Re: [LAU] Good, efficient compressor in LADSPA and/or SLV2?

I have always had great luck with Steve Harris's sc-4 ladspa plugin. > On Jan 17, 2010 7:27 AM, "Ken Restivo" &lt;ken(a)restivo.org > <mailto:ken@restivo.org>> wrote: > > I'm going to be mixing a record in Ardour on Linux (yay). > > Can anyone recommend a good, efficient (low CPU usage) mono > compressor for use on individual tracks? I've tried the CALF > compressor, which seems good, but it's stereo and seems to use a good > deal of CPU. > > Perhaps one might say: "Try them all out and use the one that sounds > best to you". Well that won't work, because no compression sounds > good to me. Compression fatigues my ears very quickly, and makes > everything sound like a beer commmercial (wait, those are the same > thing). > > But if we want a hit single, then we'll have to just crush every > track with compression, I'm sure. Anyway, any compressor preferences > would be greatly appreciated. > > -ken