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Paj
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Anyone have any experiences or user opinions that they'd be willing to share about the TC Electronic C-300 Dual Stereo Gate/Compressor?
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Mountaineer
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TC Electronics C-300
I bought one of these a few weeks ago because it fit in so well with my DAW system setup. I replaced a dbx 1066 with it and like the C300 alot. It's very easy to use, the presets seem to function well, and the digital I/O make it great for use as an outboard processor, processing individual tracks such as bass and kick/snares. I even used it for compressing an entire mix using the composite setting and tweaking the mix knob with good results. In my opinion, I think its a quality box for $200, very flexible. In any case, I sold my dbx for more than I paid for the C300 and I like the C300 much more. As you have probably discovered, reviews are hard to find on this unit this early in the game, but I bet they will be good given the low price and feature set.
Regards,
Mountaineer
I bought one of these a few weeks ago because it fit in so well with my DAW system setup. I replaced a dbx 1066 with it and like the C300 alot. It's very easy to use, the presets seem to function well, and the digital I/O make it great for use as an outboard processor, processing individual tracks such as bass and kick/snares. I even used it for compressing an entire mix using the composite setting and tweaking the mix knob with good results. In my opinion, I think its a quality box for $200, very flexible. In any case, I sold my dbx for more than I paid for the C300 and I like the C300 much more. As you have probably discovered, reviews are hard to find on this unit this early in the game, but I bet they will be good given the low price and feature set.
Regards,
Mountaineer
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Paj
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Mountaineer:
Thanks for the info---I figured that the newness of the piece was to blame. I took a chance on the unit because of the mix feature and previous experience with TC equipment. It just arrived yesterday, After I stopped the pages from falling out of the manual, I went through it. I noticed from the block diagram that EVERYTHING is converted/done in the digital domain. TC is forthright enough to publish A/D/A conversion times. Have the A/D/A conversion times caused you any latency issues?
It looks like it will be a lot of fun to play around with. I'd appreciate it if you would keep me posted about anything that you find that it seems to do really well.
Thanks again,
Paj
8^)
Thanks for the info---I figured that the newness of the piece was to blame. I took a chance on the unit because of the mix feature and previous experience with TC equipment. It just arrived yesterday, After I stopped the pages from falling out of the manual, I went through it. I noticed from the block diagram that EVERYTHING is converted/done in the digital domain. TC is forthright enough to publish A/D/A conversion times. Have the A/D/A conversion times caused you any latency issues?
It looks like it will be a lot of fun to play around with. I'd appreciate it if you would keep me posted about anything that you find that it seems to do really well.
Thanks again,
Paj
8^)
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Mountaineer
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Well, when I said the C300 fits my DAW system, its because my interface is a Mackie Onyx 400F with inserts on the pres and I use the C300 analog I/O on inserts when tracking vocals and the S/PDIF when processing other tracks in Sonar. So far I'm impressed with the vox compression. Its very easy to set & tweak and does a great job in my opinion. I do 90% of my vocals with a AT 4033a and the two seem to compliment each other well ... at least with my voice. The way the routing is designed is very handy, for instance, when tracking vocals you can set the unit to stereo/serial and use an expander & compressor or a de-esser & compressor together. I haven't had any latency issues that I can tell because its so low.
For fattening up tracks, it does well on bass guitar, snare and kick drums. The mix knob, or what TCE calls new style compression, is actually useful. If You've ever processed a bass track to fatten up the attack, but always give up something in return and have to blend both tracks to keep all the dynamics, you'll like this feature. I'm not impressed with the acoustic guitar preset, specifically when stereo miking. As I said, its a $200 unit and I didn't expect a world of wonder. Some may be put off with the 48 kHz limitation, but not me. I record everything at 24/44.1 anyway. Have fun and let me know what you think of it after you've had time to tinker.
Got my eyes on the TCE G-Sharp next. It looks interesting too.
Regards,
Mountaineer
For fattening up tracks, it does well on bass guitar, snare and kick drums. The mix knob, or what TCE calls new style compression, is actually useful. If You've ever processed a bass track to fatten up the attack, but always give up something in return and have to blend both tracks to keep all the dynamics, you'll like this feature. I'm not impressed with the acoustic guitar preset, specifically when stereo miking. As I said, its a $200 unit and I didn't expect a world of wonder. Some may be put off with the 48 kHz limitation, but not me. I record everything at 24/44.1 anyway. Have fun and let me know what you think of it after you've had time to tinker.
Got my eyes on the TCE G-Sharp next. It looks interesting too.
Regards,
Mountaineer