4GB RAM is the minimum for a good computer today. i remember having 2GB RAM in 2010, it was frustrating, when i fired up ableton 8 at this time and had my browser open the comp begun to swap stuff on the harddrive. so today i would say 4GB isnt even standard, its minimum. good looking.
You're right, as long as it is about a PC. But those were the system requirements for the TAN compressor. I can say that for sure, since I didn't want to buy a pc there. So, looking at TAN and asking what it will need at least, I get the answer Win7(makes sense), dualcore (makes sense if it is multicore-enabled code), RAM 4 GB (doesn't make sense at all for a vst effect), 1000 MB HDD (is it really a 1 GB download? So makes no sense). Screen resolution and audio host make sense again.
Go straight to Customer Area -> Dashboard and on the left column you will see the free downloads. Use chrome.
Thank you once again! I don't have chrome, so trying it with Firefox once. I'm currently at 6 of 9 elements, but it is 125 MB already (instead of the said 40 MB). So probably I have to install Chrome and try again.
you just give guidelines, when you write down minimum requirements, to reduce any support questions. always remember you run more stuff next to vst effect in your DAW to work with it conformtable, thats why they write 4GB. it has nothing to with the plugin itself. doesnt stop you from running the plugin on win7 on a computer with 512MB RAM.
For those without Chrome: I just downloaded it with Firefox. No issues, other than that it downloaded the whole tan folder (both Mac and windows, with all versions and the documents folder). A total of 254 MB @ 400kB/s Thanks, @jayxflash , for pointing idiots like me to the dashboard
With Firefox the download page (when entering the code) wasn't visible (for me at least). Some kind of error. With Chrome no problem. Firefox has more issues lately, not sure why. It was always very stable.
Gotta try this. I wonder if it gives harmonics like any hardware compressors, and what it would sound most like.
It's Acustica, that's their very nature (to add harmonics). You even have the option to not add them since harmonics are default.
Right, I was talking about which piece of hardware it sounds like, such as an SSL which adds more harmonics the harder it compresses, or is it more like an 1176 which pretty much is adding harmonics continuously (from my research). Just curious. I guess the best way to know is to try it.
I am using Chrome and up to this point I have found it easier to fit a camel through the head of a needle. Edit: The door swung open and I finally was able to grab the Tan and a few other things from my account at Acoustica that I needed to re-install. Last edited by a moderator: Jul 28, 2016
I'm sorry if this may seem like a dumb question, but I couldn't find in the pseudo-manual for Tan. But, what does the pre switch do? It definitely makes it sound a lot warmer. And BTW It sounds AMAZING! Last edited: Jul 29, 2016
i like the way it kills the Harshness on the top end \m/ could save me goin outside the box for the same purpose on some tracks ;)
I gave it a quick test fun on the two bus and compared it to Waves SSL Compressor. I find it to be in the same sonic league. That for a free plugin is a lot to say. One nice feature is the SHMOD control, which seems to affect the way transients are perceived. It adds a sense of loudness that is not actual gain. This compressor is mastering grade for sure. The 2:1 ratio is fabulous to massage a full mix. I'm loving this puppy.
