Sknote C165a vca compressor with limiter and sidechain

Looks like a nice versatile compressor, with all the essential bells 'n whistles for thirty bucks. Says it's "hardware modeled" but doesn't say what hardware was used as the model ("VCA" means it's probably not an LA2A, 1176 or 670).

carl


Haven't tried it since there isn't a demo available. Assuming it's based on the dbx 160.

dbx 165a is the presumed hardware.  As for demos, Quinto's thing is that his stuff is so cheap that providing demo versions would not be cost effective.  Although I've heard that if you buy something and decide you don't like it, he'll give you a refund. 
 
My experience with his plugs is that they're very good at what they do, and they're tremendous bargains, but they're a little flakey in use.  I use StripBus a lot, and love what it does, but have found that it sometimes loses settings and occasionally will crash Sonar when, for example, copying an instance from track to track.  But I can live with the quirks -- StripBus does so much good that I can't take it off my mixes.  And what a deal: multiple console emus, versatile EQ, a cool ducking function, and five (so far -- you get free updates) nicely done compressors for thirty bucks.  Can't complain about that.
 
Cheers,
Eddie

Jimbo21


I agree about the flakiness of his plugins. I have the GTS-39 comp and Roundtone. Roundtone I like and works pretty well. The GTS-39 does give crashes occasionally. I don't use much at all now mostly because I've gotten other "character" comps fairly recently I like better.

Would be interested to hear what character comps you like better ... thanks!
 
One other thing about the Sknote plugins is that the GUIs are pretty bad, at least on the ones I've tried.  There is a learning curve involved with most of his stuff, which a more intuitive interface would help with.  But for a small operation, Quinto & co. seem to be doing pretty well.  If his plugins' functionality and pricing could be combined with, say, FabFilter's GUIs and stability, that would be fantastic ... one can dream.  :-)
 
Cheers,
Eddie
 

Good choice on those CLA compressors.  I like them, although I preferred NI's versions by a small margin for their smooth sound.  Just a matter of taste.
 
Speaking of the CLA comps, there's a crazy price for that bundle at plugindiscounts.com right now.  I don't want to post it because it seems too good to be true, but check it for yourself -- just enter the password "mvp" to see the current sale prices.
 
Cheers,
Eddie