Cytomic the glue vs ableton glue
Adjusting the “Strict/Relax” screw helps a little bit, but the compressor definitely sounds better with slower timing, i.e. This compressor can sound punchy, but can get harsh when the Timing knob is on P1 or P2. Variety of Sound Density mkIII: Can adjust punchiness by tweaking the “color” screw. Terrible! Melda MCompressor: Relatively smooth on attack and release with some light crunch/artifacts. Sounds like it acts more like a gate than a compressor. Thought this compressor would be more transparent. iZotope Alloy 2: Light crunch on the attack, but not overly transparent due to it not being very smooth on the release. “Punch” is hard to dial-in, but “Pumping” is smooth and sounds good. “Bus” has light crunch and faster-firing on the attack. “Mastering” is very smooth and transparent. Crunch/artifacts on the knee, progressively increasing on “Clean, Classic, and Opto” modes. Fabfilter Pro-C2: Not as clean and transparent as I thought this compressor should be. Hearing what this plugin does (or doesn't do) just bolsters my opinion of PSP: they kinda suck. It’s basically sounds like the MixSaturator2 with a weak-ass dynamics section.
CYTOMIC THE GLUE VS ABLETON GLUE PSP
Thinking about selling off this compressor! PSP MixPressor2: Not sure what this plugin does other than deepen the low frequencies and heavily distort the sound. Waves H-Comp: Absolutely NOT transparent, with heavy distortion and heavy coloration like it’s being over-driven despite conservative settings and analog mode turned off. Add light crunchiness and light coloration on the knee. Cytomic the Glue: Behaves and sounds 99% the same as Live's Glue compressor, which makes sense considering it should, in fact, be the same compressor.Ĭakewalk CA-2A: Pulses, and it seems to let through HMF frequencies easier, hence its preference on vocals. This comp just is a crunchier and pumpier version of the above compressor. This compressor behaves much differently than the bus compressor it’s supposed to imitate, the SSL master bus compressor. Ableton Live’s Glue Compressor: Relatively smooth on attack and release with some very light crunch/artifacts on the knee. Ableton Live’s Compressor: Absolutely transparent, no distortion, no artifacts, and very, very smooth. Maybe a slight bit of punch added, but this is nowhere near as good as the Waves SSL Bus Comp. Attack times don’t seem to jive with expected results. Cakewalk ProChannel PC4K S-Type Bus Comp: Compression seems extremely weak compared to Cytomic’s the Glue, Live’s Glue compressor, or any other compressor for that matter. Definitely not as good as the CLA-76…not even close. Compression seems weak compared to the Waves CLA-76, however it does add a little punch. Quite smooth! Cakewalk ProChannel PC76: Kind of hard to dial-in, IMO. Very very transparent, with no distortion or artifacts. Thanks! (Oh, I should mention that the tests were performed in Live and SPLAT, A/B'ed and level-matched against an inverted signal so only the differences are heard.) Cakewalk/Sonitus Compressor: Oldie but still a very good compressor! Wish I could still use it in Ableton Live but it's DX. Without further ado, I give you my non-scientific comparisons! Let me know what you think, and if I'm way off the mark on this garbage/waste of time. So no more Sonitus compressor (still one of my favorites) or ProChannels for me! But it got me thinking.in testing the Waves demos, I should do a comparison to some older Cake comps as well. My DAW-world is essentially Ableton Live 10 Suite now, with some older projects still residing in the SPLAT realm, just waiting-and begging-to be released from the prison. I don't like buying things I don't really need (easier said than done), and I usually try to check something new against what I already have. I've been testing and demoing a few compressors by Waves, specifically the DBX 160, the API 2500, the CLA-76, and the SSL Bus Comp. 2:43AM's Non-Scientific Compressor-Plugin Comparisons