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ChaseShumway
09-08-2012, 05:58 PM
Just wondering if anyone has used the one-knob compressors found on Behringer's XENYX USB line? I've seen videos on YouTube of people reviewing the mixers or Behringer salesmen showing them off, but I haven't heard an actual demo of it. I did read in another forum that it was pretty good for what it was. Obviously, its not going to compare to stand alone compressor units.

So, for those with a Beringer mixer, do you use it? Does it suck? Is it good? Or........

Amnon
09-08-2012, 06:54 PM
Works like a charm for us :-)

ChaseShumway
09-08-2012, 07:35 PM
Ah, cool... good to know.

mcphillips
09-09-2012, 01:25 PM
Amnon and I do not have the same opinion.

ChaseShumway
09-09-2012, 02:39 PM
Amnon and I do not have the same opinion.

Uh oh... what's the issue(s) with it?

mcphillips
09-09-2012, 03:00 PM
It doesn't work or sound well. They're better than nothing, but they're easy to overuse. Just barely "tickle" them. Otherwise, you'll increase your background noise significantly. Any compressor in a noisy studio should be accompanied with a gate. The only gate I've heard so far that I like is the dbx 286a or 286s. Soon I will have a test of the dbx 1074 quad gate. There's a possibility that it will work as well as the 286 gate.