I've been playing around with this for some time and must say pretty damn good. Others say pretty good for the money, as a qualifier leading people to believe its just good because it's cheap.
I'll just say it's pretty good. There are better comps for sure, and there are certainly worse comps.
One thing that surprised me was that I could also use it on the stereo mixdown buss. It is quiet enough and transparent enough for that purpose. Just a very light compression though, never going above a 2 to1 ratio.
Usually I'll use an Aphex Compellor for that because it IS so transparent, but the ART did just fine.
My only complaint is the stereo linking. When you bypass, you have to bypass both channels. You would think if ch 1 becomes the master controls when linked, then you'd only have to push one bypass button.
Oh well.
Those are some of my observations.
I'll just say it's pretty good. There are better comps for sure, and there are certainly worse comps.
One thing that surprised me was that I could also use it on the stereo mixdown buss. It is quiet enough and transparent enough for that purpose. Just a very light compression though, never going above a 2 to1 ratio.
Usually I'll use an Aphex Compellor for that because it IS so transparent, but the ART did just fine.
My only complaint is the stereo linking. When you bypass, you have to bypass both channels. You would think if ch 1 becomes the master controls when linked, then you'd only have to push one bypass button.
Oh well.
Those are some of my observations.