I've got compressor plugins coming out of my ears, but I still bought the BB N54. I really like it's sound and what I can get out of it. Between this, the Unfairchild & Kazrog MHB Green it's been an interesting few months for compressor plugins with some character.
I've been using the Lindell 254e and their 80 chan for a while now and really like it. To my ears the lindell adds some weight to the drums but I might prefer the kit on acoustic guitar. UAD seems to have a more silky top end which worked well on the vocal.
The differences are marginal, and with some tweaking of the parameters, the difference will become negligible. The Lindell Audio 254E is now on sale for €20! Seems like a no-brainer to go for the cheapest option with such small differences.
Apart from the Portico, I clearly prefer the UAD version. It seems the only one preserving high mids and transients in a convincing way throughout the examples.
I find the Kit sounds quite nice. Probably the closest thing to my pair of 2254s. However, the Lindell does as well, and naturally UAD. The gainstaging in the kit is annoying though, as the internal calibration for threshold is VERY low, often requiring -10db or more reduction on input to have some headroom
Ah great, you can actually compare them to the real deal, excellent! Thanks for providing that feedback. I did notice yet that I had to dial back the input to get a similar amount of compression as on the other plugins, but maybe I'll experience that when I use it some more.
I’m curious how the 2254 compressor (codenamed 8254 for legal reasons) included in the Gold 5 plugin from Acustica Audio compares to these. Gold 5 is like an enigma - Highly regarded by those that have experience with it, but it’s nearly impossible to find any videos or discourse about it on TH-cam.
@@jimbarrett5462 what holds me back from trying Acustica plugins is the apparently required processing power and required disk space. But maybe that’s a thing of the past?
@LanewoodStudios They are a lot better these days, but I still occasionally have issues on Intel (particularly Magicflow). On Apple Silicon, they tend to behave themselves.
I have gold 5, use it for the eq and pre emulations. I find acustica's compressors hard to get energy out of them, no matter how many parameters I tweak they always sound softer and flabber than other algorithmic. And add also the cpu usage and hd space.
The Portico destroyed the others but can someone tell me what company makes that plugin? I Googled it and nothing is coming up. That plugin is the most amazing plugin I’ve heard by far.
I refuse to buy Lindell plugins anymore. Tobias Lindell is a huge jackass, you should see his Gearspace comments. I brought up bugs in MU-66 and issues with Logic (unrelated to his plugin) and he went absolutely bezerk on me, and the rest of the users in the thread were shocked. I had heard about his trolling and aggression before, but I was surprised to see it displayed, and toward me, as badly as it was. It was the most unprofessional response I could imagine, not even a single suggestion to contact support to report bugs, just full on anger, and bugs that have been reported in Lindell 50 were never fixed.
So which Neve 2254 compressor did you prefer over here? And maybe for what purpose/on which instrument?
Great content as always, LS! 👍
Thanks!
I've got compressor plugins coming out of my ears, but I still bought the BB N54. I really like it's sound and what I can get out of it. Between this, the Unfairchild & Kazrog MHB Green it's been an interesting few months for compressor plugins with some character.
Haven’t checked the Kazrog one yet. Is it good?
TDR molot ge is still my favourite character comp
Never heard of that one.
@@LanewoodStudios the Kazrog 747 is phenomenal. Not tried the Mhb Green yet
of the plug-ins, I like the Lindell way more than the other two
Thanks for putting in your vote!
I've been using the Lindell 254e and their 80 chan for a while now and really like it. To my ears the lindell adds some weight to the drums but I might prefer the kit on acoustic guitar. UAD seems to have a more silky top end which worked well on the vocal.
Thanks for listening!
The differences are marginal, and with some tweaking of the parameters, the difference will become negligible.
The Lindell Audio 254E is now on sale for €20!
Seems like a no-brainer to go for the cheapest option with such small differences.
Thanks for listening!
Apart from the Portico, I clearly prefer the UAD version. It seems the only one preserving high mids and transients in a convincing way throughout the examples.
Thanks for listening!
I find the Kit sounds quite nice. Probably the closest thing to my pair of 2254s. However, the Lindell does as well, and naturally UAD. The gainstaging in the kit is annoying though, as the internal calibration for threshold is VERY low, often requiring -10db or more reduction on input to have some headroom
Ah great, you can actually compare them to the real deal, excellent! Thanks for providing that feedback. I did notice yet that I had to dial back the input to get a similar amount of compression as on the other plugins, but maybe I'll experience that when I use it some more.
I’m curious how the 2254 compressor (codenamed 8254 for legal reasons) included in the Gold 5 plugin from Acustica Audio compares to these. Gold 5 is like an enigma - Highly regarded by those that have experience with it, but it’s nearly impossible to find any videos or discourse about it on TH-cam.
@@jimbarrett5462 what holds me back from trying Acustica plugins is the apparently required processing power and required disk space. But maybe that’s a thing of the past?
@LanewoodStudios
They are a lot better these days, but I still occasionally have issues on Intel (particularly Magicflow). On Apple Silicon, they tend to behave themselves.
I have gold 5, use it for the eq and pre emulations. I find acustica's compressors hard to get energy out of them, no matter how many parameters I tweak they always sound softer and flabber than other algorithmic. And add also the cpu usage and hd space.
@@eprotz bro well put. I think you’re absolutely right. The Preamps are tremendous though
The Portico destroyed the others but can someone tell me what company makes that plugin? I Googled it and nothing is coming up. That plugin is the most amazing plugin I’ve heard by far.
It's hardware like I mentioned :), but there used to be a plugin from Steinberg/Yamaha. Even made a video about it. Unfortunately it's EOL.
Portico killed it on drums
@@overbe it’s a very nice compressor.
I refuse to buy Lindell plugins anymore. Tobias Lindell is a huge jackass, you should see his Gearspace comments. I brought up bugs in MU-66 and issues with Logic (unrelated to his plugin) and he went absolutely bezerk on me, and the rest of the users in the thread were shocked. I had heard about his trolling and aggression before, but I was surprised to see it displayed, and toward me, as badly as it was. It was the most unprofessional response I could imagine, not even a single suggestion to contact support to report bugs, just full on anger, and bugs that have been reported in Lindell 50 were never fixed.