Jim Dunlop MXR Bass Compressor Pedal

Product Information

The Xotic SP compressor is known for being a modern take on the classic vintage Ross compressor guitar pedal from the 1970s. The Ross was known for its simplicity and ability to add extra sparkle to your guitar’s signal while evening out your tone.

The action remains smooth in every use case. The noise floor is low even in high compression scenarios. Aguilar is one of the few purely transparent compression pedals. Key Specs: The Opto Comp is a straightforward optical compressor. It has 3 controls: Compression ranging from 1:1 to 10:1, Release ranging from 75ms to 600ms, and Output Level to set the amount of make-up gain. It can be used as a clean boost that adds a little warmth to your tone. It features a true bypass circuit and has a gain reduction LED that makes it easy to visually confirm how much compression you get while playing. The Opto Comp can be used with guitars or keyboards, not just the bass guitar. It can be powered either with a 9V battery or 9V standard PSU. Markbass is the most cost-effective tube bass compression pedal up for grabs. It is a great-sounding compressor, famed for color and resistance to outside noise (at least in the tube comp realm). It’s a compressor pedal that is designed to both emulate the sound and style of the legendary Universal Audio 1176 compressor but also has the familiar controls and stylings of classic guitar compressors like the Ross or Dyna Comp.Origin Effects are known for making some of the best effects pedals out there, and this bass compressor is up there with the best of them. This is a studio-grade FET compressor with fully variable input, output and ratio controls so you can dial in exactly the level of compression you want, as well as how it reacts with your volume. There’s also a dry knob that allows for parallel compression – this means you can blend in your clean, unaffected signal alongside your compressed sound for a more natural tone.

Target Customer: This is a very transparent compressor that adds just a touch of warmth to your signal, if you are looking for more character from your compressor, this one will not give you that. It offers good compression sounds, it’s very easy to set up and the blend control makes it very versatile.The Compressore is famed for its refined tone. I would describe it as a reasonably transparent compressor with subtle tone coloration. Overall, the Aguilar Bass Compressor delivers a lot of value for the price. The things that work in its favor are the low noise levels, enclosure size, peak limiting functionality, and wide range of effects. This is due to the fact that you’ve probably boosted the overall output of the signal after the compressor, which makes it louder than it was before compressing it (and louder is ALWAYS better!). My Review: TC Electronic is known for its simple to use, high-quality pedals housed in the tiniest enclosures, and the Spectra Comp is no different. It is a digital multi-band compressor crammed into their “mini” enclosure. It only has one control knob that takes care of your compression needs. The way a 1-knob compressor becomes a versatile tool in TC’s book is by having it support their TonePrint feature. This functionality lets you beam one preset compressor from your iPhone or Android, directly to the pedal, it’s like having dozens of compressors at the touch of a button. Using the TonePrint Editor on mac or PC gets you access to a multitude of parameters enabling you to tailor the compression settings of the Spectra Comp to your liking and loading it to your pedal. How it sounds depends on the TonePrint you have loaded into it, but generally, the sound quality is excellent with a very low noise floor.

This helps keep your initial note definition and sparkle while helping add sustain and evenness. There is also a 3-way switch that allows you to have “low,” “medium,” and “high” amounts of compression added to the signal, which gives you multiple flexible types of compression settings for different guitars and styles. Featuring studio-quality components that you would find in an actual 1176, the Cali76 also features the familiar layout of the studio compressor. It also features a dry blend knob so that you can process your unaffected signal as well as the squashed one, which adds to the pedal’s versatility. You can expect anything from a pedal with a one-control-does-all approach to a unit with as many knobs crammed on to one box as its electronics will allow. Let’s look at the different controls you may find and help you choose useful settings for each. Cut to 2021 and my current rig sports an FEA Labs Opti-FET and Empress Bass Comp. But consider this post an amalgam of my epiphanies as I traded and tested a bunch of the top bass compressor pedals until the tone hound in me stopped howling. I don’t think I’m the only one who thinks that bass compression is an underrated and often misunderstood effect.If you are new to using any sort of compression then the meter is extremely helpful. It allows you have a clear visual indication of how much your signal is being compressed rather than only being able to hear it. This is an awesome touch for newer players. They are very sensitive to micro-dynamics and transients making them ideally suited for percussive instruments, but you’ll commonly find them used with basses, guitars, and even vocals. If you are looking for a transparent compressor with low distortion, to even out your signal when switching from fingerstyle to slapping or popping, this could be the best choice for the task. Optical compressors Tone-wise, the Empress bass comp is as clean and natural as it gets. The sonic character is transparent and there are no dips or swells in the smooth action.