I built a bunch of the Colour modules and the OLA5 opto compressor and they're all amazing and super fun to build!!! I'm a programmer and haven't done much soldering but everything was super easy to build and figure out. It saves you money and they sound amazing - everyone wins.
Heya Wytse :) Needed to say, the fact that you decided to build this yourself really shows your love AND your understanding of analogue gear. SO many people thrive to own it with no understanding of why analogue has "that sound" compared to digital. I freaking ADORE them both and love to understand under the hood, once I learned that each has its place, each has its uses, neither is generally "better" and once you know how it works it allows you to tune things quickly and precisely. Without that knowledge you're going to spend a LOT of wasted time tweaking knobs that you don't understand what they're doing until you find a random combo that works, with that knowledge you can get the sound you want within minutes or even seconds. Cheers for all the great vids. As usual, when I post you're more than welcome to call me a lemon my friend :) Much love to you, friends and family.
This is such a good company doing this. I really want to experience building my own things to get confidence to modify things later on. I really love the studio of Joseph Puig... nearly everything is modified to be his own thing. Another good thing is to learn things like this for when you need to fix things. Then, the amount you save doing yourself makes it very very worth it. saving 6/700 punds
Glad you‘re giving the SSL Bus style VCA compression another chance after that GSSL you built ;) As someone dealing with „snake oil“ in the plug-in world a lot but also use a lot of hardware I would love to see more content on „snake oil“ in the hardware world - so many products out there pretending to be Neve or SSL or Pultec or whatever big name designs but they lack the components, shrink the signal path in order to cut costs and in the end what are you even getting? Thanks and all the best, Tobi
I was impressed with it, even more when I saw the price. Keep it. You've proven your integrity. If you're questioning it, I'll gladly hang on to it for you!
feels honest enough to me, especially since you're using it. if you really didn't want it you could do a giveaway or something but i feel like installing it and using it in your studio speaks volumes as a review.
Keep it, use it!!! It sounded great through my phone speakers, that's the test right there... If you can hear it on a stream through phone speakers, IT'S GOOD!
Just curious… Nowadays with all the new digital technologies, including AI, how much of a benefit, sound wise, in the end results, do you get from analog gear VS top notch plugins ? 2023 is ending and have we reached a point in time where analog, except for our personal preferences, has been surpassed in terms of practicability, value and sound results ?
Even when we get to the point of plugins and hardware being 1:1 Hardware will always just be more fun. Your mixes will sound better just cause the process is more enjoyable. Really what it comes down to in my opinion.
@@soundcasts2udios I get you. But … I am 62 yo and been a sound engineer for almost 40 years. I had a large recording studio in Montreal. API Legacy Plus 48, and 5 full racks of Neve, TubeTech, Lexicon, AMS, ShadowHill, La2A, 1176, etc… Name it we have it. It was only fun in only one circumstance : You had time and no anxious dude buzzing around. You needed the white pen to mark the setup, take pictures for recalls, take precise notes of all the patch cords routing, and lock the mixing room to make sure the junior won’t come at night messing around … And then the client/producer calls you 2 months later and wants some « minor » adjustments in every song…. I know I sound a bit harsh but as a professional mixer that was the reality of working in an all gear setup. Now if you do your own projects, don’t care if a tube goes bad, or any other component, and don’t have to make a hard decision about « who’s gonna get the real good stuff », yeah… it’s fun… But for guys like me, all the more recent high quality great sounding plugins are a blast. Take the most expensive one’s out there. Buy 20 of them. Still half the price of a single « real » any hardware gear named Neve, SSL, TubeTech, and so on. In my very personal opinion, it doesn’t even make sense to buy hardware compressors, limiters, Eq, Reverb, Gate… One top quality hardware tube stereo mastering machine ? Yep. That could make sense if you really wish to own gear. Tonight, I will do touchups on 2 different projects in the comfort of my home. Just hope my PC won’t crash on me… 😅😉
@@soundcasts2udios We will never come to that. It's like saying someone hiting you on a head with a hammer is the same as watching a video of it. Hardware is just different, not always better.
Great that you made that - hang on to it! What I'm wondering about are your small 'mix cube' type monitors - I still have your old type Avantone ones which I listening on now!
Noticed that a few respondents don't feel that they can build this compressor. Peterson Goodwin and his crew at DIYRE provide a wealth of information and guidance in the Resources section on all their product pages: build guides, interactive maps, parts sorted into bags that follow the build manual and calibration guides (printed and UA-cam vids). Wish I could afford to a G-Bus while it's on sale as Xmas present to myself. Also looking forward to DIYRE's take on a 1073 pre sans EQ in 2024.
I have been down the rabbit hole of choosing a G bus for my studio. Unfortunately, I bought the 500 version, which I don't like at all so far, but this video really makes me hopeful to have finally found what I was looking for. My problem with the 500 Series is that it has way too much "grit" to the sound, a kind of harshness I associate with bad signal paths. Not the 3D feeling I expected. Maybe I am too used to the digital SSL bus compressor sound, which is much cleaner, and maybe the 500 Series is better when you actually mix into it, but I have to say I found it unbearable. Also, this gain issue is a real problem because I use the compressor as an insert. Meaning I need quite a bit of headroom when leaving the interface so I can actually mix into the compressor. Then the compressor steals another few dB from the signal by pushing it down, and then I can't even use the makeup gain because it sounds grainy, leaving me with a very much reduced dynamic range. This compressor, on the other hand, seems to be way better in every aspect. Very musical, it has that special spaciousness and human-like quality that really makes it "sound like a record!" The fact that it seems less "dirty" and more "hi-fi" might be just right for modern-day productions. And it even has the switchable transformer for when grit is actually needed. And if that all is not enough, it also borrowed the loudness S-curve thing from the API in the sidechain, which sounds fantastic to my ear too. Long story short, the 500 Series is on its way back and I ordered the DIYRE, can't wait to try it!
hey, thanks for your videos. i really enjoy them, very interesting and a lot of stuff in. wanted to ask you, please, if you have ssl g bus, maybe you can do a small comparison video, because i really want to buy some budget mastering compressor. thinking about WESAUDIO DIONE,ssl g bus, audioscape g bus and this one. so wanna hear how different this compressor sounds. ❤️
Are you mentioning the GSSL Turbo Mod? - that effectively sorts out the issue of the bass/centre dictating the 'sides' of the compression? I've both variants here and the one with just the filter sidechain is more of a workaround whereas the one with the Turbo mod acts more like a true G series compressor. My mate Keith from Expat Audio channel explains it well in a video from 15 years ago.
I admire you for your ability to build your own gear. There’s no way I could do that though. I woulda had to buy the pre-made version bcuz if I had to build it myself I might as take the money and burn it in a furnace lol
Don't even think about scrapping that compressor because some people are jealous that no one gives them gear. You work hard at this channel. You should get something for your time.
My WA GComp and my Tim P LBus Comp with Nebula...sound pretty much identical I recently got 2 New Nebula VCA compressors the API 525 -FET AND THE API 2500 50th year celebration (yellow) with Nebula The both sound great....I can say the API 525 FET blows everything else away on drums to my ears
you could make a giveaway for the compressor, maybe a mixing challenge and the winner gets the compressor? ButI think we‘d all be fine if you keep it, you deserved it!
Hello hello, thank you for all the nice videos you do. Is there a way you are aware of to get/store you Thomann affiliate link into the Thomann app? Greetigns from Germany. Frank
Hi, thank you for your videos! Now about the stuff. It sounds very good. Not something impressible... But it is great bus-compressor. It's best for drum busses, but for mastering I prefer API 2550 compressor... PLEASE! Don't destroy this compressor by hammer! Its just my point of view)))
Would you suggest any tools other than a soldering iron for this project? I have like a solder sucker etc, everything needed for soldering, but I see you have like a bunch of wire cutters etc, are they needed or do you have them just in case? I've got one on the way (thanks for making me spend money btw
@@Whiteseastudio Ah ok thanks! I'm pretty sure I've got some wire clippers for component legs somewhere, pliers I have tons, but sadly the multi meter I built for my electrical and mechanical eng. degree never worked (inspires confidence huh?) xD. I did buy one, but I'm not sure in which ranges it works and if it covers all 3: volts amps and resistance... as it was not bought for micro electronics originally. I'll have to check.
back in the 1970s i worked at studio with consoles that had VCA faders. and at one point we did a shootout comparing the sound of different VCAsin the faders, so no differences in the surrounding components and certainly no compression ratio or other types of differences to complicate the comparisons JUST the difference in sound between DBX, Aphex and Allison Research VCAs. And they sounded very different from each other, especially in the way they handled fast transients. So I wouldn't discount the difference in VCA sounds, no matter what manufacturers want you to believe.
For me it's just over +33%, but it's still a bargain for what you're actually getting. Buying it built is nearly double without shipping and tax (and TBH even that is cheap compared to other similar quality compressors if you ignore the tax).
I really like how it sounds, it manages to make a drastic gain reduction without sounding too squashy or unpleasant. But I vote for the video of you smashing it. It's about time for How to Basic's monopoly over UA-cam to fall.
It won’t do the glue-thing as good if you don’t glue all the parts together with hi end glue, to avoid small air bubbles getting trapped in the connections, which makes the sound more loose.. Dissapointed :(
Unless you were not being honest, no one can question your integrity. If you decide, you can’t keep it, have a draw, don’t destroy it, that would be pointless!
if u like the thing and use it, why destroy it just for clicks? Either keep it or give it away and buy one...but if ur being honest and like it, and use it...who cares what other people say
Your honesty and transparency earned you a glue comp 😊
Keep it! Definitely don't put a hammer through it. That would make me sad.
I built a bunch of the Colour modules and the OLA5 opto compressor and they're all amazing and super fun to build!!! I'm a programmer and haven't done much soldering but everything was super easy to build and figure out. It saves you money and they sound amazing - everyone wins.
would love to see you do a longer video with some of the colour modules and how each of them sounds and how you might use them
Keep it! Sounds great.
An awesome compressor, utilising the analogue summing with dry and wet and then put through the transformers. Golden
One of my favorite audio companies. I've bought, built and tested a TON of their gear. Always near the top of my recommendations along with CAPI.
Heya Wytse :)
Needed to say, the fact that you decided to build this yourself really shows your love AND your understanding of analogue gear. SO many people thrive to own it with no understanding of why analogue has "that sound" compared to digital. I freaking ADORE them both and love to understand under the hood, once I learned that each has its place, each has its uses, neither is generally "better" and once you know how it works it allows you to tune things quickly and precisely. Without that knowledge you're going to spend a LOT of wasted time tweaking knobs that you don't understand what they're doing until you find a random combo that works, with that knowledge you can get the sound you want within minutes or even seconds.
Cheers for all the great vids. As usual, when I post you're more than welcome to call me a lemon my friend :) Much love to you, friends and family.
Keep it. Sounds great! I am intrigued by their colour modules 🤩
Sounds great! Of course, you should keep it!! ( I think this would be my first HW gear I would buy )
This is such a good company doing this.
I really want to experience building my own things to get confidence to modify things later on.
I really love the studio of Joseph Puig... nearly everything is modified to be his own thing.
Another good thing is to learn things like this for when you need to fix things.
Then, the amount you save doing yourself makes it very very worth it.
saving 6/700 punds
You built it, you keep it! 🤓👍🏻
Thanks for sharing
God that bass at 5:00 is incredible
The compressor sounds great. You should try some of their colour modules.
Yes
i picked up the colour duo, with some modules. sounds great.
Glad you‘re giving the SSL Bus style VCA compression another chance after that GSSL you built ;) As someone dealing with „snake oil“ in the plug-in world a lot but also use a lot of hardware I would love to see more content on „snake oil“ in the hardware world - so many products out there pretending to be Neve or SSL or Pultec or whatever big name designs but they lack the components, shrink the signal path in order to cut costs and in the end what are you even getting? Thanks and all the best, Tobi
Im getting more and more jealous with you nail polish, the green looks soo good with the analog gear
I was impressed with it, even more when I saw the price. Keep it. You've proven your integrity. If you're questioning it, I'll gladly hang on to it for you!
feels honest enough to me, especially since you're using it. if you really didn't want it you could do a giveaway or something but i feel like installing it and using it in your studio speaks volumes as a review.
Man, you gotta try the colour modules....AMAZING
The track for those that want to know is Sand Storm by Darude
Petersons manuals are also from another world...
I build GOLY and a lot of DIYRE and they are really worlds apart in the DIY way.
You've built it yourself. I think this is why one is biased and loves it. And it's a good thing. And you can tell a story to your clients.
The sound is great ...
Keep it, use it!!! It sounded great through my phone speakers, that's the test right there... If you can hear it on a stream through phone speakers, IT'S GOOD!
Keep it man , It was a solid review and put it on my radar.
Built the same unit a few months back. That thing is 🔥
Just curious… Nowadays with all the new digital technologies, including AI, how much of a benefit, sound wise, in the end results, do you get from analog gear VS top notch plugins ? 2023 is ending and have we reached a point in time where analog, except for our personal preferences, has been surpassed in terms of practicability, value and sound results ?
Even when we get to the point of plugins and hardware being 1:1 Hardware will always just be more fun. Your mixes will sound better just cause the process is more enjoyable. Really what it comes down to in my opinion.
@@soundcasts2udios I get you. But … I am 62 yo and been a sound engineer for almost 40 years. I had a large recording studio in Montreal.
API Legacy Plus 48, and 5 full racks of Neve, TubeTech, Lexicon, AMS, ShadowHill, La2A, 1176, etc… Name it we have it.
It was only fun in only one circumstance : You had time and no anxious dude buzzing around. You needed the white pen to mark the setup, take pictures for recalls, take precise notes of all the patch cords routing, and lock the mixing room to make sure the junior won’t come at night messing around … And then the client/producer calls you 2 months later and wants some « minor » adjustments in every song….
I know I sound a bit harsh but as a professional mixer that was the reality of working in an all gear setup. Now if you do your own projects, don’t care if a tube goes bad, or any other component, and don’t have to make a hard decision about « who’s gonna get the real good stuff », yeah… it’s fun…
But for guys like me, all the more recent high quality great sounding plugins are a blast. Take the most expensive one’s out there. Buy 20 of them.
Still half the price of a single « real » any hardware gear named Neve, SSL, TubeTech, and so on. In my very personal opinion, it doesn’t even make sense to buy hardware compressors, limiters, Eq, Reverb, Gate… One top quality hardware tube stereo mastering machine ? Yep. That could make sense if you really wish to own gear. Tonight, I will do touchups on 2 different projects in the comfort of my home. Just hope my PC won’t crash on me… 😅😉
@@soundcasts2udios We will never come to that. It's like saying someone hiting you on a head with a hammer is the same as watching a video of it. Hardware is just different, not always better.
Missed that one. Thanks!
Honestly, for me, this one sounds better than the first one you built....
Great that you made that - hang on to it! What I'm wondering about are your small 'mix cube' type monitors - I still have your old type Avantone ones which I listening on now!
They look like Dmax super cubes to me. Bit too blurry to know for sure though.
I have a pair, they are beauties!
Noticed that a few respondents don't feel that they can build this compressor. Peterson Goodwin and his crew at DIYRE provide a wealth of information and guidance in the Resources section on all their product pages: build guides, interactive maps, parts sorted into bags that follow the build manual and calibration guides (printed and UA-cam vids). Wish I could afford to a G-Bus while it's on sale as Xmas present to myself. Also looking forward to DIYRE's take on a 1073 pre sans EQ in 2024.
I have been down the rabbit hole of choosing a G bus for my studio. Unfortunately, I bought the 500 version, which I don't like at all so far, but this video really makes me hopeful to have finally found what I was looking for. My problem with the 500 Series is that it has way too much "grit" to the sound, a kind of harshness I associate with bad signal paths. Not the 3D feeling I expected. Maybe I am too used to the digital SSL bus compressor sound, which is much cleaner, and maybe the 500 Series is better when you actually mix into it, but I have to say I found it unbearable. Also, this gain issue is a real problem because I use the compressor as an insert. Meaning I need quite a bit of headroom when leaving the interface so I can actually mix into the compressor. Then the compressor steals another few dB from the signal by pushing it down, and then I can't even use the makeup gain because it sounds grainy, leaving me with a very much reduced dynamic range.
This compressor, on the other hand, seems to be way better in every aspect. Very musical, it has that special spaciousness and human-like quality that really makes it "sound like a record!" The fact that it seems less "dirty" and more "hi-fi" might be just right for modern-day productions. And it even has the switchable transformer for when grit is actually needed. And if that all is not enough, it also borrowed the loudness S-curve thing from the API in the sidechain, which sounds fantastic to my ear too. Long story short, the 500 Series is on its way back and I ordered the DIYRE, can't wait to try it!
hey, thanks for your videos. i really enjoy them, very interesting and a lot of stuff in.
wanted to ask you, please, if you have ssl g bus, maybe you can do a small comparison video, because i really want to buy some budget mastering compressor. thinking about WESAUDIO DIONE,ssl g bus, audioscape g bus and this one. so wanna hear how different this compressor sounds. ❤️
Keep it! Love that it works for you 👍🏻
I'd love to do a project like this, but I'm a bit nervous i would muck it up...I've soldered thousands of xlr cables, but never a circuit board.
New to your channel thanks it helps
Hammer-Smashed Compressor
(not a bad name at all)
Greetings from Macedonia!
Are you mentioning the GSSL Turbo Mod? - that effectively sorts out the issue of the bass/centre dictating the 'sides' of the compression?
I've both variants here and the one with just the filter sidechain is more of a workaround whereas the one with the Turbo mod acts more like a true G series compressor.
My mate Keith from Expat Audio channel explains it well in a video from 15 years ago.
Keep it. You've shown enough integrity. I mean, if you don't profit from its sales then your'e good. It's sweet. Too sweet to hammer!
I love DIYRE stuff 🥰
I admire you for your ability to build your own gear. There’s no way I could do that though. I woulda had to buy the pre-made version bcuz if I had to build it myself I might as take the money and burn it in a furnace lol
Keep it. Sounds aweosme.
Nicely Done👍
Don't even think about scrapping that compressor because some people are jealous that no one gives them gear. You work hard at this channel. You should get something for your time.
Keep it! Or send it to me and I’ll store it for you.
Is the meter showing gain reduction or level. I really like to know how much gain reduction is going on.
I really like the Goly alot more - somehow it adds a bit more emphasis on low punches
My WA GComp and my Tim P LBus Comp with Nebula...sound pretty much identical
I recently got
2 New Nebula VCA compressors
the API 525 -FET AND THE API 2500 50th year celebration (yellow) with Nebula
The both sound great....I can say the
API 525 FET blows everything else away on drums to my ears
why not the WARM BUS COMP ? When will you test warm BusComp?
You built it, you keep it.
Take pride in human labour. 😊
Those DMAX SuperCubes in the background 🫣 review soon?
Really nice compressor. What is the R&B song/artist?
Now does it glue French House, House music with the nice pumping? hehe
I think you should keep it... but if you feel conflicted, I'll be glad to take it off your hands!
Are those D-max cubes?
you could make a giveaway for the compressor, maybe a mixing challenge and the winner gets the compressor?
ButI think we‘d all be fine if you keep it, you deserved it!
I want one. DIY holla!
Don't destroy it, send it to me !!! 😂😂😂
Don't you dare hammer that comp. :)
Is the warm audio one ok ?
Which glue did you use for building it ?
Just a vice to compress it all together. ;)
Hello hello, thank you for all the nice videos you do. Is there a way you are aware of to get/store you Thomann affiliate link into the Thomann app?
Greetigns from Germany.
Frank
Hi, thank you for your videos!
Now about the stuff. It sounds very good. Not something impressible... But it is great bus-compressor. It's best for drum busses, but for mastering I prefer API 2550 compressor... PLEASE! Don't destroy this compressor by hammer! Its just my point of view)))
The pre-assembled one costs nearly twice as much though, so.... :P
Can I buy it
I see super cubes, waiting for a review.
wanted to buy one a few months ago but 1/4 of the comp price for shipping and taxes..... F it....
Keep it... and fior gods sake don't trash it. I'll take it I know I could put it to good use like everyone else who follows.. 👍👍👍
Would you suggest any tools other than a soldering iron for this project? I have like a solder sucker etc, everything needed for soldering, but I see you have like a bunch of wire cutters etc, are they needed or do you have them just in case?
I've got one on the way (thanks for making me spend money btw
You will need a side cutter to cut the legs of the components, also, some pliers and a multimeter come in handy
@@Whiteseastudio Ah ok thanks! I'm pretty sure I've got some wire clippers for component legs somewhere, pliers I have tons, but sadly the multi meter I built for my electrical and mechanical eng. degree never worked (inspires confidence huh?) xD.
I did buy one, but I'm not sure in which ranges it works and if it covers all 3: volts amps and resistance... as it was not bought for micro electronics originally. I'll have to check.
Amazon: "Why have soldering iron sales spiked today?"
back in the 1970s i worked at studio with consoles that had VCA faders. and at one point we did a shootout comparing the sound of different VCAsin the faders, so no differences in the surrounding components and certainly no compression ratio or other types of differences to complicate the comparisons JUST the difference in sound between DBX, Aphex and Allison Research VCAs.
And they sounded very different from each other, especially in the way they handled fast transients.
So I wouldn't discount the difference in VCA sounds, no matter what manufacturers want you to believe.
It is awesome but shipping and taxes to my country increase prive by 50% :(
For me it's just over +33%, but it's still a bargain for what you're actually getting. Buying it built is nearly double without shipping and tax (and TBH even that is cheap compared to other similar quality compressors if you ignore the tax).
keep it
I really like how it sounds, it manages to make a drastic gain reduction without sounding too squashy or unpleasant. But I vote for the video of you smashing it. It's about time for How to Basic's monopoly over UA-cam to fall.
@9:06 such a pitty 😂
Natural color nails are cool, and even perhaps more edgy and brave in today’s world. FYI.
What is the R&B tune? Its Ace!!!
King Sis - close to heaven
Thanks!
Keep it
If you're not keeping it, send it to me, I could certianly use one. ;)
Soyjak face on a thumbnail again. ❤ Wytse.
It won’t do the glue-thing as good if you don’t glue all the parts together with hi end glue, to avoid small air bubbles getting trapped in the connections, which makes the sound more loose.. Dissapointed :(
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Unless you were not being honest, no one can question your integrity. If you decide, you can’t keep it, have a draw, don’t destroy it, that would be pointless!
Just here to say that you are really cute. Also congrats with 666 vids on channel!!! 🎉🎉🎉
Very nice but needs auto gain 😅😅
yeah... buy the kit and hotrod it...
Don't kill it for the sake of detractors. If it's useful you should use it.
I think it's not okay to keep the unit. I'll give you my adress xo you can send it to me:).
Dont destroy it :(
🙂👍
if u like the thing and use it, why destroy it just for clicks? Either keep it or give it away and buy one...but if ur being honest and like it, and use it...who cares what other people say
Yeah. Way too biased. Only way to solve that is to send it to me.
PUNCHY!
Do a give away if you really care that much about being fair and balanced-or pay for it
Are you really gonna use it?
your speakers are really unprofessional
A free tool that is crap would not get used
I broke mine and used glue