Stillwell Audio - Bombardier Buss Compressor

[Aaron Smith]

http://www.stillwellaudio.com/?page_id=342

If I missed a thread about this thing some time ago, then I apologize...but I'm fairly certain it hasn't been talked about/reviewed here yet. Stillwell makes some good sounding stuff, and this plug-in looks pretty awesome! Anyone tried it?

 

[LeSedna]

Seems really sweet. Will try it for sure.

 

[greyskull]

AHHHH too many knobs!

 

[Charles J]

AHHHH too many knobs!

rofl. +1. Exactly how I feel as well. Shit freaks me outtttttttt.

 

[Jind]

Stillwell does indeed make some really nice affordable plugins. I demoed "the Rocket", "Major Tom", and "1973" and all were excellent at their intended use. I've held off buying them, but have been oh so tempted each time I visit the site. I like their pricing as they charge two different (both fairly small) for a non-commercial or commercial license in most cases like $25 for non-commercial and $39 for commercial use.

 

[jangoux]

It is cool, but can also crap your thing fast.

Some guys at Gearslutz said they were experiencing some hazy shit on their tracks after applying bombardier, and i experienced the same thing. Cool plug, tho.

 

[Nebulous]

It's pretty powerfull, IME you'd only use a small bit of gain reduction because, as jangoux pointed out it will "crap your thing fast". Seems really good as a bus comp to glue together some backing vocals or OH's. I don't know if I'd use it on the master bus though, unless it was just for the final 1-2dB stage.

 

[ulverine]

I've been only using it on my drum bus and love it. The bomb
mode is like an auto attack/release. Perfect for complex tempo-changing songs.

 

[Chris_P_Critter]

this comp is seriously kick ass - been demoing it for a week or so - I love it.

 

[AdamWathan]

http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/equipment/575660-new-stillwell-audio-bus-compressor.html

I still haven't tried it to be honest, the amount of parameters scared me off :/

 

[006]

I couldn't get into it last I tried Bombardier really :\ You either have to use it with pretty light settings or not at all, at least on 2bus anyway. I haven't really fucked with it on anything else.