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popvulture wrote:My big thing is that I want it mostly for cleans. I want more sustain in my clean tone, but I also want to tame transients etc while I'm singing and playing, smoothing things out a bit. A comp is really one of the most practical needs I've come across in terms of pedals, but I've had a shit time finding one I've liked. My main thing is that I despise the pumping/plinky sound... I do like it to be really over the top occasionally (like with an Orange Squeezer), but I wouldn't use that sound too much. I've had an EQD Warden (sounded pretty good, but made my tone feel a bit lifeless), an Analogman BiComp (too pumpy, though I liked the Juicer side as I mentioned), a Cali76 TX, and a Cali76 Compact Deluxe. I've sold them all.

My problem is that I love compressors, but specifically the studio kind—it makes perfect sense that a pedal that costs a couple hundred bucks doesn't come close to a studio comp, which is usually $1500 to get in the ballpark. The Cali claimed to have gotten there in the 1176 realm, but to me it still just didn't do it.

I'm gonna try the Bondi because from what I gather, it can give me the things i want (sustain, transient taming) without being too noticeable. Plus the auto mode seems really appealing. We'll see! I know I can flip it easily if it doesn't work for me. Fingers crossed, though.

worra wrote:

popvulture wrote:My big thing is that I want it mostly for cleans. I want more sustain in my clean tone, but I also want to tame transients etc while I'm singing and playing, smoothing things out a bit. A comp is really one of the most practical needs I've come across in terms of pedals, but I've had a shit time finding one I've liked. My main thing is that I despise the pumping/plinky sound... I do like it to be really over the top occasionally (like with an Orange Squeezer), but I wouldn't use that sound too much. I've had an EQD Warden (sounded pretty good, but made my tone feel a bit lifeless), an Analogman BiComp (too pumpy, though I liked the Juicer side as I mentioned), a Cali76 TX, and a Cali76 Compact Deluxe. I've sold them all.

My problem is that I love compressors, but specifically the studio kind—it makes perfect sense that a pedal that costs a couple hundred bucks doesn't come close to a studio comp, which is usually $1500 to get in the ballpark. The Cali claimed to have gotten there in the 1176 realm, but to me it still just didn't do it.

I'm gonna try the Bondi because from what I gather, it can give me the things i want (sustain, transient taming) without being too noticeable. Plus the auto mode seems really appealing. We'll see! I know I can flip it easily if it doesn't work for me. Fingers crossed, though.

Dude I'll totally send you that empress comp this week! Life been crazy, but I got a few things to ship this week, I'll get it out

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autopilot wrote:Tesseract signal splitter and more, inside this box there are 2 FX loops (a and b) with the option to add feedback loops to each one, the result can be crossfaded with the dry signal, and a voltage starve option to power external devices. Exp/CV inputs for the feedback loops amount, the mix of the 2 loops, the crossfade section and the voltage starve.