Good compressor for voiceovers?

[Vaiza]

I am looking for a good compressor for voice only: spoken word, narration, commercial reads.. something that is flexible (not fixed), and maybe features a de-esser.

The eq I currently have are an Apex 460 mic, Behringer UB502 (for pre-amp) into an M-Audio 24/96 sound card.

I'm toying with the idea of the DBX 286A or the Behringer MDX 2600, but any other suggestions or advice would be appreciated!

Thanks

[scrubs]

Folks around here seem to like the RNC (Really nice compressor) from FMR Audio. They run about $175 new and are supposedly very transparent. No separate de-esser, though.

[Warhead]

[pimp]The Safe Sound Audio P1 is a great voice compressor and the limiter is very clean / handy as well. Set it and forget it. Oh, and it's a great preamp to boot.[/pimp]

No de-esser.

War

[Vaiza]

Can't seem to get the Really Nice Compressor where I live... but I was at a store tonight, and they had the Behringer VX2000. Now, I've gone through the archives, and it seems there was a lot of discussion about thhe VX2000 back in 2002. The consensus seems to be that it was a pretty good knock-off of the Focusrite Voicemaster.

Does anyone have any current opinions on the VX2000? Would it be good for the voice-overs I do? The only concern I have (and is it a valid one?) is that it's a fixed compression rate of 2:1.

[Warhead]

2:1 ain't much but might be OK for voice work or most voice work. Do they have a return policy?

You can pick up an RNC over the internets if that fits your budget.

War

[Dot]

Originally Posted by Vaiza

Does anyone have any current opinions on the VX2000? Would it be good for the voice-overs I do? The only concern I have (and is it a valid one?) is that it's a fixed compression rate of 2:1.

You don't want that. Fixed 2:1 is bullshit. You can easily get an FMR RNC on the internet. That'll be a much better compressor for what you're doing.

[Vaiza]

Thanks guys.. will keep investigating, and will look into the RNC.