Saintjoe: MPC X Straight Into the Creme (Video)
- 11.06.2019
- Jörg Nawra
- Creme
Video from December 2018 (11:55 min).
JK Swopes aka “saintjoe” reviewed the Creme for SoundsAndGear.com. He sent his MPS’s signal directly through the Creme. The results can be seen – and heard – in this video:"When given the chance to check out the Creme bus compressor I was definitely excited. My use case for it would be as the final piece in my chain before printing to audio. I currently have it sitting directly after my MPC so everything coming out of there hits the Creme. (I run all of my hardware synths and instruments into a sub mixer and then into my MPC)" JK Swopes aka “saintjoe”
"The compression is nice but what I've really enjoyed over the last few months of using it was the way the high frequency EQ can instantly open up any track. I'll leave the compression set to a nice subtle setting so that it glues everything together, and most of the time I'm simply giving a slight tweak to the high EQ to add a bit of air to the track. Of course I've also used it with more extreme settings when working on sound design projects, but no matter what I'm doing I can get to the results pretty quick. It's really become one of those "always on" tools and I'm glad I had a chance to check it out! Keep up the great work guys!" JK Swopes aka “saintjoe”
What Happens in the Video
Saintjoe has connected the MPC X directly to the Creme with XLR-to-jack cables, followed by his interface – exactly the chain he wants to use the unit in. He says himself that he is not a mixing or mastering engineer but simply uses his ears to hear what the Creme adds to a track. Normally he stays around a 1.5:1 ratio; in the video he exaggerates on purpose to make the high boost, the low boost at 60 and 100 Hz and – under extreme compression – the effect of the side-chain low cut audible, among other things on the soloed Rhodes.
What Saintjoe Says in the Video
"I definitely hear how that high boost, that high frequency is opening up that Rhodes." – JK Swopes (saintjoe), video, December 2018
"You could definitely hear it, it just kind of allows it to breathe a little bit instead of kind of squashing it and making it pump. It's pretty cool actually." – JK Swopes (saintjoe), on the side-chain low cut, video, December 2018
"The compressor sounds really good, doesn't sound super harsh [...]. The controls are simple but definitely effective and I definitely like what it's doing to my track so far." – JK Swopes (saintjoe), video, December 2018
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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