El rey compressor

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El-amP El Rey is finally out - Greg Wells' Signature Tube compressor plugin Product: El Rey Developer: El Rey is finally out - Greg Wells' Signature Tube compressor

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Came out my mind goes: if i can have that while tracking and with no latency, i might go tape-less in the future... and then a laptop would be handy... sorry for more OT but keep 'em coming... - and back to el Imperator Magnus :) Lives for gear Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,112 🎧 15 years Just purchased El Rey btw.Lowend is massive. Heard it and can´t live without it anymore. I usually use compressor / Tape emulations in a row on the Masterbus, El Rey is my new first compressor. After that UAD SSL Bus Compressor or UAD API2500. This way i get that nice El Rey lowend but the punchy SSD / API Snap. Works nice on electronic stuff.EDIT:Wow, downloading the real El Rey via this Aquarius thing is terrible slowwwwww. Gear Addict Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 401 🎧 15 years After trying (and buying) a couple of AA plugins about 3 years ago, I came to the conclusion that they weren't worth the headache. The website was a mess. The installation and authorization was convoluted. And once past all those problems, the plugins themselves were too cumbersome.So I decided yesterday to give AA another try after hearing about El Rey. I gotta hand it to you Acustica Audio. You guys fixed all of those problems, and this El Rey thing.... It's good. Really good. For me, the best ITB "vibe" compressor I've ever come across.You probably know that it's not easy changing someone's mind after they're biased against you, as I was. But I'm here again, thanks to the ease of use of the website (not sure when that happened), and thanks to the new installation and authorization method (not sure when that happened either). Because even as much as I like El Rey, I would not have bothered with it had you not dealt with that other stuff. I'm really glad you did.This El Rey, though. Wow. Just wow! Quote: Originally Posted by adl ➡️ Just purchased El Rey btw.Lowend is massive. Heard it and can´t live without it anymore. I usually use compressor / Tape emulations in a row on the Masterbus, El Rey is my new first compressor. After that UAD SSL Bus Compressor or UAD API2500. This way i get that nice El Rey lowend but the punchy SSD / API Snap. Works nice on electronic stuff. Same, although I'm running TimP's L-BUS into El Ray. Followed by Taupe. Mental. Quote: Originally Posted by Topgear ➡️ I would go for Gold 2. I tested El Rey on many different sources and I was able to get scary close to that sound by just using a Harrison Legacy Q EQ (To carefully emulate the frequency curve of El Rey with the below 100 bump, the slight dive in the mids etc) and then one of the gold compressors inserted after.It was able to make things feel and sound slightly better than with El Rey with this combo without too much effort.To give Acustica

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Credit, I was not able to get close to the same tone using algo/modeling plugins on their own, ONLY Acustica seems to get you that tone with the plastic removed from the sound in that special way, and then it's a matter of shaping with a surgical EQ before you hit the Gold plugin. So no, I don't think it's Voodo at all, but it is a great smooth sounding compressor with the Analog tone that Acustica plugins immediately bring to the table unlike any other plugins.And if you want to have that exact sound without loading a combination of two things,then you want to get El Rey.I just think Gold 2 is better value for money. Just my opinion. Hope I don't "need a hug" like someone who wasn't convinced of the magical powers of the plugin was told.It's a really good plugin, but it really is not magic. Sorry, you get a hug too. You’re talking with absolute certainty about things that aren’t absolute. They can’t be quantified. This is why there’s a 30 free no obligation trial. It will work for some and it won’t work for some. This is all based on personal perception. There’s a difference between saying something doesn’t work for you personally, and saying something is not what’s its purported to be, full stop. So *from an anonymous moniker* when you want to take on the validity of me, Acustica, Studio DMI, and many of the world’s most successful mix engineers saying unequivocally that we have somehow pulled the wool over everyone’s eyes and ears, you want us to not react? No one is saying it’s uncool for you to have your own reaction to El Rey. I am saying it’s uncool to blow a hole in the credibility of all of us and proclaim that we are selling audio snake oil. The guts of El Rey are far more than an EQ curve and some compression. It took us many months to get it right. Does that make sense? Quote: Originally Posted by adl ➡️ Just purchased El Rey btw.Lowend is massive. Heard it and can´t live without it anymore. I usually use compressor / Tape emulations in a row on the Masterbus, El Rey is my new first compressor. After that UAD SSL Bus Compressor or UAD API2500. This way i get that nice El Rey lowend but the punchy SSD / API Snap. Works nice on electronic stuff.EDIT:Wow, downloading the real El Rey via this Aquarius thing is terrible slowwwwww. Since you seem to be using tape emulations on the master buss, you should also try Acustica's TAUPE if you haven't already. Acustica Audio Joined: Oct 2006 🎧 15 years Quote: Originally Posted by adl ➡️ Just purchased El Rey btw.Lowend is massive. Heard it and can´t live without it anymore. I usually use compressor / Tape emulations in a row on the Masterbus, El Rey is my new first compressor. After that UAD SSL Bus Compressor or UAD API2500.

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That, and still the plugins say 'please authorize'.I.e. it didn't work for me.What a weird way to provide a demo. Lives for gear Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 662 🎧 20 years Quote: Originally Posted by zaphod ➡️ If you try to detect reduction from output-input levels you get wrong results in the case the compressor is adapting output automatically Are you telling me there is an auto make up gain somewhere? Quote: Originally Posted by Yiannis ➡️ Are you telling me there is an auto make up gain somewhere? Yes, when you drive the input.Although if that was the case (makeup gain causing incorrect GR readings), running it with no input gain should have the compressor act at the appropriate levels, and only get 'confused' when pushing the input.Also, if the said GR differences are consistent, could the UI (needle) be 'hacked' to show a more accurate reading? Lives for gear Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 662 🎧 20 years Quote: Originally Posted by b0se ➡️ Yes, when you drive the input. Yes I know that........I meant if there is an auto makeup gain at the output under the hood... Quote: Originally Posted by b0se ➡️ Although if that was the case (makeup gain causing incorrect GR readings), running it with no input gain should have the compressor act at the appropriate levels, and only get 'confused' when pushing the input. No nothing gets "confused' when you push the input .....Here are El Rey VU vs Digital meter gain reduction readings using a -10dbFS 1k tone.EL Rey VU / Digital meter 1 db / 0.6 2 db / 1.2 3 db / 1.8 5 db / 2.8 7 db / 3.7 10 db / 5 15 db / 6.4 20 db / 7.4 Last edited by erwinor; 11th December 2018 at. El-amP El Rey is finally out - Greg Wells' Signature Tube compressor plugin Product: El Rey Developer: El Rey is finally out - Greg Wells' Signature Tube compressor

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I don't think it's Voodo at all, but it is a great smooth sounding compressor with the Analog tone that Acustica plugins immediately bring to the table unlike any other plugins.And if you want to have that exact sound without loading a combination of two things,then you want to get El Rey.I just think Gold 2 is better value for money. Just my opinion. Hope I don't "need a hug" like someone who wasn't convinced of the magical powers of the plugin was told.It's a really good plugin, but it really is not magic. I think the game now is about the glue/texture action. Gold/lime/ultramarine are my preferred bus compressors, but I can't get a solid drum bus or a vocal track like I can have with el rey, and so effortlessly.The preamp and the compressor work very well together and they compensate each other very well.But the preamp is heavily based on harmonic distortion in the low region, and this is not easy to achieve even using our productsThis is not the typical obvious tubey distortion: it is transparent, it helps keeping low region detailed and less muddy. If you use an eq you can get apparently the same result, but it is way less defined. Check it carefully. This is the reason why I consider el rey woodoo Quote: Originally Posted by Deleted e1d4468 ➡️ I think El Ray's algo vst opponent is Fuse Audio Labs VCL 25A, both sounding sonically similar, big, not harsh and more focused on low end. Anyway, Ely Ray sounds kinda rounder and even less harsh. The compression sounds more solid too but VCL 25A can produce a little more nice distortion and is clearly at an advantage when it comes to peak control ... Just THANK YOU Lives for gear Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,112 🎧 15 years Been testing El Rey today on some heavy Techno Track, comparing it to the UAD Ampex (which lives on the Masterbus).The Ampex was one of the jaw dropping plugin when i heard it the first time, an instant "record like" pro sound. The Ampex is pretty versatile and it can be difficult to set up right (on the other hand the flexibility is great and it can make your track sound very different depending on what settings you choose).What i really like about El Rey is the simplicity and the highpass filter (especially in Techno you need that). The Ampex often offers to much controls, where setting up El Rey was done within seconds. What i instantly felt was the big, warm bottom, which the El Rey gave, full but not boomy. The real difference compared to UAD Ampex was stereofield and depth. El Rey is wide and adds more depth, where the UAD Studer is narrower and more upront (and yes, i turned off Crosstalk on the Ampex). CPU wise is El Rey eating my old i5 2500K for breakfast, and this wasn´t even the low latency version. But i am getting a

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Quote: Originally Posted by Yiannis ➡️ The "problem" in this situation is that when you try to compare El Rey with another compressor you look at the meters and you say........>.....and then you boost both outs about 10 dbs......Thats not fair because El Rey is taking out only half of the dbs it shows and you boost more output than the other compressor.To make it more clear.El Rey showing 10db GR but it's only 5dbs and you boost 10 db of output.LA 2A showing 10db GR and you boost 10 db of output.Which one will sound better (louder)?Is this how the real thing behaves? Well, if you use your ears, you'll never compare something that is 5db different.Anyway, Acustica's meters are still bad imo, El Rey, for example, is very slow to me. But some compressors, and plugins emulating them, may differ in what the GR meter show, and what it's really doing. MJUC, for example, compress a lot early than it shows on the needle. And Klanghelm for sure knows how to make meters, just look at VUMT. Lives for gear Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 662 🎧 20 years Quote: Originally Posted by SameOh ➡️ Well, if you use your ears, you'll never compare something that is 5db different.Anyway, Acustica's meters are still bad imo, El Rey, for example, is very slow to me. But some compressors, and plugins emulating them, may differ in what the GR meter show, and what it's really doing. MJUC, for example, compress a lot early than it shows on the needle. And Klanghelm for sure knows how to make meters, just look at VUMT. I am talking about meteting ,maybe ,issue here and If El Rey reduction is really what it shows on its VU not if I can use my ears to

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Provide.Spoff I own (and am a big fan of) Harrison LegacyQ - I don't believe it can do what El Ray does to the bottom end. Sure, it can boost the volume, but it doesn't add the harmonics/depth/weight/glue.Especially so when you consider the cumulative effect ER has over tracks/mixbus.VCL-25A is also exceptional. Not as effortless/spacious/smooth though. Acustica Audio Joined: Oct 2006 🎧 15 years and after that you would get a sort of copy-attempt. Having el rey in my plugin list I would never try to simulate it using 10 other tools..On the opposite, el rey is so versatile I can use for different scopes, it makes everything faster. I would understand the problem if it was an hardware device to connect and route... but it is software! total recall! you can apply to all tracks (and bounce them if the computer is old). I can open many instances in our i9, i can mix directly on it! even with almost zero compression it makes the track immediatly alive! Lives for gear Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 822 🎧 15 years Quote: Originally Posted by zaphod ➡️ @TopgearWhy do you want to simulate el rey using an equalizer, a filter, maybe a preamp (without it you can't get clarity in the low region) and a compressor when you can get it easily on all you tracks?El rey is a streamlined monster glue machine! You load it and it feels just perfect.Also the price is a bargain considering the time you save. And last question, using gold you can get these solid vocal tracks? transparent drum compression? Perfectly glued master bus? El rey is an huge time saver, it works on everything! Well, it's quick to pull up a saved preset, so not really a time issue. But I was specifically answering a question from someone wondering what he should spend his hard earned money on, and in my opinion you get way more value for money with Gold 2, another one of your great products, that's all It's extremely versatile and comes with so much expertly sampled great sounding gear. You can really shape the sound in a way you of course can't do with El Rey alone.And yes I am just as happy with Gold 8254 on the Master when everything is set correctly. But personally, I prefer both Gold and Rey on individual tracks like I said, and again, I can get there with EQ and Gold.Another thing, you say Rey works on everything, but that's not the same as it being the very best on absolutely everything. Although I agree with you that it's great on many sources, but because it has a sound it works better on some things, that's just the nature of the beast. Acustica Audio Joined: Oct 2006 🎧 15 years Lives for gear Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 822 🎧 15 years Quote: Originally Posted by zaphod ➡️ Sometimes I think we are doing too many amazing plugins. It seems like in your case. El-amP El Rey is finally out - Greg Wells' Signature Tube compressor plugin Product: El Rey Developer: El Rey is finally out - Greg Wells' Signature Tube compressor El Rey is finally out - Greg Wells' Signature Tube compressor plugin Product: El Rey Developer: El Rey is finally out - Greg Wells' Signature Tube compressor plugin - Page