I've Never Heard a Compressor Like THIS - Eventide Omnipressor

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[SeraphimHanischMusic]

Tremendous song by Brenna Bone - Wow! Great demo on this Omnipressor - I am still learning compression in any respect - it is still a bit like voodoo to me though I do utilize it.

[RemyRAD]

Dude, I'm an actual Old Timer. I've been using this sucker. Virtually, since its introduction. And later in, Software Emulations.

And so I've had the real thing. And I've had the Eventide Clock Works, emulated version. Which? Strangely enough. Works, very much like the original hardware unit. And it is very versatile and usable.

What do you mean you needed to read the instructions? Are you kidding me? I guess not? LOL. Yup.

I'm glad you discovered this useful, compressor. I love it.
RemyRAD

[nicefish]

Eventide has been legit forever. Nice to see them putting out rack gear still and not just stomp boxes and $9000 multi effect units

[Rockoslab]

I've been in love with the plugin for a couple of years now.

[KenjiStandlee]

This is an incredible walkthrough, Colt! Thanks for taking the time to make this, and for explaining the box prior to running audio through it!

[techslfink]

This is a really crazy machine. The Function is a kind of Frankenstein knob - totally wild! Great demo!

[palsheldon]

Explanation of controls was great, that alone made me want one. ;)

[natecornell-official]

Love this compressor! Always enjoy these videos. I would note one exception in the video just incase anyone is considering buying it. You mentioned the release time isn't very fast in practice. It's actually the attack time that is a bit slower than some. The release is VERY fast. That's what gives you the dirt and distortion at the fastest rate. It is jittering between attacking and releasing at very fast speeds. To compare to other well known compressors its release is 3 times faster than the dbx 160, and 50 times faster than the API 2500, UAD 1176, and Distressor.

[nicefish]

Colt, I think the aten limit, and gain limit kinda work like a GML8900. Which I believe is the most incredible compressor ever made. If you look on YouTube, there’s a video of George Massenburg himself creating a window of dynamic range that he’s able to move around inside of the track. I highly recommend looking that up and if possible, I would love to see you do a demo on the GML 8900. Most people don’t know about it at all and they are very expensive now and very hard to find. But their hands down the best compressor ever built.

[somedood]

Loooove the omnipressor!! Saw Tchad Blake use the plugin and was blown away with the drum sound he got out of it

[Alchemyrecordingstudioatl]

This thing is amazing especially considering its under $2k.. Considering that compressors were created to level audio but were discovered to do emphasize or reduce transients, this seems like a piece of gear that focuses on all the other things we want a compressor to do outside what they were intended to do .. Really nice

[larrysentelle]

Really good walk through. Great jpb, Colt. First, I have to mention the singer, exceptional tone! The song is very well-written. The compressor sounds interesting. I would agree, definitely not my choice for a first hardware compressor. The Distressor wins that title imho. I definitely want to check out the plugin version first but, this seems like a really fun tool. I feel the same way as you do about hardware compression.

[FransJCMartins]

I use the plug in version of this. Stunning box and demo!

[joesalyers]

The Omnipressor, and the valley people dynamite and gain brain are all in the same category old engineers called Zappa Dynamics. Frank Zappa loved these style boxes, these were extreme VCA compressors.

[Mr_A]

That was the fastest 26 minutes in my life! Damn you understand to make content! Keep it up :-D And nice little box! You are right about that its VERY different from what we normally see on the compressor and expander market

[dougleydorite]

You explained it better than Eventide themselves! I might grab one

[willburrito]

The acoustic guitar demo was impressive. It gave a real synthy vibe.

[rainbowmade]

Great track. Like the mix even though you say it’s not mixed 😎

[jacy]

Man so cool! All it needs now is a delta feature, then it’s mind fully blown haha

[GuthrieJenkins-fi]

The vocal demo & upward compression makes me think this was really designed to be a parallel processor. And her voice is great!