Just yesterday we took delivery of a RND designs 543 to compress lead vocal (channel 8) ratio's vary from 1:1 (tone shaping) through to limit 40:1. One client commented "but i can't hear it doing anything" I placed it on bypass and instantly she recognised the drop in level and presence of the LV in the mix. There are vocal compressors out there that are priced like telephone numbers, & thanks to the nice guys at SXpro.com we now even out our singer with this.

Lots of people like to read a lectionary of compressors with descriptions of this is a sound a like of this or that, daft thing is the people reading from these reviews have not heard a 1176 or 33609 or 2254. I'm not making this post to bore you with marketing or create division within magazine reviews or promote one manufacturer over another, i'm only 'rewarding' you if you like with the knowledge I've gained from owning these pieces.