Hardware compressors

[RDR]

no it`s not impossible at all.
It`s all based on electricity not magic.
It all comes down to the complexity of the algorythms and reducing cpu load.

I kinda get sick of saying this really.

I was trained/worked/almost lived in a fully analog studio for 4 years.
The owner bacame a very good friend of mine, and taught me loads.
Fully analog.

Sequencing, desk, everything was totally analog. It was a cable nightmare, but it tuned my ears to the old skool sound processes.

I have no problem in identifying the plugins that do the analog sound well.
Ignoring advertising hype helps, and just using your ears instead.

Since I got my liquid mix I`m very happy with the compressor performance, and although the emulations of kit aren`t exactly the same as the stuff it is supposed to emulate (which even if re-manufactered, would be hard to copy exactly) it doesn`t really matter as it`s the behaviour and texture I am interested in. Which to my ears sounds phat, warm with that characteristic attack of the old school.

The best bet though, is to ignor the hype that plug ins manufacterers spin, and take advice from pro users, or try yourself.

People epect magic buttons these days.
"If I buy this, then it will make my sound pro" etc

Hardware or analog, you won`t get shit all useful out of it unless you know what you are doing.

Tell me more about the liquid mix plz steve, ive been considering it for a while now.

specifically i'd like to know:

What platform you use it on
What sequencer you use it with and how it integrates
Latency issues
Automation issues
Maximum processing power available
General usability of the device

PS - i'd like to add that compression should also be a dynamic , dynamics process, rather than a 'fire and forget' thing. And of course your compressor is only as good as to programme material that you run through it.

Thanks