Wednesday, April 2, 2025

COMPRESSOR- MXR Studio Compressor... under the radar

MXR
     studio compressor
$200.00 USD
A compressor meant to be used only for guitar was invented by MXR.  
The Dyna Comp of which a version is still in production. Robert Keeley built his empire of pedals by modding it. We now have dozens of Comps 
to choose from. Many really are a Studio-Comp-in a-Box. Eight years ago MXR decided to strike back with their own. Perhaps too little too late? 
The layout is Input, Output, and Attack which allows the guitar sound to get thru before the comp comes in. Ratio is the amount of compression. 
CONCLUSION __ 
It has always been under the radar. The myth is that the perfectly transparent Comp is the best and the best are transparent. 
The best one like all effects is the one that sounds great.
I think this pedal suffers from doing too good a job to be neutral, lol. It is vanilla ice cream in a store that has dozens of gourmet 
flavors. That said I do like it. It is easier to get the job
done and ignore that rabbit hole of "could I get a better sound,'' lol.
....the demos are both sparce and lame. 
This is simply the best in spite of the language factor ...click on the sub-titles
 

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