According to the builder it also improves your playing 
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Ugh. Yeah, it said it was a paid promotion at the beginning but when he read the copy from the owner it was, as the kids say, cringe.
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My thoughts exactly
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There is no compressor pedal I would pay $400 for, and the only ones I would consider anything near that amount for are pretty far from transparent 
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These are studio grade components performance the size of a pedal and not the same as live gig pedals. Playing it through a colored monitors or speakers probably wonāt sound a lot different side by side but put through a reference monitor like Meyer sound HD1 Iām sure you can hear noticeable differences. Thatās not very forgiving if it sounds good there it sounds good everywhere.
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That preamp better have only one single knob labeled ātoneā ranging from āawesomeā to āincredibleā 
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This is particularly funny because I was reading some old threads and realized @Mike_NL has been calling for more single knob pedals since 2020! 
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What can I say? I like simplicity 
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Oh Iām all done with compressors, went big once so I never have to look back. And happy I did. Not o ly is it fantastical, but looks like itās appreciating in value already like crazy business.
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i used to own and really love that spectracomp. the one knob thing really throws people because it has about a bazillion adjustments you can do with it, but you do it through a pc instead of on the pedal itself. iirc you can also use their cell phone app to do it too.
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is that the lundahl one? becuz, if so, then, dammmmn 
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Oh man! Just when I thought Iād found the one for meā¦ It has a single hardware knob, but a gazillion software settings? Does it at least come with a couple of presets? (Edit: just checked, and it does)
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a ton of presets (ātoneprintsā). as I recall thereās probably about 50 or more. loading them into your pedal is super easy, the app plays a tone and you hold the phone next to your bass pickup to flash the pedal. dead simple.
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Yessir!
Go big or stay home!
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Ok thatās actually the one compressor I wouldnāt complain about the ridonculous price on. But I would get it as a real 1176 rackmount.
In reality I should just get UAās plugin, since they are in fact Bill Putnamās company. They make a real one too, looks awesome.
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Donāt get lured into the UA ecosystem! 
The native plugins from UA are a good step forward, but IMO you really donāt want to be āstuckā with plugins that can only be used with a DAI from UA.
I actually sold my DAI, but the buyer never registered it so I still got access to all the related plugins. So weirdā¦
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I hate that. I refuse to get an iLok key, just always tie to machines.
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Argh you beat me to my edit 
Same deal tho
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Wavesā plugin is supposed to be good too but I dislike them as a company. The ironic thing is I do not remember why
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Pretty sure it was the forced update (v10+ plugins) and subscription plan.
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