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Clear as Day
A few weeks ago I didn't even know what a compressor does nor did I think that I'd even want one. I always thought it would take away from the dynamics of my playing and make the sound frankly a bit dull.
To be honest: I was really blown away testing the TC Forcefield. At first you don't even recognise that there is a change in the colour of your tone. But it's really dramatic when you turn the effect off after a while: You'll miss something that can't even be properly explained.
Kicking in the effect once again it's like a veil being drawn from your speakers, it' like a presence knob being pulled at your amp, it's like you had changed your run of the mill pickups for some boutique hand-wounds. (And that's without even going beyond noon with the attack and sustain).
I would highly recommend for anyone to check out a compressor pedal because if you don't, you might miss out.
Are there any compressors that do it better? Honestly, I don't know. I've only played this one.
Is it "studio-quality"? I guess not, but who cares?
Is it cheaper than any competition on the market? I guess so.
Is it also (extremely good) value for money? Hell yeah!
Should you at least try compression for once? You bet your bellybutton!
I'm really happy with this purchase. It plays well with other pedals too...
To be honest: I was really blown away testing the TC Forcefield. At first you don't even recognise that there is a change in the colour of your tone. But it's really dramatic when you turn the effect off after a while: You'll miss something that can't even be properly explained.
Kicking in the effect once again it's like a veil being drawn from your speakers, it' like a presence knob being pulled at your amp, it's like you had changed your run of the mill pickups for some boutique hand-wounds. (And that's without even going beyond noon with the attack and sustain).
I would highly recommend for anyone to check out a compressor pedal because if you don't, you might miss out.
Are there any compressors that do it better? Honestly, I don't know. I've only played this one.
Is it "studio-quality"? I guess not, but who cares?
Is it cheaper than any competition on the market? I guess so.
Is it also (extremely good) value for money? Hell yeah!
Should you at least try compression for once? You bet your bellybutton!
I'm really happy with this purchase. It plays well with other pedals too...
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Almost Unbelievable...
I needed a compressor for 3 uses:
-as a country guitar "spanky" effect
-as an always on bass compressor
-as outboard gear for recording and mixing.
I found it extremely pleasing at everything, I've used it on
active 5-string bass, fretless hollow 4-string bass,
el.guitars tuned from C standard to high A standard,
and recording vocals and drums.
The Attack knob does wonders and along with the sustain knob
you can have from mild, really spanky compression to ironing limiting.
Unfortunately unless you have the sustain knob past 9 o'clock,
the level knob won't actually boost the volume, so you can't
have it set to a very slight compression without volume loss.
Well, it's not a problem for me, a lot of classic and more expensive compressors have the same issue.
Finally, it doesn't color the tone much, I find that it only reduces the really extreme and harsh treble you'd never want, also it does have the feeling of a real, hardware compressor, most of the times in the studio I prefer it to any plugin.
I'm definitely buying another one!
-as a country guitar "spanky" effect
-as an always on bass compressor
-as outboard gear for recording and mixing.
I found it extremely pleasing at everything, I've used it on
active 5-string bass, fretless hollow 4-string bass,
el.guitars tuned from C standard to high A standard,
and recording vocals and drums.
The Attack knob does wonders and along with the sustain knob
you can have from mild, really spanky compression to ironing limiting.
Unfortunately unless you have the sustain knob past 9 o'clock,
the level knob won't actually boost the volume, so you can't
have it set to a very slight compression without volume loss.
Well, it's not a problem for me, a lot of classic and more expensive compressors have the same issue.
Finally, it doesn't color the tone much, I find that it only reduces the really extreme and harsh treble you'd never want, also it does have the feeling of a real, hardware compressor, most of the times in the studio I prefer it to any plugin.
I'm definitely buying another one!
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Took me a while, but I like it
Overall, really good for bringing up the quiet parts while keeping the louder ones under control!
Long review:
One of the pieces of gear I took the longest to get to know and use. Maybe it's just the nature of a compressor, but I could never really get it to do exactly what I expected it to do. This, however, was most likely because of my unreal expectations (I expected something probably more along the lines of 'never ending sustain').
What I found it was great for, however, is more along the lines of what a compressor actually does (DUH), and that is bringing up the quiet stuff while keeping the loud stuff at a similar level.
To me, this is incredibly obvious only when tapping, otherwise I have to really try to emphasize the dynamicness while picking. This is probably just my untrained ears though.
I also found it useful while playing with bandmates as it made sure I was around the same volume all the time.
Another thing you could use this for is to have it set up after your drive so it squashes things down a bit, but not too much, and reduces volume a bit, and use that as a rhythm tone, and then turn it off for the lead tone, which I did for a while as well. Works great if you don't do a lot of legato, in my opinion.
Only thing I wish it had was a blend knob because it would make it much easier to see what it's doing, in my opinion.
Long review:
One of the pieces of gear I took the longest to get to know and use. Maybe it's just the nature of a compressor, but I could never really get it to do exactly what I expected it to do. This, however, was most likely because of my unreal expectations (I expected something probably more along the lines of 'never ending sustain').
What I found it was great for, however, is more along the lines of what a compressor actually does (DUH), and that is bringing up the quiet stuff while keeping the loud stuff at a similar level.
To me, this is incredibly obvious only when tapping, otherwise I have to really try to emphasize the dynamicness while picking. This is probably just my untrained ears though.
I also found it useful while playing with bandmates as it made sure I was around the same volume all the time.
Another thing you could use this for is to have it set up after your drive so it squashes things down a bit, but not too much, and reduces volume a bit, and use that as a rhythm tone, and then turn it off for the lead tone, which I did for a while as well. Works great if you don't do a lot of legato, in my opinion.
Only thing I wish it had was a blend knob because it would make it much easier to see what it's doing, in my opinion.
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For this price range, you can't go wrong!!
If you need a compressor that does the job and you don't care much about space in your board, that's the one!
The pedal is a little bit bigger than "standards" but not crazy, however, it looks solid and with a very nice finishing.
I can get a nice smooth compression for rhythm guitar or a hard compression to hold a bass with picks, all you need from a compressor is there! I would love a Mix (dry/wet) Knob to explore some parallel compression, however, for this price range, I cannot complain about it.
The pedal is a little bit bigger than "standards" but not crazy, however, it looks solid and with a very nice finishing.
I can get a nice smooth compression for rhythm guitar or a hard compression to hold a bass with picks, all you need from a compressor is there! I would love a Mix (dry/wet) Knob to explore some parallel compression, however, for this price range, I cannot complain about it.
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Works great
does what a compressor should do. Really simple, easy to use, but does what it is supposed to perfectly. It may lack some more advanced features, but for me - that is what I need. And for this price, I think it cannot be beaten
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Amazing compression for the money
This pedal is one of the cheaper compressors out there and I wasn't expecting it to amaze me, but it did.
Sustain is pretty much endless, even at low amp volumes.
Compression and attack are crisp but don't make the guitar sound like MIDI.
Plus, the true bypass really helps with noise, or if you need to use the pedal as a bridge between two cables to make one big cable for your guitar.
Overall really pleased, would recoomend.
Sustain is pretty much endless, even at low amp volumes.
Compression and attack are crisp but don't make the guitar sound like MIDI.
Plus, the true bypass really helps with noise, or if you need to use the pedal as a bridge between two cables to make one big cable for your guitar.
Overall really pleased, would recoomend.
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Alborz Mousapour
One of best compressor that I used I'm my life,super high quality and super smooth
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Very flexible & wide-rangine compressor
I use this with my Player Strat, PRS SE Custom and MESA/Boogie MkIV. With the strat it really brings out the clear, spanky clean tones the strat is known for. With the PRS, I can dial in additional creamy sustain and mid-range crunch.
It is capable of everything from the most subtle of sparkle to a frankly over-the-top volume and sustain boost. Excellent pedal.
It is capable of everything from the most subtle of sparkle to a frankly over-the-top volume and sustain boost. Excellent pedal.
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best pedal on my board for tone improvement
the different between this on and off is quite remarkable. It makes my tone so much punchier and slappier and the dynamic range doesn't feel too squashed. definitely recommend if you're after a little more oomph
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RB
Forcefield! A well deserved name!
I did not buy it because it was just affordable. I am glad for this but it was the brand that has already proven its worthiness to me with other effects that made me look at what they offered as compressor.
The Forcefield deserves indeed its name!
It is pro equipment and nothing else!
The 3 knobs controls are plenty enough for most people to use this compressor, with a truly satisfying output.
Another superb tc electronic product!
Does this company loves what it does and loves making it affordable? I really believe now that they do!
The Forcefield deserves indeed its name!
It is pro equipment and nothing else!
The 3 knobs controls are plenty enough for most people to use this compressor, with a truly satisfying output.
Another superb tc electronic product!
Does this company loves what it does and loves making it affordable? I really believe now that they do!
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