forknspoon wrote:how you liking the 160A? been thinking about adding it to my studio
I can't say much yet. The MPC60 and SP1200 are away since two weeks and will be for about a month more... i've only ran some drumloops from vinyl through it so far. It takes away some "dynamic", but for most loops it also adds some very nice "knock" to the drums, dunno how to describe it best... it sounds quite nice, especially if you go wild with the gain boost. Most likely it will sound nice for parallel compression.
What i really like about it is how simple it is. I'm not a technical guy, i mainly was looking for a comp that has the least number of buttons and knobs, and will sound good on most things... for this it seems perfect and not overly expensive (got mine used).
I can't really compare it to other compressors. I've used a dbx266xl, which sounded about as mediocre as its reputation, software/digital compression from my ensoniq dp pro, and the comp of the mpc500... the dbx160a sounds a lot nicer than those, but it may be down to me having no clue what i'm doing... it's easy to find something that sounds good if you only have 3 knobs.
And to keep the thread going with some pics (picked up the midas tonight)...



Thing is huge, but it was an awesome deal and i thought more channels never hurt... I have no idea yet where and how to build the setup once i get the 60 and SP1200 back... what you see in the corner is just a temporary small setup for fun.
Favorite position would be in front of the couch. I did this a few times and it's awesome to make music, but you kinda lose the living room space. I think first of all i need some kind of desk or two...

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