Thinking about getting the PC4K S-Type Channel Compressor

I have all the CW PC modules and the one I use the most and often is the Concrete Limiter. Here is more information on the S type compressor It can't hurt to have it plus some of the presets that can be down loaded need it.

musicroom . . . PC4K S-Type Channel Compressor is great for sure - - -  but I've found after I got the PC2A Limiting Amplifier, I use the PC4K Ch comp less and less. (PC2A Limiting Amplifier is my fave PC mod)

I have found though that I really prefer to use the PC4K Ch compr mostly on Bass Guitar, and a bit for snare / kick drums, it has a distinct punchy sound quality when dialed in a certain way, making upper ranges of Bass Guitar really stand out in the thickest of mixes.

If you do pop, rock, country type of music it may be a must have.

Actually Cliff it right on the money here. I fully agree with every word!

Hope so too. I got it for the enormous price of $ 10.

Need I say it was worth it?

stevec


Thanks for starting this thread, Dave.   The PC4K S-Type Channel Compressor is the only PC module I don't have, and the current $20 deal was looking good.   After reading the replies it looks like I'll be making a purchase today.  
 

I thought that was you standing in the checkout line.   :)

For those that already have the S-type Channel Compressor, do you also have a download in your account for "1.0.1 installer - ProChannel - PC4K Compressor"?  If so, does it actually downloads as the S-type channel compressor?   I though that it was perhaps an update to the PC4K Bus compressor delivered with SONAR, but now I'm unsure...   I have both it and my new S-type purchase available to download.
 

dubdisciple


I have been thinking about this too.  i really wish they offered a demo.  i know it's only 19.99, but it's 19.99 more than my budget right now.  i already "splurged' and picked up the gate/expander and i just realized that i can upgrade to rapture for another $20, but all three takes my zero budget to $60 very quickly.  Not complaining..just thinking out loud i suppose.

Good catch - I didn't read the Rapture ad past the $99. Upgrade for $20 dollars is a great deal. I hear you about the funds getting nickeled and dimed until it mounts up to a what happened moment!  :)

hard one to pass up.  The only thing holding me back  (and probably not for long) is the fact that  i have always been perplexed as to what Rapture gives me that is significantly different than what what Z3ta+2 gives me already.

It definitely has a different quality, but as you said, hard to sum up in words.  I have used rapture LE for basslines that maybe a master programmer could create in Z3ta but why bother wit hthe extra work.  decisions , decisions!

Below is from the Rapture manual

Architecture of Rapture
Rapture is composed of six individual sound generation
components, called Elements.
A Rapture Program (stored as a file with a .PROG extension)
is defined by the settings of all parameters within all
Elements and the Global section. Each Element has a
complete engine composed of an Oscillator, a per-voice
DSP stage (Bit Reduction, Decimation, Drive and two
multi-mode resonant filters), and a set of Modulators
(envelope generators, low frequency oscillators and step
generators) applied to the main sound generation parameters.
The sound generated by the six Elements is mixed
and routed to a global DSP stage (three band parametric
equalizer and multi-effects section).
The Oscillator is the core of the sound manufacturing process.
Each Oscillator is capable of high-quality, high-performance
wavetable synthesis. This type of synthesis is an
efficient method of creating sustained sounds by looping a
minimal amount of audio data. In Rapture, the wavetable is
defined by a single-cycle audio file.
During the wave loading procedure, Rapture creates all
the sample images required for the Oscillator to play the
single cycle across the whole keyboard range without any
aliasing distortion. Rapture ships with over two hundred
wavetable definition files, which can be expanded.

Below is from the Z3TA-2 manual.

A Waveshaping Oscillator is the Z3TA+ component responsible for sound generation.
There are six waveshaping oscillators, each with dozens of waveforms. You can also load your own
waveforms into USER1 through USER 6. Z3TA+ supports 16, 24 and 32 bit uncompressed stereo or
mono WAVE (.wav) files as the user oscillator waveforms.

I bought them when they were on sale.

They both sound great and they are different. The difference I believe is due to how they create their sounds.

I can't recommend one over the other. They both sound very good and both have tremendous tweak ability. 

The idea you guys are saying that you can't put your finger on how they sound different is I believe a correct way to deal with them. They have two different ways to come to a very similar sound but different enough to be complimentary.

Can one have the one and not the other and do well? Absolutely! On the other hand if you can get both you wont be regret it. 

I don't know if this post will help but what ever you decide will be the right decision.

John.  Thanks.  For $20, it isa probably more than worth the risk.  

i think cakewalk's synths are on par or better than any DAW's. I think a full featured sampler would bring it all together in that department.

John,

even though Z3ta does some FM, I think it's a little misleading to label it as an FM synth.  Compared to dedicated Fm synths like FM8, it falls a little short.  This is not a knock on Z3ta.  Overall it is more powerful than FM8 except in the area of FM synthesis. Z3ta is more of an all around, hybrid, modular type synth.

John, even though Z3ta does some FM, I think it's a little misleading to label it as an FM synth. Compared to dedicated Fm synths like FM8, it falls a little short. This is not a knock on Z3ta. Overall it is more powerful than FM8 except in the area of FM synthesis. Z3ta is more of an all around, hybrid, modular type synth.

I agree with you. I was only trying to make a distinction. Thats why I added the "this is simplistic" part.

Also I was thinking about the sound it makes. It has an FM quality.

blade,

i agree with you, but i think from a marketing standpoint, they may be better off introducing a "new" instrument even if it is based on Dimension bones.  Dimension pro already does a lot of things well. just recently i have enjoyed importing rex files of drum loops.  if i could assign different sections of a chopped loop to different outputs that would be orgasmic.