Hardware compressors

[dirty_bass]

Well for the money, you can`t beat the sonalksis stereo compressor.
It is one of the very very few vsti compressors that truly handles like hardware.
The way it handles transients and the way the attack works is just amazing.
Can`t emphasise enough how amazing this compressor is.
DSP cards are great too. I`ve got the Liquid Mix, which is simply amazing.
URS compressors are really nice.

Voxengo Marquis is a really stunning compressor, and again has a very good hardware like response.

[tekara]

i 2nd the URS recommendation.

I had to choose between a URS and Waves SSL, but went for the SSL simply because i liked the skin better.

But both compressors are killer. I rarely even use my TC Triple C anymores.

[Radic]

Well for the money, you can`t beat the sonalksis stereo compressor.
It is one of the very very few vsti compressors that truly handles like hardware.
The way it handles transients and the way the attack works is just amazing.
Can`t emphasise enough how amazing this compressor is.
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I noticed that the attack stage on this compressor has a maximum speed of 50ms. Isn't this a bit limiting, especially when you want to compress your drums. I'd have thought you'd want a faster compressor than that?