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+1 ^^^^ Always was curious how Sonar's 4K Buss Comp fairs in comparison? I use the 4K a lot and like how it sounds with small amounts of GR on the mix buss. Is the difference significant? Thanks.
If the OP is still out there, perhaps he can chime in with some thoughts in regards to the comparison. For me, however, overall I think the Glue fairs better "musically" than the PC4K bus comp, especially when sidechaining. To my ears, the PC4K seems slow and sloppy. The PC4K's release times are a little funky when compared to the Glue. It may be related to the threshold and gain-reduction differences between the two; I don't know for sure. All things being equal, the Glue delivers a bit more gain reduction at the same values when compared to the PC4K. This perhaps makes it sound a bit "tighter," more glue-like?
At this time,I have only demo'ed it, but will buy it soon. I was thinking it would go on sale on Black Friday/Cyber Monday, but it did not. Just like Valhalla, Cytomic's plugins are fixed at their asking price. This is fine because they're both quality, no marketing hype, no-frills-just-work plugins. Most everyone can still buy into them and be happy.
On a unrelated but still-related topic, let me refer to an interesting review I read about the various LA-2A emulations out there, including the CA-2A (
http://www.attackmagazine.com/features/model-behaviour-uad-la-2a-emulations-hardware). Overall, a great read. But one item of importance is the reviewer's take on the CA-2A (see page 4). He notes that it is not a good emulation, despite what the marketing hype of Cakewalk otherwise suggests. I think the PC4K kind of fell into this trap as well. With the CA-2A, there is no emulated representation of the saturation curve, all of which is present in the real-deal-Holyfield LA-2A. So what was the point of the CA-2A? Why bother? In the review, actual audio snippets compare the various plugins. The CA-2A is on the "meh" side. Kind of lame, IMO. So a $99 plugin on sale for $49 during the first week of December? I was very interested and ready to toss down my $49 for the CA-2A, but I didn't after reading that review. So the moral of the story? Not all pricing structures are created equal, and sometimes less is more.
Back on topic...while I agree that Ozone may be the end-all-be-all final mastering suite, I think having the Glue, or another good comp on the master bus helps bring it all together before the maximizers, the enhancers, and the limiters.
Also, I like bringing back old threads!
