MI Effects (sister company to MI Amplification) are boutique effects manufacturer based in Sydney, Australia and they’re effects are popular all over the world due to their range of top quality overdrive and distortion pedals such as the Tube Zone, Crunch Box and Neo Fuzz. Now MI Effects are launching their latest pedal the MI Effects Compressor. This is probably the hardest product demo I have ever recorded because first of all I am uploading to YouTube which will add its own compression to the sound but also because this is a very versatile and beautifully transparent Compressor. You don’t necessarily notice a compressor when you hear a recording as it may be used as a subtle enhancement to make your guitar more punchy, the MI Compressor certainly did a great job of making my Black Pearl amp sound a lot tighter especially overdriven.
I have recorded a few examples using the compressor’s built in Noise Gate, something I have personally never seen on a Compressor before and a really great idea as Compressor’s amplify any background noise along with your guitar signal so if you are using a distortion pedal you could place this after it in the chain and use it to control your noise as well as tighten up your tone.
Compressors are really great for chicken pickin’ leads and articulated chords on clean but I also really liked how much character the MI Compressor added to my tone when I had the amp set to overdriven, basically what you are hearing is my Genz Benz Black Pearl 30 combo with the Volume and Boost up full, the EQ voicing set to natural, treble, middle and Bass set to 12 O’Clock and Top set to 1 O’clock. This setting creates a nice crunchy overdrive but it’s a bit flubby so the MI Compressor tightened it up nicely as if I had the master volume pushed up to half way rather than a quarter.
If you are looking for a Compressor that is transparent, versatile and includes features you don’t find on other Compressors like the Noise Gate and ability to run at 25v then check out the MI Effects Compressor. Head over to the MI Effects Dealers section to find out where you can go and give the pedal a test drive.
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