API 2500 Compressor Shootout - Waves vs UAD (Drums)

Who does a better job of emulating API's compressor: Waves or UAD? Today we are going figure this out with an 8 way comparison.

We'll keep the focus here on the drums, using it as parallel compression, looking at both the New and Old Tone settings.

Introduction: 0:00
The Tone Setting: 0:27
The Comparisons: 1:27
Recording Setup: 2:19
Sound Samples Set 1: 3:44
Sound Samples Set 2: 4:54
Sound Samples Set 3: 5:53
Sound Samples Set 4: 7:40

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Other Equipment used:
Sonar X1 Producer
API 3124+
API 3124v
UA 6176
Empirical Labs Distressor

Snare Top: Shure Beta 57
Bass Drum (out: reso side): Beyerdynamic Opus 99
Bass Drum: DW The Moon Mic
Toms: Beyerdynamic Opus 88, Sennheiser MD 421 II
Overheads: AKG c451 B/ST
MOTU 8Pre audio interface

Video:
Sony FDR-AX100 4K UHD Camcorder
Tascam DR10L Digital Audio Recorder with Lavalier Microphone

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