Episode 141: Compressor Deep Dive
Welcome to the Chairmen of the Boards Podcast! The ultimate pedalboard podcast with the foremost rig builders in the world: Grant Klassen (Goodwood Audio), Brian Omilion (Omilion Audio), and Mason Marangella (Vertex Effects/The Rig Doctor). We've teamed up to democratize great tone and provide you with our best tricks, tips, resources and hacks so you can build the pedalboard of your dreams!
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- 00:00 - Intro
- 00:07 - Welcome back to the podcast
- 03:05 - Compression deep dive!
- 03:36 - Pedal makers aren’t rig builders
- 04:52 - Todays recommendations represent compression in a rig context
- 05:50 - What are the most common compressors?
- 11:01 - The major ‘food groups’ of compressors
- 19:01 - Lets talk about signal path regarding 1176 based compressors
- 33:00 - 1176 compressor after dry effects
- 36:45 - Running stereo into amp sims
- 38:28 - Effects loop with amp sims?
- 46:08 - Back to compressors
- 47:18 - Signal chain, more in-depth
- 56:28 - Parallel compression and more control explained
- 1:10:31 - Our favorite compressor pedals
- 1:17:38 - Great talk !
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