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mattiasNYC
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Well, the one thing I probably should have done is bounce the mixdown of the drumkit without the bus compression so you could a/b that instead. For you that would probably have been more useful.
If I can find the session (did this like a year ago) and find time I'll try to do that and you can hear some of what the 33609 does. (come to think of it, I think one of the files in the first folder you looked is just that.... "Drumkit_A"/B/C are either no compression, real Neve or UAD... you can check those out...)
I'll also check later what the order was and PM you. But my personal opinion is that the UAD is very close. It's to the point where many people won't be able to nail down if and what the difference is consistently. So in my opinion the UAD is a great buy if you're looking to do medium amounts of compression (haven't pushed it yet).
To describe the sound (futile, I know) I'd say that the Neve 33609 gives the source a "tighter" sound, a more "punchy" sound. There's a limiter along with the compressor on it, so you can actually also tweak the attack with it quite successfully. I also find that along with giving you a bit less of the absolute low end, it'll give the source more "presence", so it's great for treating things you want to stand out in a mix. (Incidentally I feel the same about the 1073 type pre's).
What the Neve is not is "silky-smooth", "open" and "transparent". I also wouldn't call it "warm".
Anyways, that's my take on it.... Now I'll go looking for those notes....
If I can find the session (did this like a year ago) and find time I'll try to do that and you can hear some of what the 33609 does. (come to think of it, I think one of the files in the first folder you looked is just that.... "Drumkit_A"/B/C are either no compression, real Neve or UAD... you can check those out...)
I'll also check later what the order was and PM you. But my personal opinion is that the UAD is very close. It's to the point where many people won't be able to nail down if and what the difference is consistently. So in my opinion the UAD is a great buy if you're looking to do medium amounts of compression (haven't pushed it yet).
To describe the sound (futile, I know) I'd say that the Neve 33609 gives the source a "tighter" sound, a more "punchy" sound. There's a limiter along with the compressor on it, so you can actually also tweak the attack with it quite successfully. I also find that along with giving you a bit less of the absolute low end, it'll give the source more "presence", so it's great for treating things you want to stand out in a mix. (Incidentally I feel the same about the 1073 type pre's).
What the Neve is not is "silky-smooth", "open" and "transparent". I also wouldn't call it "warm".
Anyways, that's my take on it.... Now I'll go looking for those notes....