even though the quality of the video itself isn't great, the information that you shared was. Thank you so much for this video. I used this video to help me out with my 266xs
I just got the 1046 Quad compressor and im loving it so far. Put some stereo drums and piano thru it just making 2-3db of compression...oh boy! That thing bring both to life. Being a bedroom producer and using compressors plugins most of the time I can really tell you theres nothing like analog compression. It sounds so smooth if you want...or so aggressive if thats what you looking for...but the way it does it its amazing . Im loving this little box and looking forward to get the 166xl comp/limiter. Just to have more control over attack and release. Great video and great explanation of the this units. Thanks for this . 👍🏽
This is really helpful. I thought my dbx 160a was malfunctioning because the GR wasn't kicking in right away but it seems to work correctly after it warms up for a few minutes.
You understand compression and the dbx 266xl very well, I wonder why alot of people don't like this unit? Btw, I own one, and thinking of getting another. Thanks
Very informative 👍 bought for my guitar system to try and increase pick harmonics. Will the gate interfere with my decimator pro rack? Finally removed all the preamps hum and kept the amps sound. Thanks for the information on this rack!
hi there. i have the same 266xl unit. what settings and set up do you use for the pre amp hums? i have a 1993 5150 amp and i can’t get the hums to go away. could you please help me out?
I currently have a dbx 20/10, 4bx, 224x,120x and now looking at a 266xl. How did you hook up this unit to your home stereo system. Love your video, thanks for sharing it….
Wow thanks! Very informative information!, I'm no audiophile! But I think I understood what you were explaining! How dbx 266xl works! Just bought one at the Goodwill. I call it the thunder dome! Now they no longer sort items out, just throw them into bins on wheels and let you go at it! But picked a total of 38 lbs of items you pay by the pound and the dbx comp/gate was one of the items! Needs a couple of replacement knobs but otherwise seems to in working order? Now I have some basic knowledge? I need to figure out how hook it up into my system! Thanks I'm going to a subscriber Thanks Byrne
Thank you, great explanation, I'm a bass player, where do you recommend to connect this in my chain? I'm thinking to connect it to the Send/Return connectors from the amplifier. What do you think is best?
Ohh geez 😳! I recently purchased this beautiful machinery for $50 ! ! Good deal, and yes, it turns on lol. Question tho. Is it compatible with a Focusrite Scarlett Solo? And if so, what would be the order of the plug ? Thank you in advance, if I get answer 🙏🏾
I have a question. If you put both channels together with the first channel controlling number two. So one doesn’t sound louder. And I have something that has effects on different speakers left and right? Am I still going to get the left and right affects separate? With stereo? Or is it going to become mono? Let me know as soon as possible because I’m blind and I trying to find the answer. Thank you so much.
@@EzeeLinux Thank you, Joe! One last question: would this be good for home recording? I have all the plugins but am a bit disappointed with plugin compression. Was thinking of running vocals, acoustics guitars and bass (with a Sansamp) through this then to the interface. So, the tracks would be printed with the dbx compressor on them and then I would use plugins from there. Is that a good idea?
hey i got an crestron audio expander and some professional amps i know theyre high valued in price but we got no way of testing them any idea on how to test if they work we got like 7 of em but if we cnt test em theyre goimg in the trash
You do audio stuff and linux? Sounds like you might be the right person to go through and explain all the LADSPA fx that come with LMMS. I figured out the ones that seem obvious enough (I even found a way to make talking soung like a robot), but over half are hard to figure out and there's practically no documentation on any of them. They must have some uses if they were worth including, but I suspect many people like myself have no idea where to begin.
LMMS is mostly soft synths, but knobs and functions are based on hardware like the one you're showing here. Certainly there has to be some way to compare and analyze how they function based on that. Even if you don't play with synths the sample track still pushes through .WAV or .OGG audio that can be channeled to the FX mixer. If LMMS isn't quite your thing, perhaps show how some things work under Audacity which also has LADSPA support. In terms of Audacity it seems most TH-cam shows one or two ways of normalization and doesn't go into depth past that. Yet there's still over a dozen compressors that aren't explained. And it seems like it'd be interesting to compare software audio processing to analog hardware just to see how well it compares. (At least if you have the hardware comparable in function to the FX.) One of the cool things is that the LADSPA stuff is FOSS. Means that any decent laptop may be able to do some of the things that it would have taken 1000's of dollars of gear to do back in the 80's and 90's. How well it does it is still one of those things up to question. (And it's digital trying to reproduce stuff that was originally analog.) LADSPA documentation is still pretty thin other than people like myself randomly playing around. I still think there needs to be more videos by people that know the general basis of what it's supposed to do.
2:37 for 1000 words dude I just want to know how to use it not build one from scratch but you don’t need to know how every component of a car works to drive one
Hey Joe. Would you happen to know what the difference is between the 266xl and 266xs? Also, if you're interested, here's what the inside of one of these looks like: th-cam.com/video/6ywhdEj6AE4/w-d-xo.html#t=81.39536 This guy replaces one of the push/push toggle switches. I think you called one the Overeasy and another the Bypass.
very interesting... anyways, you should have used some real music ... those "tones" are boring and don't really help to grab the ideas... a compressor makes everything clearer, warmer, and apparently louder, with no real gain in volume... thanks for the clear concepts...
@@EzeeLinux why gate? you're confusing me 😂 compressor diminishes the high volume signal (higher than a threshold) while gate diminishis the low volume signal (lower than a threshold)
even though the quality of the video itself isn't great, the information that you shared was. Thank you so much for this video. I used this video to help me out with my 266xs
Just got a dbx 266xs and this video was immensely informative. Thank you!
very good Joe. Keep up the good work. More from you please!!!
I just got the 1046 Quad compressor and im loving it so far. Put some stereo drums and piano thru it just making 2-3db of compression...oh boy! That thing bring both to life. Being a bedroom producer and using compressors plugins most of the time I can really tell you theres nothing like analog compression. It sounds so smooth if you want...or so aggressive if thats what you looking for...but the way it does it its amazing . Im loving this little box and looking forward to get the 166xl comp/limiter. Just to have more control over attack and release. Great video and great explanation of the this units. Thanks for this . 👍🏽
Someone is selling one of these in my town for $50. Should I buy it?
This is really helpful. I thought my dbx 160a was malfunctioning because the GR wasn't kicking in right away but it seems to work correctly after it warms up for a few minutes.
Thanks for the great summary, very useful and a lot to follow up on.
You understand compression and the dbx 266xl very well, I wonder why alot of people don't like this unit?
Btw, I own one, and thinking of getting another. Thanks
$$$ sweety
What is this and how do I use it with guitar? One at local pawn shop for $60; could haggle.
How would you bypass the gate function and only use the rack as a compressor, just turn the knobs all the way up?
Pretty much... You just basically turn it off. :)
To bypass the expander/gate sections, knobs turned all the way to the LEFT, not up.
This was very good, thank you Joe : )
Wow you've explained this so well. Thank you
Would I be able to control sub bass with this unit? To make it have a tighter attach and more controlled? Tony . UK
Probably. You might have to play with the attack and release a lot to avoid distortion. :)
Very informative 👍 bought for my guitar system to try and increase pick harmonics. Will the gate interfere with my decimator pro rack? Finally removed all the preamps hum and kept the amps sound. Thanks for the information on this rack!
hi there. i have the same 266xl unit. what settings and set up do you use for the pre amp hums? i have a 1993 5150 amp and i can’t get the hums to go away. could you please help me out?
@@guitarforall I use the decimator pro rack g, not a peep out of my amp. Worth the bucks. I was wondering if I can eliminate the gate on the 266xl.
Thanks for this. What's the difference between the 266 and 286?
Thank you, this the best video on this product
I currently have a dbx 20/10, 4bx, 224x,120x and now looking at a 266xl. How did you hook up this unit to your home stereo system.
Love your video, thanks for sharing it….
Just get some 1/4 inch TS phone plug to RCA connectors. You should be able to drive it with anything home audio. :)
Wow thanks! Very informative information!, I'm no audiophile! But I think I understood what you were explaining! How dbx 266xl works! Just bought one at the Goodwill. I call it the thunder dome! Now they no longer sort items out, just throw them into bins on wheels and let you go at it! But picked a total of 38 lbs of items you pay by the pound and the dbx comp/gate was one of the items! Needs a couple of replacement knobs but otherwise seems to in working order? Now I have some basic knowledge? I need to figure out how hook it up into my system! Thanks I'm going to a subscriber Thanks Byrne
Using it for voice, guitar or bass?
Thank you, great explanation, I'm a bass player, where do you recommend to connect this in my chain? I'm thinking to connect it to the Send/Return connectors from the amplifier. What do you think is best?
Yeah, that would work fine. That's exactly where it should go. :)
Nicely done cheers, looking to pick one up to feed a couple of drum machines through.
Ohh geez 😳!
I recently purchased this beautiful machinery for $50 ! ! Good deal, and yes, it turns on lol. Question tho. Is it compatible with a Focusrite Scarlett Solo? And if so, what would be the order of the plug ? Thank you in advance, if I get answer 🙏🏾
Thank you for doing this video.
can i hook up this equipment in between the fm radio mixer and transmitter to act as an audio processor?
If you're talking about one of those little FM transmitters then yes but for the real deal no... :)
@@EzeeLinux ok....thanks
Where can I order the rubber what company
Perfect Tutorial! ThanksJoe.
I have one of those, hooked up to an Adat XT. Haven't used it in years.
why not
I have a question. If you put both channels together with the first channel controlling number two. So one doesn’t sound louder. And I have something that has effects on different speakers left and right? Am I still going to get the left and right affects separate? With stereo? Or is it going to become mono? Let me know as soon as possible because I’m blind and I trying to find the answer. Thank you so much.
IN the words of Lyle "I don't understand a word you just said!" I aint no scientist!!!!!!!
is it possible to insert two instruments (i.e. a mic and a guitar) in the same channel and then have one output?
Mixer. out put. Feed it whatever you like. :)
@@EzeeLinux ok talking about the button in the back ( 10/4 dB) what do I have to select with mixer or if I go straight to amp (guitar/bass/other)?
@@san5a89 It depends on the operating level of what you plug in... -10 or +4 dBu. Just pick the one that works best for you. :)
@@EzeeLinux ok so it won't mess anything up! thanks a lot!
Can I hook up mics to it and use it as preamp?with compression?
What's yhe difference in this model snd 266s or xs
best compressor on the market for the money, if you cant swing one of these get a 3630. side chain gating is good, but save this one for compression
Can each channel run in stereo ?
Thanks for the video bro
I LOVE AUDIO!!!!
I was geeked out about this, oh, man.... I'm a amature DJ as well.
Well, you should watch all of my older radio and audio related vids on this channel then. :)
+Joe Collins (EzeeLinux) I did and still do.
I wonder is there a similar version implemented using DSP processor+RAM and controlling software in ROM?
Oh, there are a ton of DSP processors out there. I don't know if there is one that emulates this box, though. :)
Joe Collins -how do you hook a mic to this?
Someone is selling one of these in my town for $50. Should I buy it?
If you want it... That's an OK price for a used one in good shape. :)
@@EzeeLinux shit, just ok? lol. I thought he was giving it away. Guess not.
@@hummarstraful They sold for just over $100 new... :)
@@EzeeLinux Thank you, Joe! One last question: would this be good for home recording? I have all the plugins but am a bit disappointed with plugin compression. Was thinking of running vocals, acoustics guitars and bass (with a Sansamp) through this then to the interface. So, the tracks would be printed with the dbx compressor on them and then I would use plugins from there. Is that a good idea?
@@hummarstraful It would do nicely for that. You can get all kinds of neat sounds out of this box if you take the time to play around with it. :)
great explanation video!
thanks a lot
hey i got an crestron audio expander and some professional amps i know theyre high valued in price but we got no way of testing them any idea on how to test if they work we got like 7 of em but if we cnt test em theyre goimg in the trash
Get the manuals on-ine and plug them in. If you can't do that, put them on eBay. :)
You do audio stuff and linux? Sounds like you might be the right person to go through and explain all the LADSPA fx that come with LMMS. I figured out the ones that seem obvious enough (I even found a way to make talking soung like a robot), but over half are hard to figure out and there's practically no documentation on any of them. They must have some uses if they were worth including, but I suspect many people like myself have no idea where to begin.
Not up my street ata ll... I do analog audio turntable,s tape decks and so forth and I'm not familiar with what you're talking about at all. :)
LMMS is mostly soft synths, but knobs and functions are based on hardware like the one you're showing here. Certainly there has to be some way to compare and analyze how they function based on that. Even if you don't play with synths the sample track still pushes through .WAV or .OGG audio that can be channeled to the FX mixer.
If LMMS isn't quite your thing, perhaps show how some things work under Audacity which also has LADSPA support.
In terms of Audacity it seems most TH-cam shows one or two ways of normalization and doesn't go into depth past that. Yet there's still over a dozen compressors that aren't explained.
And it seems like it'd be interesting to compare software audio processing to analog hardware just to see how well it compares. (At least if you have the hardware comparable in function to the FX.)
One of the cool things is that the LADSPA stuff is FOSS. Means that any decent laptop may be able to do some of the things that it would have taken 1000's of dollars of gear to do back in the 80's and 90's. How well it does it is still one of those things up to question. (And it's digital trying to reproduce stuff that was originally analog.) LADSPA documentation is still pretty thin other than people like myself randomly playing around. I still think there needs to be more videos by people that know the general basis of what it's supposed to do.
thanks great help...
thanx pal..
Casey Kasem and... The CURE???!?
2:37 for 1000 words dude I just want to know how to use it not build one from scratch but you don’t need to know how every component of a car works to drive one
It's not my fault that you have the attention span of a lobotomized gnat... Some people enjoy learning things.
no phantom power >>???????
No mic level inputs... :)
literally almost all this equipment u got here
Bjr je souhaite la traduction en français merci
Hey Joe. Would you happen to know what the difference is between the 266xl and 266xs? Also, if you're interested, here's what the inside of one of these looks like: th-cam.com/video/6ywhdEj6AE4/w-d-xo.html#t=81.39536 This guy replaces one of the push/push toggle switches. I think you called one the Overeasy and another the Bypass.
No id don't know the difference. Thanks for sharing the vid. :)
very interesting... anyways, you should have used some real music ... those "tones" are boring and don't really help to grab the ideas... a compressor makes everything clearer, warmer, and apparently louder, with no real gain in volume... thanks for the clear concepts...
You said "VCA" ABOUT 500 TIMES!! AND NEVER EXPLAINED IT!!!
Voltage Controlled Amplifier...
@@EzeeLinux thank you!!!!! Maybe in old school... We called it "source" or "signal"
Compressor can remove feedback?
No, but a gate can if it's set right. :)
@@EzeeLinux why gate? you're confusing me 😂
compressor diminishes the high volume signal (higher than a threshold) while gate diminishis the low volume signal (lower than a threshold)
@@san5a89 Think about it... You want to control noise rush up and you use the gate to do that. :)
@@EzeeLinux I thought Gate was the opposite of the compressor 🤔