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<blockquote data-quote="kristianjohnsen" data-source="post: 48241" data-attributes="member: 441">Re: Yamaha M.CompI recently read someone calling that comp &quot;finickey&quot; which I thought summed it up pretty well.I have used it a lot, and it can do nice things but I dislike the fact that I don&#039;t feel 100% in control of it.&nbsp; Basically, it can and will do good things to the sound, but the meters on it will look and act somewhat different than the usual Yamaha comps when using it, so it may seem a little confusing.&nbsp; By the time the GR meters really get going you are waaay into auto gain makeup whatevertheycallit territory and feedback can very much be an issue.&nbsp; I have experienced it to somehow work as a reverse de-esser in the sense that s&#039;s have become MORE audible when running the compressor hard!&nbsp; If you move the first crossover point up to 450ish Hz it can really add some &quot;power&quot; or &quot;body&quot; to a female vocalist, but you may get yourself in trouble with feedback.I did read a formula somewhere (Blue Room???) for calculating the makeup gain.&nbsp; It is a direct function of some of the controls and one could do the math in one&#039;s head if one remembers the formula.&nbsp; Perhaps Google will reveal something there.BTW, the lookup feature, as I understand it, just adds latency to the signal so that the processor has time to react before you hear the signal.&nbsp; I guess that gives faster attack times, but at a cost.PS:&nbsp; Don&#039;t try to play with blending between compressed and uncompressed sound with the little crossfader-knob during a show, latency causes severe comb-filtering.&nbsp; I have no idea why they put that control there as it is absolutely useless...PPS:&nbsp; It may be my imagination, but I believe that comp to sound somewhat different on different Yamaha mixers.&nbsp; What mixer are you on?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kristianjohnsen, post: 48241, member: 441"] Re: Yamaha M.Comp I recently read someone calling that comp "finickey" which I thought summed it up pretty well. I have used it a lot, and it can do nice things but I dislike the fact that I don't feel 100% in control of it. Basically, it can and will do good things to the sound, but the meters on it will look and act somewhat different than the usual Yamaha comps when using it, so it may seem a little confusing. By the time the GR meters really get going you are waaay into auto gain makeup whatevertheycallit territory and feedback can very much be an issue. I have experienced it to somehow work as a reverse de-esser in the sense that s's have become MORE audible when running the compressor hard! If you move the first crossover point up to 450ish Hz it can really add some "power" or "body" to a female vocalist, but you may get yourself in trouble with feedback. I did read a formula somewhere (Blue Room???) for calculating the makeup gain. It is a direct function of some of the controls and one could do the math in one's head if one remembers the formula. Perhaps Google will reveal something there. BTW, the lookup feature, as I understand it, just adds latency to the signal so that the processor has time to react before you hear the signal. I guess that gives faster attack times, but at a cost. PS: Don't try to play with blending between compressed and uncompressed sound with the little crossfader-knob during a show, latency causes severe comb-filtering. I have no idea why they put that control there as it is absolutely useless... PPS: It may be my imagination, but I believe that comp to sound somewhat different on different Yamaha mixers. What mixer are you on? [/QUOTE]

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