MXR Bass Compressor: Darryl

Take your favorite studio compressor to the stage with the MXR M87 Bass Compressor.

A complete array of controls—Attack, Release, Ratio, Input, and Output—makes it easy to fine-tune your sound, from subtle peak limiting to hard squashed compression effects. Its CHT™ Constant Headroom Technology gives you plenty of headroom and clear performance.

This totally transparent compressor allows your full dynamic range to shine through until your signal reaches the compression threshold, which is indicated by the ten, highly visible gain-reduction status LEDs. It's all packed into a durable, lightweight aluminum-housing pedal that's the size of a Phase 90.

Signal Chain: Darryl+M87 Bass Compressor+Aguilar DB 751 amp

Produced & Directed by Joey Tosi
Perfromed by Darryl Anders
Art Direction by Graham Shaw
Sound Engineering & Edited by Max Baloian
Music Direction by Bryan Kehoe
Cinematography by Donavan Sell & Danny Nieder

[noisesforyoises]

It's a compressor. It's designed to limit the higher volumes and boost the lower ones actively. You end up getting a more even volume response.

[Ic_Ciantar]

to add to your brief explanation ... bass compressors are mainly used to keep a constant signal coming from your bass into your amp and subsequently to the stage sound which means no matter now hard or soft you play the output stays the same (to an extent), it even gives a nice tone to certain bases. this here is one of the best stomp box bass compressors on the market

[jbass]

Brings your lows up and your highs down giving you an even volume through all your playing

[kingdeedee]

Just bought one and added it to my bass rig. Unlike many compressor pedals this guy is incredibly transparent and that’s perhaps the biggest think for a guy like me that just has it at the end of my signal chain to do some light limiting. Worth every penny

[romulo]

And that's how you demo a goddamn pedal! Awesome compressor! 

[vincenzomauer]

THIS is a great demo. No talki, but you know what going on. Perfect demo for compression. MORE PLEASE!

[Bassray]

Sweet!!! M5V+M87+Aguilar+Darryl=what a sweet sound!!!

[jomarthegreat]

representin' for the 5-string bassists out there!

[LEVALmusic]

Daryl Does it again
Another must buy pedal

[Hallman]

love these new videos dunlop, please do more with all your products. Because of these videos i have currently started to change my pedal board to almost all MXR gear.

[dandunning]

I'm new to compressors so this video was great as it showed a clear comparison between the uncompressed sound and then the pedal in action. Also, the colour of that bass is pretty damn tasty… there's nothing more delicious than a butterscotch-coloured guitar!

[vincenzollamas]

thanks, this was helpful. i love this pedal for EVERYTHING except for slap, so checking out your settings for your (great) slap tone might help me out

[JorgeRodriguez-mljk]

El mejor compresor que he tenido. En un principio no me gustó, sonaba raro. Ya despues lo abrí y descubrí que tiene un switch en el interior, lo tenia activado. Lo desactivé y problema solucionado. Ya despues supe que ese switch es para que no pierda señal cuando tienes una pedalera con muchos pedales.

[jeffkerestes]

Great Video! Darryl is such a badass.

[Bigsquatch_ky]

Man, I really need to get a bass rig set up. This is going on it for sure.

[rossmorris]

Trust MXR to bring out a decent compressor.
Spent a long time waiting for a propper compressor pedal with real controls and a decent Gain Reduction read out.

[Bassarie]

Youtube bass video's all sound rather compressed to me, due to listening via a laptop and headphones. And maybe there was some compression done by google in the uploading process? So to really appreciate this pedal one should hear it in real life, with a real bass guitar and a real amp. 

[FatFingers]

@oplah93 Bassist use compressor pedals to kind of "Beefen up" our bass tone, or get a "punchier" tone from compressor pedals. bassist also use it to balance out different playing styles. for example a bass player plays softly, then switches to a aggressive slap bass line with out distorting the P.A. speakers at a venue. more than likely he is using a compressor pedal. hope this helps. a compressor pedal is probably the most used pedal among bassist, yet it is a vary subtle effects pedal!

[ManelRuivo]

@bassist13 haha!!! I KNEW IT!!! the glasses delated him! hehe... i aways wondered if i was the only one that had interest in the making ofs! maybe all the musicians had much fun seeing the record sessions. :^D

[connormacaulay]

If it's got the Ed Friedland seal of approval, I dig it!