selig wrote: ↑14 Apr 2024
If you're feeling like it, load up this combinator and hit the "swap" button a few times while listening (I used drums, if that matters).
Thanks for your effort. I tried it on the default drum-loop in OctoRex, and with the settings in your combi it was completely off between the "swap". But I could indeed tweak the Mclass comp to get fairly close. The point (to be expected) is that when I dial in a different sound on RoughRider, it takes quite a bit of tweaking to get close to that same sound again with the Mclass comp. Same goes for every other compressor I tried, obviously you can get close, but it takes a lot more work to get 'that' sound. Of course, this is why using different comps for certain things makes sense, as they all have their strengths and weaknesses.
But your test gave me a new appreciation for the Mclass comp
Popey wrote: ↑14 Apr 2024
Buy it and you can always get there easily.
This is what it's about, isn't it? I like the sound of RoughRider on certain material. And being able to grab it and have that sound right away, instead of trying to find that sound using another compressor (including the whole decision process of selecting a compressor that comes close for that particular source), does have its worth.
Theo.M wrote: ↑15 Apr 2024
It's fun but I am the type of person that can't spend 50 AUD on a product that has a more up to date and free version.
I don't have money on piles either
But I do have a little cash occasionally to put towards my ultimate DAW setup. Because that is what's going RE-exclusively is all about for me.
Many years ago, a Windows update completely borked my studio computer, and I had to reinstall everything from the ground up. I used a lot of commercial plugins at that time (running in Reaper), and reinstalling all the plugin managers, licenses, and loads of plugins from separate developers, was a complete nightmare that took several days. I decided then and there that I didn't want that again, and over a period moved to using only freeware plugins that didn't need any form of activation. A simple backup of my plugin directories was all I needed to get up and running again.
Fast forward to just a few years back when I moved to Reason. Mainly because Reaper had become more problematic than useful for my composing workflow, and Reason turned out to be what I needed. I also didn't like all those floating VST-windows, as that also interfered with my workflow. So, long story short, I hate floating windows and very much like the Reason alternative (the rack). I also have a problem with managing all the dependencies on many separate devs/vendors, and therefore I like the single entry point for managing REs. And finally, with all the hassle around 32bit plugins that were never updated to 64bit and VST2 plugins that will never become VST3, the fact that Reason Studios guaranties backward compatibility for older, even unmaintained Rack Extensions, makes that alone enough reason for me to go RE-exclusive.