Elektron Musical Instruments

the FMR compressors sound very different from each other. 

the RNC is way smooth and i find it pretty transparent but also can do some aggro style 
"sucking" compression.. i love the "supernice mode". i used it on a short tour and it really 
helped things out in various venues..

the RNLA is very different.. sounds a lot more colored and not nearly as subtle.. it's 
punchy.. it works well for drums.. i love it

neither of the compressors are one trick ponies.. they both are quite versatile little boxes 
and you get sooooooo much for your $$

if you just want dirty nasty sounds then you have a lot out there... there are more cheap 
compressors that do that than there are ex-soap opera actors.   really.. there's tons of 
them.. just fish around in pawn shops and any music store that favors trade in stuff or has 
a decent used dept.  my friend got a really nasty old shure compressor last week that 
distorts wonderfully.. but that's all it does well.

alternately if you want something good look for a midrange tube compressor or the FMR 
RNLA.  the alesis 3630 might be worth a look and you can modify them too.  are you 
familiar w/tape op magazine? they have run 2 articles on how too mod your 3630.

here's one:

http://www.blacklionaudio.com/alesis_3630_mod.html

happy hunting  :)

--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, Mark Rivera <marr@...> wrote:
>
> >> I def hear great things about the FMR audio gear like the previous poster, 
> > 
> > yeah, everybody says they're great but on the other hand these are supposed 
> > to be "transparent" compressors without adding too much color to the sound, 
> > and it's this tone shaping possibilities that I'm looking for.
> 
> I have an FMR 'really nice compressor' - I agree it definitely falls in 
> the transparent category. Even so, I think it is good to have it inline 
> all the time.. sort of 'getting the most out of' your MD or synth or 
> whatever.
> 
> If you want a compressor that messes things up (and therefore a poor one 
> as compressors go?) try the Alesis one that comes in the 6-pack that 
> Novamusik is selling off. ModFX Smashup. It has some nice modes, esp 
> 'pump' and 'fat' that do nice things, even to a whole mix.
> 
> Kind of hard to demo it since they're discontinued though. :)
> 
> 
> Mark
>