Daking Fet III

**Nakatira** · 02-12-2014

Anyone tried it, bought it a few days ago, looking forward to trying it out this weekend.
Bought it for Master bus purposes.

**miroslav** · 02-12-2014

Daking makes good audio gear....you'll probably like it.

**Nakatira** · 02-12-2014

Originally Posted by miroslav

Daking makes good audio gear....you'll probably like it.

Yeah read some good critique on it, so I have my hopes up.
Not used comp on the master bus before, but I'm very keen to try it out.

**miroslav** · 02-13-2014

Keep it subtle on the master buss for most types of music....though I'm sure some stuff might enjoy getting hit a little harder.

I've been running an Overstayer Stereo VCA on my master bus on the last bunch of mixes I've done, and it took a few passes to find where it was helping the mix, but I like it now.
Does the FET III have a Mix option, so that you can blend the dry signal with the compressed?
I have the on the Overstayer, and I find that knob to be the most rewarding. First dialing in a certain amount of compression with the Mix knob full wet, and then when I find the flavor I'm after, I turn back the Mix knob and blend the the dry signal back in. Usually end up with it around 2/3 wet.

Post back how you like the FET III. That's a nice chunk of $$$ for one of those!

**Nakatira** · 02-13-2014

Yeah, I plan on going with a low ratio at first and just hitting the needle lightly.
There's no mix knob, but there is a variable high pass filter, which can be quite usefull.
Sure I'll post back my impressions.

**Nakatira** · 02-16-2014

Worked like a charm, great sounding versitale and very nice looking. Tried it on the 2 bus and on bass, also tried it as a limiter on a pre master. Very nice indeed.