All user reviews for the Vintagedesign CL1 MKII

+ stereo compressor Limitor
prod / mastering

UTILIZATION

use simple commands to refine into practice ..
no manual, 2 pages (character presentation, specification).

you're supposed to know a little compression hardware.

SOUND QUALITY

Made in Sweden, derived from the compressor replica neve 2254

A mix, mastering (stereo)
Of course electronic music (house, deep, ragga ..), the fine voice

Production in pro console insert (2 independent channels)
Although efficiency

it sounds vintage, not like ssl, Alan Smart, which are more condensed, more rough, more market.


The sound of this music is compressed, full, end.
compression is subtle, it dose just what takes to make consistent and balanced mix.
is not a "turbo sound" for every push of 20db, even if we do not make up the gain.

Light compression Compression fat (-12 db gain reduction for example)
we just push it remains correct, that's where we see the quality of cl1 mk2 ..
relative transparency, can be
it sounds musical, is moelleu, flexible, round the vintage ..
the lower spectrum is controlled well with the thresh, attack longer to let the bass, a low-cut filter (off, 50, 100, 7 kHz) to pass naturally as well.
the highs seem clear, well defined.
the attack, release (with an automatic position) to act strongly on Transcient ranging Scult a
kick, bass eg ..

Good finesse settings.

Limitor the sport is more, I discovered.
it has no radical brk wall, he sleeps the signal compressor.
I use another Limitor will actually block to -0.2 db eg, for masterings home.

Controls: Compressor
Threshold. -20 To 10 dB
Ratio 1,5:1 / 2:1 / 3:1 / 4:1 / 6:1
Attack. 0.5 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 6 / 12 / 25 / 50 mS
Recovery (release / release time). 25 / 50 / 100 / 400 / 800 / 1.5 S / Auto1 / Auto 2
Output Gain: 0-20dB
Compressor In / Out
High Pass Filter 50Hz / 100Hz / 7 kHz (-6 dB / octave)

Controls: Limiter
Threshold. +4 DB to +15 dB
Attaque.0, 5 / 1 / 2 / 4 / 8 / 16 / 32 mS
Recovery (release / release time). 25 / 50 / 100 / 200 / 400 / 800 / Auto1 / Auto2
Limiter In / Out
Controls: Global
Link
Bypass

saw beautiful meter.
around € 3400 incl new at the coolest funky junk distributor.

OVERALL OPINION

it is a budget for a small studio.
to do with the temp ..