Smack! or McDSP CompressorBank Compressor Bank Native?

[goga]

That is my simple question for experienced users...

[davegibbon]

I've had both for a while.

I find myself phlling up the compressor bank way more often because I seem to get the sound I want faster. It just seems to have more instant mojo.

[goga]

Thank you.
When you're saying it like that, it sounds like both are old news...

[pguy]

I was wondering the same thing as well.

I heard that Smack was pretty decent, but then thought, if it was really worth getting it if you already have Waves and McDSP stuff

[bfx]

I have the compressor bank le version and use it frequently on single tracks where it performs well. For bus and sum compressing or solo instruments with attitude I more and more enjoy Nomad Factory's MCL-2269. I am not a Waves fan boy at all and don't know what they had going on recently.

[goga]

Any other opinion please?
The truth is that I have a hardware compressor ( Joemeek), but despite the good reviews, I am not satisfied with it. So I am trying to decide here.

Any suggestion is highly apreciateed.

[Carl Fuehrer]

I have Smack! LE and the Waves CLA, CLA kicks complete ass!!!! Love the colors and attitude I can get when I want and still be able to get the familiar smooth sounds when I want.

[The Dougfather]

Compressor bank is fantastic and has much more to offer than smack, on ebay smack licenses go for pennies so it's worth getting if only for the fact it's cheap, i find it useful for parallel compression but thats about it. Compressorbank is defintly my 'Go-to' compressor with massey's not too far behind.

If you hang on theres a new mcdsp compressor being released in May which looks like it emulates pretty much every type of compressor ever made.

Nomad Factory are well worth a look also, they make excellent plugins that perform well in Pro Tools with out all the BS of buying waves plugins.