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MultiComp (MAC/PC) more about compression?

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15-December-2003 : Version 3.3 :bug fixes.
This version mainly fixes some error in the Multicomp Lite Gain buttons and Multicomp Stereo with the stereo phasing because a bad filter assignment.

 

28-October-2002 : version 3.0 : bug fix.
New version compatible with SF3 and XTC. Also new enhancements :  uses 50% less DSP with no loss of quality! Now the Multicomp Stereo uses 1.8 DSP and the Multicomp Lite <1 DSP.

What is the Multicomp series?

The Multicomp is the tool you need for doing a professional mastering.  It features several enhancement and it will become your secret weapon. It is a multiband mastering tool with a limiter and make gain. Each band can be set very precisely and a wide range of preset will help you to start. The 128 steps vu-meters, the Vtube analog enhancer, and the DSPDEV exclusive shapes are doing much more than compressing. 

Forget that this is a only a software. It is more powerful, more creative and does his job better than any one we know, for a budget price. If you want to do a final product and sell it, whatever it is techno, metal, jazz or pop, you can't compete with professional productions without a professional compressor to finalize your mix, create juicy basses, flat snare drums... 

List of features :

  • 3 independent bands that can be setup with only 2 button (HI/LOW) for an immediate and easy use.

  • Solo mode for each band. Band on/off.

  • Gain, threshold, ratio; attack, release for each band.

  • Fully Stereo (means 6 band processors, 4 filters)

  • limiter with bypass and peak.

  • Gain IN and OUT. General Bypass

  • Look ahead feature for removing the ugly room effects that are in most Compressors.

  • VTube with bypass specially programmed for adding the magic of the triodes. Amazing results guaranteed.

  • 5  Type of compressions : (3 band stereo = a total of 30 different compression processors !!!). 

  • all the buttons have their corresponding number that can be edited for the most control over all the parameters.

  • ultra powerful vu meters that can be use for compression threshold, Vtube enhancement drive or band output level. Very precise (128 steps of animation)

  • 3 level of peaks to avoid distortions and clips, at the band split, before the limiter, at the output.

  • 6 out for all the separate band output.

  • Stereo in, stereo out and midi support for all the parameters.

We have the Multicomp Stereo, and the Multicomp Lite

Multicomp PRO: this version is stereo in / stereo out, with 6 bands out and a midi in for midi control. It is a 3 bands compressor with limiter and expander. This is our best offer with the Vtube (special edition for compressor) and the incredible DSPDEV Compression Shapes. As with our reverbs if you purchase the Multicomp PRO, you'll get both the Lite and the Mono version FREE. 

Multicomp Lite : this version is stereo in / stereo out, with 6 bands out and a midi in for midi control. It is a 3 bands compressor with limiter and expander. There is no Vtube, and no DSPDEV Type compression.. It takes 2.5 DSP. When you purchase the LITE version you get the MONO version FREE.

 How does it works?

IN -> Gain -> Band Split -> for each band (3) Multicompression (1 to 5) -> Vtube -> Limiter -> Gain.

First the compressor, add (or remove ) some gain (from 0 -no sound - to + 12db. Then the compressor pass thru 2 filter to split the sound in 3 bands according to the 2 bands buttons (Hi/Low).

...then each band goes to its own compression. Depending on the algorithm (hard->soft) chosen, the compressor will not act the same. We use an exclusive system. We call all it, Multicompression (so that's why it is called Multicomp !). The Multicompression is a way split the signal in several parts and apply different level of compression dynamically depending on the signal itself. The compressor will never compress the same way, and we have added some random to have something more natural and remove the "too much digital", "too much perfect" feeling. Compression is not a gate! The best is to listen the result, and compare with others.

Multicomp perfectly cut the frequencies and do not add any resonance to the sound. Each band contains only its frequencies so you have a total control to compress each band with a very high accuracy.

The presets have been made with productivity in mind. We have added +50 presets, for all music styles. they are very good bases from where to start from. Jazz, Techno, Rock&Folk, Blues, Metal series, more will come soon. All the Samples above are starting with the original and then changes to presets.

How Much DSP does it takes?

The Multicomp PRO takes 2 DSP the LITE version 1 DSP. Both are included in the package  But you must remember : this is a finalizer. You must, mix your song, and then use the Multicomp to enhance and adapt your mix to the media you want : club, radio, hi-fi... It is a non-sense to load the Multicomp Stereo in your project with all your synths and devices. Sometime you will apply it directly at the recoding stage, but most of the time, directly on the final mix. So don't worry about the DSP load!

Anyway, even if you purchase a Pulsar  the Multicomp it is worth. Compare with the price of the best compressors and you'll see that it is still very cheap.

Band Split, how does it works?

There are only 2 buttons to set  the 3 bandwidth splits. It doesn't seems natural, but it is. The reality is that  it is the most natural way! Imagine that you want to split a cake in 3 parts? How much cuts will you do? Only 2 right? These 2 buttons (Low/Hi) are the cuts you make in the signal.

This graphic will maybe help you to understand how we mix the frequencies and split them in order to have 3 very precise bands. As you can see the MID band is made with the mix of the 2 Freq buttons, everything common to the 2 button is the MID band. In our sample graphics our mid band will be between 1501hz and 749 hrz.  Our Hi band will be everything over 1501hrz, and our low band everything below 749hrz.

 

 

 

 

Here are the hardware tech specs from Creamware
Frequency Response 20Hz - 20kHz (+/- 0.15 dB)

Dynamic Range > 102 dB
THD+N > 99 dBA typical
Channel Separation > 105 dB @ 1 kHz (997 Hz)
Analog to Digital Frequency Response 20Hz - 20kHz (+/- 0.05 dB)
Dynamic Range > 98 dB
THD+N > 95 dBA typical
Channel Separation > 102 dB @ 1 kHz (997 Hz)
Analog to Analog Frequency Response 20Hz - 20kHz (+/- 0.2 dB)
Dynamic Range > 97 dB
THD+N > 94 dBA typical
Channel Separation > 102 dB @ 1 kHz (997 Hz)
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DAC Digital-to-analog converter
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ADC Analog-to-digital converter
20-Bit SD 64X oversampling