MISTERQCUE said:
I don't ever recall "RAVING" about the 3630, but for me it's only useful effect again is for wierd bass efx! However my friend, I still beleive the 3630 is still a bottom-feeder of all dynamic processors!
1 last thing ! Yes I can hear the diff between a crane and a 3630, my recording skillz may not be great, but I take GREAT PRIDE in my EARS!!!!
I didn't say you raved about the 3630, I said that you raved about a bass track that was compressed by one, although you didn't know it was being used.
So I take it that you will bet your HD24 against a couple of free CD's that you can pick the one track out of 5 that uses a Cranesong with the other 4 using a 3630?
Blue Bear, now let's see, you LIKE your Mackie mixer and "make it work for you", yet you cannot make a 3630 work for you at all. Hmmmmmmmmmm. Very interesting indeed. Two engineers who have owned or worked in much bigger facilities than your own have endorsed their use but you cannot 'make it work' for you.
I do not deny that a bit of signal loss is evident even when the unit is in bypass, although, I have ONLY found that to be true when it was used on the insert of a Mackie mixer. Interesting eh? In all the other consoles I have used it on, there hasn't been any insertion loss at all. Soundcrafts, DDA's, Amek's, Tridents, all have not shown this signal loss, but on Mackies it is indeed there.
I have used the 3630 in rock, funk, folk, metal applications. I have used it on kick drums, snare's, toms, bass guitars, and acoustic guitars with great success. Like I have said before, it is not the first compressor I reach for unless it is the last one available in the rack...LOL But on some things, it is JUST the right sound when other boxes don't work out quite right. I don't usually use the 3630 for light compression, I use it on stuff I want to squash the hell out of, like up to 20dB of gain reduction! I don't hear "unacceptable artifacts", and if you would like to review my work, I will be glad to upload some stuff for you to hear. I am proud of my work, and other engineers in my area bring me in to work on projects they have because they value what I bring to it, so I am not just the guy some band can afford, I produce results people want to hear, or fix problems engineers have with their work. So, I know you are trying your best not to treat me like you treat others around here who disagree with you, but I sense challenge in your posts friend. Tread lightly with me, you may be a Bear, but there are scarier things around than bears.
Compressors are funny. Even cheap ones can be very effective on some tracks. While a Distressor, 1176, LA2A, and a Fairchild should be part of EVERY studio rack, a guy can get by with far less and still do a pretty good job. The 3630 is truely a worthy piece and can be just the ticket many times. It IS different than a RNC or Composer or any dbx product, but then again, all those other units sound very different from each other too. Variety is the spice of life and audio engineering. The more varied tools you have available, the less sterile and predictable your productions will be! So, for the "around $100" type of compressors, the 3630 is cheap enough to go ahead and get just to have for those times when it is just the right thing. To say it is totally useless in a mix is outrageous!
Vox, don't get so worked up. I have noticed you tend to have to come back and apologize later....
Creepy
