KVR Audio

Endor-8o8 · Post by **Endor-8o8** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 11:34 am

It's out it's out it's out !!

Instant buy for me, thanks Tony !

3ee · Post by **3ee** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 11:40 am

link: http://www.klanghelm.com/MJUC.php

Funkybot's Evil Twin · Tue Jul 14, 2015 12:15 pm

Will be buying this right after work. Looks amazing from the overview, and honestly, I just really respect this company and the whole business model (high quality plugins at low prices with hassles free protection) and want to support it.

3ee · Post by **3ee** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 12:27 pm

OK, playing with the free version (MJUCjr) for 20 min now.... from the 1st time I brought down it's threshold I noticed: wow, this sounds really good, time constant settings... all great!
no latency and phase problems...

looks good, behaves like it should.. it's simple, elegant ..I must admit that I had instant GAS to buy it before further testing.
All great until I gazed upon the CPU meter!

I loaded up all my "quality" compressors that I currently use:

Including Presswerk, BX Opto Petal, NI Solid Bus Comp etc

They all take about HALF or less in most cases CPU!

Is the full version this CPU intensive?

zvenx · Post by **zvenx** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 12:36 pm

It definitely doesn't use as much cpu as Presswerk on my system.......

edit: I stand corrected.....
rsp

tonhelm · Post by **tonhelm** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 12:42 pm

it depends on the model and features you're using. For instance Mk2 uses less than half the cpu load of MJUC jr here. Mk3 also uses much less compared to MJUC jr.

Endor-8o8 · Post by **Endor-8o8** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 12:43 pm

Funkybot's Evil Twin wrote:I just really respect this company and the whole business model (high quality plugins at low prices with hassles free protection) and want to support it.

Same here ! Much respect for Tony, very generous considering we get 3 compressors for only €24
and well...a truely gifted developper !

I really like that business model too, a free little glance at what you could get for your bucks.
Also, congrats for the GUI Tony !

3ee · Post by **3ee** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 12:49 pm

zvenx wrote:It definitely doesn't use as much cpu as Presswerk on my system.......
rsp

Really? than something's not right... is this with the free version or?

For example: currently my FL Studio 12 meter is showing:

BX Opto Pedal: 6-7%
DC8C2: 8%
NI Solid Bus Comp: 7-8%
Presswerk: 8-9%
MJUCjr: 17-18% on auto and 16-17% on either fast or slow time constants.

3ee · Post by **3ee** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 12:53 pm

tonhelm wrote:it depends on the model and features you're using. For instance Mk2 uses less than half the cpu load of MJUC jr here. Mk3 also uses much less compared to MJUC jr.

hmm... interesting! Dying to try out the full version

zvenx · Post by **zvenx** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 12:53 pm

3ee wrote:
zvenx wrote:It definitely doesn't use as much cpu as Presswerk on my system.......
rsp
Really? than something's not right... is this with the free version or?

For example: currently my FL Studio 12 meter is showing:

BX Opto Pedal: 6-7%
DC8C2: 8%
NI Solid Bus Comp: 7-8%
Presswerk: 8-9%
MJUCjr: 17-18% on auto and 16-17% on either fast or slow time constants.

Sorry see my edited version.
rsp

dave dove · Post by **dave dove** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 1:03 pm

just tried junior...
love it
bought senior
just tried that
absolutely love it....

HQ mode using 18% on my mid2012 mbp 2.5GHz

dave

Endor-8o8 · Post by **Endor-8o8** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 1:04 pm

Hmmm...the Timbre and Drive functions sounds familiar...I think that there's some of SDRR legacy under the hood.

tonhelm · Post by **tonhelm** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 1:19 pm

close but different

The idea for the Timbre control actually came from a completely different compressor: the 1176. All its revisions have a different tone: Rev F has a more HiFi tone, while Rev D is more honky/mid forward sounding. I wanted to have a control in MJUC that added some more tone shaping qualities to the device.

Drive is a macro control, which sets the in- and output-transformer load as well as the gain for the in and out tube stages (if applicable in the specific model)

Tony

Endor-8o8 · Post by **Endor-8o8** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 1:29 pm

tonhelm wrote:close but different
The idea for the Timbre control actually came from a completely different compressor: the 1176. All its revisions have a different tone: Rev F has a more HiFi tone, while Rev D is more honky/mid forward sounding. I wanted to have a control in MJUC that added some more tone shaping qualities to the device.

Drive is a macro control, which sets the in- and output-transformer load as well as the gain for the in and out tube stages (if applicable in the specific model)

Tony

Nice work Tony ! You seem to have dug a lot concerning compressors topologies/behaviours and...can't imagine the efforts you put into these models. But the result is here, I knew we will be rewarded for our patience.
I noticed that when I crank the Drive knob it tends to tame the high frequencies and thicken the mids, or maybe the mids seem thicker because the highs a tamed...anyway, does it come from the transformer or tube stage or both ?

tonhelm · Post by **tonhelm** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 1:46 pm

Endor-8o8 wrote:
tonhelm wrote:close but different
The idea for the Timbre control actually came from a completely different compressor: the 1176. All its revisions have a different tone: Rev F has a more HiFi tone, while Rev D is more honky/mid forward sounding. I wanted to have a control in MJUC that added some more tone shaping qualities to the device.

Drive is a macro control, which sets the in- and output-transformer load as well as the gain for the in and out tube stages (if applicable in the specific model)

Tony
Nice work Tony ! You seem to have dug a lot concerning compressors topologies/behaviours and...can't imagine the efforts you put into these models. But the result is here, I knew we will be rewarded for our patience.
I noticed that when I crank the Drive knob it tends to tame the high frequencies and thicken the mids, or maybe the mids seem thicker because the highs a tamed...anyway, does it come from the transformer or tube stage or both ?

It's a result of the whole signal path. This behavior varies between the models. In situations, where you want to use a lot of drive but the high end taming gets too heavy handed, you can use the timbre control to reduce the taming a bit.

When you set the Drive control to 0, only the actual compression stages are active and the other (saturating) parts are replaced by clean, ideal, linear parts, making the compressor pretty linear and the freq response changes very little when hitting the comp harder.

Tony

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