Paul Third | DON'T BUY a DBX 160a.. buy the TimP n60A instead.. and I'm not joking!! @PaulThird | Uploaded June 2021 | Updated October 2024, 39 minutes ago.
ANALOG HARDWARE vs PLUGINS || real DBX 160A vs TIMP n60A || Budget VCA compressor shootout
My name is Paul Third and this week on mixing wednesdays we are comparing a budget analog compressor vs digital plugins in the form of Tim Petherick's n60A nebula 4 libraries. Tim has sampled a dbx 160a using convolution technology similar to that of acustica audio plugins.
Many will see this as analog vs digital audio engineering fodder but its more of an audio test and plugin comparison against the hardware counterpart. How close does the plugin emulation recreate the sound of the dbx compressor and can its extra features (lookahead, sidechain hpf detector and harmonics) give a different or better result.. only one way to find out.
This was originally going to be a music production software compressor plugin shootout with dbx 160 plugins but as there is a difference between the dbx 160 vs 160a I thought it was best to focus on the timP plugin.
🌠SUPPORT THE CHANNEL
patreon.com/mixingwedesdays
🏷️ PRODUCT LINKS
//Buy my dbx 160a here//
⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
ebay.co.uk/itm/Dbx-160a-US-seen-on-Mixing-Wednesdays-comes-with-US-EU-transformer-plug-/265190719272?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286
timpetherick.co.uk/downloads/n60a-comp
audient.com/products/audio-interfaces/id14/overview
🎶 FOLLOW MY DEBUT ALBUM JOURNEY
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmcBOB8VmXMK_ekWdZmgO5HELFQf3ukZW
🎤 RELEASING A SONG?
Music distribution playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmcBOB8VmXMLm4ghr0ReiDFs3FhO9cHBU
Songwriting playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmcBOB8VmXMLNCUisz1ixeHBQb5j9AD6m
⬇️ OTHER VIDEOS LIKE THIS
ANALOG HARDWARE VS PLUGINS PLAYLIST (15 VIDEOS)
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmcBOB8VmXMI_rvJtWcGnXpnBbWDK8jQL
📖 CHAPTERS
0:00 intro
0:41 dbx 160a features
2:00 timP n60a features
3:00 160a vs n60a on kick, snare, drum room, bass & vocals
5:20 How close is timP to the hardware limiter?
8:10 TimP tweaked vs hardware
10:36 does TimP n60a sound better than the dbx160a?
12:58 uncompressed vs dbx 160a vs timP N60a
🖱️CONTACT ME
Email: Paul.Third@dundeeandangus.ac.uk
Instagram: instagram.com/paulthird_uk
ANALOG HARDWARE vs PLUGINS || real DBX 160A vs TIMP n60A || Budget VCA compressor shootout
My name is Paul Third and this week on mixing wednesdays we are comparing a budget analog compressor vs digital plugins in the form of Tim Petherick's n60A nebula 4 libraries. Tim has sampled a dbx 160a using convolution technology similar to that of acustica audio plugins.
Many will see this as analog vs digital audio engineering fodder but its more of an audio test and plugin comparison against the hardware counterpart. How close does the plugin emulation recreate the sound of the dbx compressor and can its extra features (lookahead, sidechain hpf detector and harmonics) give a different or better result.. only one way to find out.
This was originally going to be a music production software compressor plugin shootout with dbx 160 plugins but as there is a difference between the dbx 160 vs 160a I thought it was best to focus on the timP plugin.
🌠SUPPORT THE CHANNEL
patreon.com/mixingwedesdays
🏷️ PRODUCT LINKS
//Buy my dbx 160a here//
⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
ebay.co.uk/itm/Dbx-160a-US-seen-on-Mixing-Wednesdays-comes-with-US-EU-transformer-plug-/265190719272?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286
timpetherick.co.uk/downloads/n60a-comp
audient.com/products/audio-interfaces/id14/overview
🎶 FOLLOW MY DEBUT ALBUM JOURNEY
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmcBOB8VmXMK_ekWdZmgO5HELFQf3ukZW
🎤 RELEASING A SONG?
Music distribution playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmcBOB8VmXMLm4ghr0ReiDFs3FhO9cHBU
Songwriting playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmcBOB8VmXMLNCUisz1ixeHBQb5j9AD6m
⬇️ OTHER VIDEOS LIKE THIS
ANALOG HARDWARE VS PLUGINS PLAYLIST (15 VIDEOS)
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmcBOB8VmXMI_rvJtWcGnXpnBbWDK8jQL
📖 CHAPTERS
0:00 intro
0:41 dbx 160a features
2:00 timP n60a features
3:00 160a vs n60a on kick, snare, drum room, bass & vocals
5:20 How close is timP to the hardware limiter?
8:10 TimP tweaked vs hardware
10:36 does TimP n60a sound better than the dbx160a?
12:58 uncompressed vs dbx 160a vs timP N60a
🖱️CONTACT ME
Email: Paul.Third@dundeeandangus.ac.uk
Instagram: instagram.com/paulthird_uk
