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Posted: June 24 2003, 13:02
Hi there!

Im trying to achieve Mike's clean electric guitar sound, and have bought a Boss compressor after reading about this effect on these boards. The problem is, I still cant really get a good sound. If anyone already uses one, can they let me know what settings they have it on to get the superb Oldfield sound?

Thanks for any help.
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Matt Cochrane
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Posted: June 27 2003, 16:51
(sorry, I couldn't be bothered to log in for this post!)

I'm fairly sure Mike doesn't use Boss units for compression - he has a channel taken from the mixing desk at the Manor for that stuff - however you should be able to get sort of close. I use a Behringer Composer, but I've managed to make similar effects using a few other compressors that I've had access to at various times.

I tend to use a very high ratio (anything between 12:1 and 25:1) with a low threshold, fairly fast attack to get that sort of click at the start of each note and a quick release so that the level is really flattened.

You generally need to turn it up a bit after this - so if you have any hum or hiss whatsoever, you are going to hear it really loudly. For this reason I often use a noise gate and/ or a volume pedal to stop any sound from coming out of the guitar into the compressor when I'm not playing.
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Posted: June 28 2003, 13:22
Hi, thanks for the reply!

Ive got Volume, Tone, Attack, and Sustain on my Boss, so i'll raise the attack and sustain and give it a go. Any other tips for getting his clean sound? Ive tried the middle pick up on my Strat but its not really doing it.
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