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[Matt McCubase]

Thanks for that most recent post MM. Thats more what i was looking for. Tell me this, what is the biggest difference between opto and electro compression?

 

[Massive Master]

Opto tends to be smoother (as it is governed by photo-electric cells - well, in hardware anyway) with a more... umm... "human" and "musical" characteristic. A regular VCA acts immediately as voltage is applied. An opto has a little "wiggle room" built in. Absolutely wonderful for some stuff, I would argue "most" stuff, others would disagree and tell me that I'm insane and should be lokced away.

Most also tend to be a bit "warmer" sounding. Great for taking the edge off really breathy voices for example, but you wouldn't want to use it on a non-breathy voice if you were trying to make it sound breathy...

Did that make sense? It's been a long day...