals. For a master it adds too much lows it seems, making it thicker. That is the basic vibe of it.