Manley ELOP - Drummachines/Synths

kuroichi · Post by **kuroichi** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 11:28 am

Ive been interested in a compressor for a while to use with my equipment, I was thinking about something like an ELOP, or a simple LA 2A style piece.

Im wondering if anyone has any experience using the ELOP or a similar thing, with drum machines.

Or am I better going for something with EQ.

piRoN · Post by **piRoN** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 7:24 am

Any particular reason you're looking at electro-optical comps? I would've thought they'd be a bit too sluggish for drum machine stuff. The Manley ELOP has a 2.5 sec decay at 6db reduction, for instance.

Maybe something faster would be more appropriate, something in the 1176 vein maybe?

kuroichi · Post by **kuroichi** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 10:56 am

I originally thought that myself. Particularly when used on drums, and thought I might be better off with a vari mu or a 1176.

I wanted to get a simple compressor for my sub mixes, individual tracks etc, and thought the ELOP was a good price. It will see all round usage in different areas, but a lot of the stuff I do personally is based around the percussion. I doubt it will see heavy usage, and at certain points will be used for experimenting.

I was just wondering if anyone had any first hand experience with one.

Post by **tallowwaters** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 12:37 pm

KMFDM run most all their drums through Manley compressors, if that helps.

kuroichi · Post by **kuroichi** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 1:02 pm

tallowwaters wrote:KMFDM run most all their drums through Manley compressors, if that helps.

Thanks for the info, I'll have to look into that.

Post by **tallowwaters** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 9:11 pm

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