Any mini compressor recommendations - pref cheap

UnclePsychosis

The accountant appeals to me - I've struggled to setup compressors in the past and the simplicity (as well as sounds) make it attractive. 

That said, given that I've sold on about 15 different compressors in the past maybe I should just accept they're not for me... 

GavRichList

Another big fan of The Accountant. Have shouted about it from day 1, and slowly but surely our numbers are growing. Beautiful pedal that just does all the things you want it to and makes all you put through it sound better for it. 

meltedbuzzbox

Marshall Edward the compressor if you want cheap. Its great

if you are spending more I would go empress 

GavRichList

meltedbuzzbox said:

Marshall Edward the compressor if you want cheap. Its great

if you are spending more I would go empress 

The empress is the very opposite of small though 

JCA2550

The breakthrough I had with compressors was the realisation that they work best for me quite late on in the effects chain, always after dirt. Once I'd settled on this, I revisited a range of pedals with this on board. Favourites so far on this journey are; Mooer yellow compressor, because it does a lot for an inexpensive micro pedal and does it well. It also doubles as a decent clean boost on my Pedaltrain Nano board. My other favourite I've had for a few years now is a Juan Solo Corset Compressor which is a Rothwell Love Squeeze clone. I ab'd the Rothwell with it and sold the Love Squeeze on. Still looking but mostly content with these two but, still intrigued by the Pigtronix Philosopher's Tone micro, Cali Slide Rig jobbies and Fairfield Accountant. 

meltedbuzzbox

GavRichList said:

meltedbuzzbox said:

Marshall Edward the compressor if you want cheap. Its great

if you are spending more I would go empress 

The empress is the very opposite of small though 

You assume I read the criteria before I post :-p

TTBZ

Heartfeltdawn said:

SquireJapan said:

If the the yellow mower one is anything like the Diamond one (it's supposed to be a very close clone), then I can't recommend it enough.

I love the Diamond one, it's the best one I've ever had, and I've had all of them.

"Supposed to be" is a long way from the reality. The Mooer is a good pedal for the price but it is not up to the Diamond. 

Really? Pretty much all the things I've read about it (on TGP of all places) have said it's near enough identical - what makes it not up to the Diamond? 

DarnWeight

english_bob said:

Sassafras said:

If you can find any mini clones of Orange Squeezer types, they work well for your intended purpose. 

If you're up to building a kit, both BYOC and Pedalparts (Poodle) sell 1590a Orange Squeezer clones. Smaller enclosures make for a more fiddly build though...

I went through a bunch of cheaper compressors (EHX Soul Preacher, Mooer Yellow, Visual Sound) before finally building a fuzzdog/poodle Orange Squeezer kit (the full size one).  If his mini-build is the same as the standard, I can't recommend it highly enough.  There are mods out there (a cap change or two) to brighten the OS...I put mine on a toggle and get some fantastic sounds out of it in both the normal and bright positions.

CustomPedalBoards

mini orange squeezer type here: http://www.custompedalboards.co.uk/product/cpb-mr-squeezy/

Sassafras

CustomPedalBoards said:

mini orange squeezer type here: http://www.custompedalboards.co.uk/product/cpb-mr-squeezy/

Does that one have the internal mini-trimmer to adjust the amount of compression?

JMP220478

english_bob

Sassafras said:

CustomPedalBoards said:

mini orange squeezer type here: http://www.custompedalboards.co.uk/product/cpb-mr-squeezy/

Does that one have the internal mini-trimmer to adjust the amount of compression?

It's part of the standard Orange Squeezer circuit (to do with variations inherent in the type of transistors used I think) so it should do.

 As I understand it, there's very little useable range in that control- below a certain level it doesn't work, then there's a small window where it does, then it starts to distort in a way that not everyone likes, hence why most OS clones leave it as a trimpot.

Sassafras

english_bob said:

Sassafras said:

Does that one have the internal mini-trimmer to adjust the amount of compression?

It's part of the standard Orange Squeezer circuit (to do with variations inherent in the type of transistors used I think) so it should do.

 As I understand it, there's very little useable range in that control- below a certain level it doesn't work, then there's a small window where it does, then it starts to distort in a way that not everyone likes, hence why most OS clones leave it as a trimpot.

Mine's got one of those box type trimmers which allows quite a lot of control.
Seems to work very well for anything from no compression to heavy squish.
It's nice when it starts to compress very slightly just to even out string balance.
The other flat type of trimmers are all or nothing and very hard to set accurately as you say.

JMP220478

Anyone tried the tc hypergravity ? 

Telejester

The Mooer yellow does a good imitation of my diamond cpr1, in terms of what the OP asked, the yellow is a no brainer