If you could only have ONE COMPRESSOR?! – 1176 vs Distressor vs Arouser



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Audioscape V-Comp https://www.audio-scape.com/products/vcompplus-compressor
Audioscape Spring Verb https://www.audio-scape.com/products/xl-305r?rq=reverb
AudioScape 260 VU https://www.audio-scape.com/products/260vu
UA 1176 https://imp.i114863.net/DVBq25
SPL BiG https://imp.i114863.net/7m66XO
Pope BAX 2020 EQ https://www.popeaudio.co.uk/copy-of-new-dirty-c
Interface https://imp.i114863.net/QBO46
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Mix Buss Comp https://imp.i114863.net/2Or50
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Interface https://imp.i114863.net/QBO46
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Fabfilter imp.i114863.net/e42J5g
Noire Piano https://imp.i114863.net/b3MJR9
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Slate Trigger https://imp.i114863.net/4eL13G
Waves Element Synth https://imp.i114863.net/jWD9Xe

Instruments / Amps
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Acoustic Guitar https://imp.i114863.net/P0qKgX
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Keyboard https://imp.i114863.net/bL32M
GTR Amp https://imp.i114863.net/WbEKJ
Iconic Guitars https://iconicguitars.com/
Lauren Audio https://www.lauren.audio/

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Favorite Tripod https://bhpho.to/3vRkvnN
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Field Recorder https://imp.i114863.net/5bereD
Mic Stand https://imp.i114863.net/XxZEoX
Pop Filter https://imp.i114863.net/e4aLPj
Patch Bay Cables https://imp.i114863.net/zWarG
Clip On Tuner https://imp.i114863.net/QBOna
Hard Drives https://imp.i114863.net/do3Nmj
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26 thoughts on “If you could only have ONE COMPRESSOR?! – 1176 vs Distressor vs Arouser”

  1. I love the 76, I only own the Waves plugin but I just love it. Not the biggest fan of it on vocals, but besides that I love the 76 on basically anything. That would be my go to comp if I could only choose one

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  2. Arousor for me.. most versatile.. and actually like the sound better too… and cheaper, and easier to set up, and and and… yup.. ITB for me. On a luxury day I'd take 2 distressors on the drum master bus..

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  3. Looking through your gear, I’m wondering if you’ve ever checked out the Steinberg UR-RT4 and UR-RT2 interfaces with Rupert Neve Designs transformers? All audio interface makers boast about their preamps, but this one also has the Neve transformers on each channel, which I have to believer is a lot more than just marketing hype from the reviews guys have left. I need a good 4-channel interface: 2-channels for keyboards, 1 for guitars, and 1 for vocals. And that leaves the door open for duets with others. I’m tired of mono keyboard sound when I know I’ve got some good rotating speaker stereo organ sounds.

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  4. Colt I really appreciate this one. My very first compressor was the distressor. It was great 80 percent of the time I bought the Arousor because I didn’t like most of the distressor emulations out there and Arousor did not disappoint. Needless to say I sold my distressor because I was able to dial the Arouser in 90 percent of the time. And have multiple instances. For me Arouser is the clear winner 😎

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  5. Call me greedy but I love both. I generally use the distressor with a 1073 tracking guitars and 1176 tracking bass. Vocal tracking is a toss up. I remember doing a vocal session where I had the vocalist sing his loudest passage to get a level on the distressor . When I hit record, he came in much louder. I didn’t want to stop the recording cause he was killing it. Even though he was hitting the distressor much harder , it sounded great, and if I could, describe the distressor as “forgiven” when pushed to higher level of compression, where if I had been using the 1176 his vocals would’ve been squashed.

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