Much appreciated, Ed! I’d recently spent a day or two obsessing over this one, before talking myself out of it (and realizing similar solutions that I already have). Your observations and pointers are really helpful! 😊
Thanks buddy! I'm glad you got something out of it. I hope it wasn't too boring but I wanted to cover most of the points for anyone considering spending their hard-earned money.
@@EdPettersen Is this pedal for more home studio work, to create recordings? Or is there a benefit in a regular wet rig just playing in a dad band in the basement?
@@doubled5383 It can be useful for both under these circumstances, in my opinion: 1. For studio work, it's absolutely terrific because you can spend time based on each source tweaking it precisely as your last in chain, stereo signal (or mono if you wish, but if your last few effects are stereo then it's s bonus) 2. For live use, or basement playing, it's an excellent tone conditioner that can make up for a lot of shortcomings elsewhere in your rig. When it's dialed in just right, and that takes a little time and experimenting, it's phenomenal. There may be some who consider that too much or over-the-top for a compressor but the limiter, M/S and EQ play just as big a part in the equation. Hope that helps.
Thank you Ed for making this in depth video! awesome!! I was wondering, the guitar sounds super distorted? when you end a tune, you can hear the crackles? I tried several audio sources. Do you also notice? I ordered one unit myself to try it out in my studio. I'm not a guitar player, (trying to learn bass myself tho) So it's difficult for me hear the difference. I think using the golden master pedal with some some drummachines could show some interesting results!
I have to watch this video in it’s entirety but I wonder if this can be sued with distortion without chipping off the top end noticabley like other compressors. I just want sustain but when I used compressors with distortion it takes away all the top end air and I just get a thicker midrange tone out of my setup and it’s too different for my tastes. So I wonder if this type of compressor could work better. I haven’t found a way to sustain a sound without changing the tone
If you set one band to mono & the other two bands to stereo to two amps L R... how does this pedal achieve a mono field for that one band? there are two amps... I don't get it. 🤔
Yeah, they responded with this: The type of compressor on the Golden Master is a peak type of compressor. There are 5 states of morphing for each of the band: 1.25x to 4x ratio for all three bands, 50 to 20 msec attack low band: -11db to -13db threshold; 2000 to 100 msec decay middle band: -12 to -18db threshold, 1400 to 140 msec decay high band: -12 to -20db threshold, 1400 to 100 msec decay.
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Thanks Ed and Merry Christmas!!
You too!!
Much appreciated, Ed! I’d recently spent a day or two obsessing over this one, before talking myself out of it (and realizing similar solutions that I already have). Your observations and pointers are really helpful! 😊
Thanks buddy! I'm glad you got something out of it. I hope it wasn't too boring but I wanted to cover most of the points for anyone considering spending their hard-earned money.
This is a great channel, always learn a ton.
@@doubled5383 Thank you! Thanks for being here.
@@EdPettersen Is this pedal for more home studio work, to create recordings? Or is there a benefit in a regular wet rig just playing in a dad band in the basement?
@@doubled5383 It can be useful for both under these circumstances, in my opinion: 1. For studio work, it's absolutely terrific because you can spend time based on each source tweaking it precisely as your last in chain, stereo signal (or mono if you wish, but if your last few effects are stereo then it's s bonus) 2. For live use, or basement playing, it's an excellent tone conditioner that can make up for a lot of shortcomings elsewhere in your rig. When it's dialed in just right, and that takes a little time and experimenting, it's phenomenal. There may be some who consider that too much or over-the-top for a compressor but the limiter, M/S and EQ play just as big a part in the equation. Hope that helps.
@@EdPettersenthanks very much.
@@doubled5383 Anytime!
Thank you Ed for making this in depth video! awesome!!
I was wondering, the guitar sounds super distorted? when you end a tune, you can hear the crackles? I tried several audio sources. Do you also notice? I ordered one unit myself to try it out in my studio. I'm not a guitar player, (trying to learn bass myself tho) So it's difficult for me hear the difference. I think using the golden master pedal with some some drummachines could show some interesting results!
I didn't hear it live but it does have a limiter which can cause that or the UA-cam algorithm which is not lossless by any means.
I have to watch this video in it’s entirety but I wonder if this can be sued with distortion without chipping off the top end noticabley like other compressors.
I just want sustain but when I used compressors with distortion it takes away all the top end air and I just get a thicker midrange tone out of my setup and it’s too different for my tastes. So I wonder if this type of compressor could work better.
I haven’t found a way to sustain a sound without changing the tone
Yes, it just depends how you set it and how hot your signal is.
Yes! Much better than an overpriced analogue Heat.
If you set one band to mono & the other two bands to stereo to two amps L R... how does this pedal achieve a mono field for that one band? there are two amps... I don't get it. 🤔
@@R1GAMBLER You should ask them. Their customer support is terrific.
The manual says the ratio goes between 1.25 and 4.0
Yeah, they responded with this: The type of compressor on the Golden Master is a peak type of compressor.
There are 5 states of morphing for each of the band:
1.25x to 4x ratio for all three bands, 50 to 20 msec attack
low band: -11db to -13db threshold; 2000 to 100 msec decay
middle band: -12 to -18db threshold, 1400 to 140 msec decay
high band: -12 to -20db threshold, 1400 to 100 msec decay.