{"id":24398,"date":"2010-04-22T08:16:22","date_gmt":"2010-04-22T16:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/9n2.ac0.myftpupload.com\/presetblog\/?p=1191"},"modified":"2010-04-22T08:16:22","modified_gmt":"2010-04-22T16:16:22","slug":"hello-my-name-is-eric-and-im-an-compaholic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/?p=24398","title":{"rendered":"Hello, my name is Eric, and I&#8217;m an Compaholic."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/wp-content\/mediaarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC_0032.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"DSC_0032\" src=\"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/wp-content\/mediaarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC_0032-1024x676.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"329\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I just acquired two <a href=\"http:\/\/overstayer.net\">OverStayer <\/a>&#8220;OS&#8221; stereo FET compressors. Being the drummer I am these are a dream come true. I&#8217;ve only dipped my hand in the pool with these guys but my 1st impression is &#8220;damn thats nice&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>As a test I let my <a href=\"http:\/\/flame.fortschritt-musik.de\/\">Flame clockwork<\/a> &amp; Moog voyager run random &amp; got behind the drum kit to play along. I stuck one OS on the drum bus, &amp; one on the Moog bus. The drum bus OS\u00a0 really brings out some resonance &amp; glued punch to the kit. The other added some nice dirt\/body to the synth. I&#8217;ll share more &#8220;analytical&#8221; thoughts\/test files shortly once i&#8217;m off my gear high, but all in all these things just sound great &amp; have a feature set I&#8217;ve been needing for some time now.\u00a0 Highly recommend.<\/p>\n<p>Audio Examples. (FYI &#8211; Lowend\/Sub is a bit out of control)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/with-1.mp3\">with<\/a><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"wavesurfer-block wavesurfer-audio\"><div class=\"wavesurfer-player\" data-wave-color=\"#000000\" data-cursor-color=\"#dddddd\" data-progress-color=\"#ededed\" data-height=\"127\" data-url=\"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/without-1.mp3\"><\/div><div class=\"wavesurfer-progress\"><progress class=\"wavesurfer-loading\" value=\"0\" max=\"100\"><\/progress><\/div><div class=\"wavesurfer-buttons_set\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"wavesurfer-play\"><span>Play<\/span><\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"wavesurfer-stop\"><span>Stop<\/span><\/button><div class=\"wavesurfer-time\"><\/div><div class=\"wavesurfer-duration\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/with-1.mp3\">with<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wavesurfer-block wavesurfer-audio\"><div class=\"wavesurfer-player\" data-wave-color=\"#000000\" data-cursor-color=\"#dddddd\" data-progress-color=\"#ededed\" data-height=\"127\" data-url=\"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/with-1.mp3\"><\/div><div class=\"wavesurfer-progress\"><progress class=\"wavesurfer-loading\" value=\"0\" max=\"100\"><\/progress><\/div><div class=\"wavesurfer-buttons_set\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"wavesurfer-play\"><span>Play<\/span><\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"wavesurfer-stop\"><span>Stop<\/span><\/button><div class=\"wavesurfer-time\"><\/div><div class=\"wavesurfer-duration\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<h2><a title=\"Permalink to: Compaholic part 2.\" href=\"..\/2010\/04\/compaholic-part-2\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Compaholic part 2.<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[32,42,87],"class_list":["post-24398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hardware","tag-compressor","tag-drum","tag-overstayer","excerpt","zoom","full-without-featured","even","excerpt-0"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24406,"url":"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/?p=24406","url_meta":{"origin":24398,"position":0},"title":"Daily Noize","author":"Eric","date":"July 8, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"So I've had this idea floating around this head of mine for some time. As an act of self discipline, wanting to archive my creative progressions, & being inspired by \"365 photo projects\" I going to be releasing a audio loop\/noize clip from whatever the days adventure in audio might\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Daily Noize&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Daily Noize","link":"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/?cat=4"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":24399,"url":"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/?p=24399","url_meta":{"origin":24398,"position":1},"title":"Compaholic part 2.","author":"Eric","date":"April 24, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"I've induced 3 others I recorded for test purposes. (Prophet 08 , Udu, &\u00a0 Tabla.) I record a lot of hard percussion, Udu & Tabla are the hardest to get to sit in a mix. They have very FAST attack with sustain at times. It's hard to get both to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hardware&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hardware","link":"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/?cat=5"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":24682,"url":"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/?p=24682","url_meta":{"origin":24398,"position":2},"title":"As the experiments continue.","author":"Eric","date":"January 16, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"What started out as a couple of Mic\/Interface tests turned into this experimental collage of noises. Mic test-wise, I moved the 414 EB's back to Overhead duty on the Kit. H47 on Kick reso and Guitar, with u195's on Floors. Also decided to go the \"Hard route\" & dust off\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Everything Else&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Everything Else","link":"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ericbeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/as-the-experiments-continue.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":24488,"url":"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/?p=24488","url_meta":{"origin":24398,"position":3},"title":"Driven synth experiment &#8211; analog synthesis via Amp\/Cabs + Drums","author":"Eric","date":"January 4, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The result of Metal influence & a pile of analog synthesis\/Drums. Being a fan of \"Doom metal\" & a synth freak can be rather conflicting at times. In an attempt to converge the two I figured some Amp (more importantly Cab) sound was in order. I tracked the dominant synth\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hardware&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hardware","link":"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/?cat=5"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ericbeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/driven-synth-experiment-analog-s.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ericbeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/driven-synth-experiment-analog-s.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ericbeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/driven-synth-experiment-analog-s.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ericbeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/driven-synth-experiment-analog-s.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ericbeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/driven-synth-experiment-analog-s.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":24660,"url":"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/?p=24660","url_meta":{"origin":24398,"position":4},"title":"Quarantine Experiment One.","author":"Eric","date":"March 22, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Taking this time and enjoying this rain by experimenting with some new mic setups, processing chains, & synth noodling. Not all that different from usual nights now is it? : : : : : ;; : : : #drums #synths #delay #qdrums #keplingerdrums #arp #moog #drumlife #recording #microphones #experimentalsound #musicproduction\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Music&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Music","link":"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/?cat=375"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ericbeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/quarantine-experiment-one.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":24463,"url":"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/?p=24463","url_meta":{"origin":24398,"position":5},"title":"Time-lapse video \/ optical synth control experiment.","author":"Eric","date":"March 19, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"While getting familiar with the d5100's time-lapse & video capabilities, the idea of video controlled synthesis came to mind. I unsuccessfully scanned the net looking for a something to generate midi from video. While staring off into space a psychical solution was staring back at me. My Thingamagoop 2. 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