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Apr 14 2016, 02:51 PM
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Thanks Ken,
I'll check those out  Thanks Chris, Regarding the tonal character, the Keeley appears versatile in that department. Thanks for your input. Cheers This post has been edited by Phil66: Apr 14 2016, 02:52 PM -------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE  “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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Apr 14 2016, 02:54 PM
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What KEN said!!!!
You can't go wrong with the Keeley. You must have done your research High resale value as well. Just a rock solid and flexible unit which is why they are highly prized. I wish I had one to be frank. Todd QUOTE (klasaine @ Apr 12 2016, 04:05 PM)  Great unit!
You can get away with less expensive and less 'tweakable' stuff but with that unit you should be able to really hone your sound into and out of the amp. I can also personally recommend this as a close second ... http://www.barberelectronics.com/CompactTonePress.html |
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Apr 14 2016, 10:04 PM
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I've gone and done it, I've gone and ordered it
 I'll keep it in the box until I've practised with software compressors Mertay, honest, really I will, I promise  One thing that sold it was the "What we like" section below, another was a bloke in a music shop the other day saying, "get a good compressor, learn how to use it, it will last a lifetime, everyone should have a compressor" What we like: Keeley has long been the word in top shelf compression pedals and this Compressor Pro is the monument atop the market mountain in this category. It has the ability to be as simple or as comprehensive as the user needs, and can be used for any instrument, vocal or studio application. There are a million ways in which this machine could prove useful. Concerns: Those in the know can ignore this statement, but compression newbies might scoff at a comp pedal that costs three big ones. But, this is more like a studio-grade high-performance rack unit that fits on a pedalboard. When you take a peek at some examples in the rack analog compressor market, you will quickly realize just how affordable this unit is considering it can hang with (and even surpass) some vintage gear that fetches over twice the price. - See more at: http://tonereport.com/reviews/keeley-elect...h.XkZ6yzDM.dpuf Cheers folks
-------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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Apr 19 2016, 08:32 PM
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Here's a great video about the Keeley Comp Pro. Explaining the pedal and giving a demo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7NtcYo_tt0 And here's mine, in its new home I'm not going to concentrate on it for now, I'm going to grow into it.
This post has been edited by Phil66: Apr 19 2016, 09:11 PM -------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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Apr 19 2016, 10:53 PM
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Congrats!
Lots of knobs! engineering-wise so sexy! 
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Apr 20 2016, 07:20 AM
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Thanks,
The knobs have a perfect amount of resistance, as an engineer I appreciate that. It's the best quality of the three there apart from a tiny paint flaw. Going to leave attack and release on auto for a while while I learn about the other knobs  Going very gradual with this one. Cheers buddy -------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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Apr 20 2016, 07:56 PM
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Thanks Todd and Mertay,
As it is complicated and can be very subtle, I'm going to leave it running in auto and just fiddle with threshold, ratio and gain for now. I'll mainly fiddle when recording clean/cleanish for starters, I have noticed how it can give a breath of life (almost like putting new strings on) in some settings. The BIG thing is remembering the settings. I guess as time goes on, and the ear gets tuned in, it will become more and more intuitive so memory won't matter. Cheers folks Do you think I'm approaching this correctly? -------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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Apr 20 2016, 08:44 PM
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If I were you, I would use a software compressor first. Even though it's software, you can still put it in your signal chain and use it while playing. The reason I suggest using a software compressor first is: you can get a much better indication of what the compressor is doing. Choose one that shows the compression curves and shows a realtime display of the compression amount. That visual feedback will be invaluable in understanding the effect the compression has.
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Apr 20 2016, 08:52 PM
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Thanks Rammikin,
I do play through my amp a lot, that's the main reason I had this, plus I like real knobs Cheers buddy -------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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Apr 24 2016, 08:34 PM
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Learning about the threshold knob, great when clean, the more to the minus you set it the more balance between thick and thin strings, you have to turn up your amp or the gain on the compressor to get the volume back. Loss of dynamics can occur too.
Am I right? Also for some reason I seem to get better results out of my Peavey head than going through the GT001 and straight into the PC, even on a totally clean amp setting. Cheers
This post has been edited by Phil66: Apr 24 2016, 08:38 PM -------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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Apr 24 2016, 10:50 PM
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Thanks Mertay,
I'm learning about each knob for now and the I'll learn how they interact. I like to set the gain (at the moment) so the volume level doesn't change between devices. That's the best way to hear the difference. Cheers buddy
-------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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Jun 2 2016, 08:41 PM
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-------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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Jun 2 2016, 08:56 PM
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Jun 2 2016, 10:22 PM
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-------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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