Electro-Harmonix Platform Compressor First Look w/ Synths (Elektron Model:Cycles) 

Haha I know! So many are so subtle there’s almost no telling that there was any change at all - not the case here! 🙌

It's SUCH a value. I just tried it on a whim and now I recommend it pretty often haha.

Happy to do it! Welcome to the fam 🙌

Happy to help! I think it's a great value for what you get! 😎

Oh yeah makes sense with a much more aggressive input - not sure how to handle that attack. Good tip!

Thank you! It’s pretty badass for the price - enjoy it 🙌

Hayoo that's great! I'm all about pushing these tools to their boundaries (even completely misusing them sometimes) just to see where you can take them. I definitely like the dirt you can get with this one! Let us know what you think once you give it a shot. 🙌

Totally fair! I want to give that one a go too - it looks great! Also hoping to check out the UA Max too.

True! You could basically cripple the compressor so it doesn’t do much of anything… I haven’t tried the UAD Max, been on my list but haven’t been able to get my hands on one yet!

Well you can't say you didn't try! I hear you about coming down from "nicer" stuff, but in the end it's all about your setup and the sound you're trying to achieve, so nicer isn't always better! I guess you can tell I'm a big fan of the boosted dirt this has, very pleased with the Platform for the money. I think the BOUM is perfect if you want distortion and a "one knob" compressor, with MIDI. The Golden Master I actually just picked up a few days ago and have just scratched the surface on. So far I think it sounds very "nice", airy, and is probably best at well, mastering! Definitely let me know what you think once you give this one a shot! Appreciate the comment. =)

I’m really impressed with it! What’s good is they’re not tough to come by, so you could grab another if you wanted to revisit it ;)

You're not wrong! I think for the price you can get these it's a great option if you need some dirt and some groove/pumping all while keeping levels in check - not too shabby.

This compresor is better then compressor on heat...poor ppl will never understand this ;)

Agreed, mainly because the Heat doesn’t have a true compressor, you can only kind of fake it with the envelope follower (which is still cool) but this does give you some of the toasty sounds you could get with heat. This will compress better and that will have more options for flavors of distortion - but def for the price this thing is a solid buy.

Thank you! The BOUM is better in almost all respects, but it also costs like 4x as much so it should be! I think for the value, this is def a solid solution to get into compression, then maybe a later upgrade to a more “pro” option would make sense - then you could always just keep this around too for sub-mix compression or the overdrive character. Can’t lose 👍

Amazing, appreciate your reply 🙂 got a Boum at the moment and love it, just needed confirmation it was a good decision haha, hero cheers man@@DuskmosEHX sounding v cool regardless

​@@Duskmos this seems very relevant advice for me. I mix while I record (an artistic choice; as I live off something else, I can do whatever I want!) but always find that I need to post-process on a computer to apply some compression because my recordings are too quiet. So I want a compressor to sit between my mixer and my recorder so I can leave the computer out of the equation and stay true to my aim of hearing the final result as I play it, which is how I enjoy making music the most. So I am lookig at a RNC 1773 and the EHX Platform (the two I can afford and that will fit in my timy window studio right now, though in the future I might have space for some more rack-mounted gear). The RNC seems like a better general-purpose compressor, and perhaps better quality. However I find the EHX much more inspiring. Your advice suggests I should get the EHX knowing that once I have developed a feeling for compression and "outgrown it" (perhaps by getting a 19-inch compressor for my.live mastering purposes) I can still find other uses for it in the mix, e.g. as a dedicated unit for.my drum machine. Would you agree?

@@telantas I'd agree! I also plan to pick up a RNC to test, as well as the Max from Universal Audio, but yes I think this EHX unit sounds great, adds some flavor, and is a great value - so you can't go wrong. =)

@@Duskmos Thanks for taking the time to respond, I appreciate it. :-)

No the Model:Cycles is going into the Platform and then the platform is going out stereo into the input on the TX-6 mixer. The output I’m recording from is the main out on the front of the mixer, into my camera.

No problem! Knee is basically the “attack” of the compression - soft knee is like a longer slope to compressed and usually sounds smoother!

Oh and limiter is just the peak, think of it as setting a “max”

EHX hasn't published that info anywhere so I think your best bet is to reach out to them directly and see if they'll share that info. Either way, it sure sounds good and to me that's the most important thing. =)

That being said I'm sure it's digital at this price point, as far as sample rate/bit-depth, they'd have to tell you.

@@Duskmos EHX already replied. They said that Platform is a digital device. The sample rate is 32kHz @ 24-bit depth.

@@ColectivoLaberintos Thanks for "closing the loop" on that!