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Love me some KnobsToo many knobs!
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MUCH better! Let the photocell do all the work.
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Love me some KnobsToo many knobs!
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MUCH better! Let the photocell do all the work.
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I've just noticed that the default at most Axe-FX compressors is the opposite:Good rule of thumb for a starting point is that Release should be 10x the Attack setting in milliseconds, if the compressor even has those parameters.
I've just noticed that the default at most Axe-FX compressors is the opposite:
Attack = 20x Release
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Each to their own and all that, but IMO this is bad/ meaningless advice. The settings should ONLY relate to what you are trying to achieve.Good rule of thumb for a starting point is that Release should be 10x the Attack setting in milliseconds, if the compressor even has those parameters.
More juice, less plink.Gotta juice up my Strat and even out the plinky single coils, especially on position 2 and 4.
Just ordered a UAFX 1176 a few days back. We’ll see how it goes!
I’ve spent decades honing my touch, feel and attack. I have mixed feelings about losing any of that. Hoping that a good comp might offer an enhancement to that when set right. Skeptical but open minded…
I used to have a Stephenson amp that was excessively dynamic. I really had to learn to play with picking dynamics in a new way with that amp. After that, every amp has been a lot easier.I have heard a shit ton of guitarists who need a compressor on when they play clean,
because their picking hand is so damn heavy handed!Those clean transients are so
much more in your face than the transients on an overdrive channel of an amp are,
or when a drive or dirt pedal is engaged---since those incorporate a lot of compression
by nature.
Not anyone here, obviously. Just saying.![]()
All compressors have blend controls, and most have attack/release controls. The idea that one has to sacrifice all feel or dynamics using a compressor is silly. You’re good![]()
Gotta juice up my Strat and even out the plinky single coils, especially on position 2 and 4.