Greg Wurth: The Creme on the Stereo Bus (Video)
- 31.12.2017
- Tobias Schacht
- Creme
- Testbericht
Video from September 2017 from Greg Wurth's series "Inside the Studio" (4:54 min).
Greg Wurth has worked with Steve Vai, Mary J. Blige and Tony MacAlpine. Reason enough to send him a Creme. He liked it more than expected and so he couldn`t resist to make us a video which allows the Creme to work under harder guitar music. Interesting!Here comes the complete video:
What Happens in the Video
In just under five minutes Greg Wurth presents the Creme as what it is: a VCA compressor with a shelving EQ in one box, with the EQ switchable before or after the compressor. He walks through the side-chain filter (full, 120 Hz, 60 Hz – "really good for preserving the low end"), the ratio steps from 1.5:1 to 10:1, auto release and the attack settings – and then puts the Creme on the stereo bus of a full mix, deliberately with far more gain reduction than he would use in a final mix.
What Greg Wurth Says About the Creme
"As you can hear, it's a pretty transparent sounding unit. I was able to get quite a bit of gain reduction out of it without it changing the character of the mix." – Greg Wurth, video, September 2017
"It's able to really kind of glue the mix together without really ruining the sound or taking away from the actual color that you've got going." – Greg Wurth, video, September 2017
"I'd have to say probably my favorite feature on this is the 24 kilohertz because that just kind of opens up some nice air to the track." – Greg Wurth, video, September 2017
His verdict: "If you're in the market for a compressor and an EQ all in one, definitely check this out." The low end he found "really cool" – the lower frequencies, he says, sound really good on this unit.
What the Creme Is – and Why It Sits on the Mix Bus
The Creme is our bus compressor and mastering equalizer: a passive Pultec-style EQ and an SSL-style VCA bus compressor in one 2U unit. The order is switchable – EQ before the compressor or compressor before the EQ. On the mix bus the compressor pulls the separate parts into one whole, almost inaudibly at a 1.5:1 ratio, with a rhythmic signature of its own at higher ratios and faster timing; a side-chain filter keeps frequencies below 60 or 120 Hz out of the control circuit. The EQ offers a bass boost between 20 and 200 Hz and a high boost between 10 and 24 kHz, each 0–5 dB, every value on a rotary switch – which is why every setting is exactly reproducible. If you want plug-in recall, the Creme RC with motorized pots has it: Amazona.de reviews our Creme RC.
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