MJUC

Tips and tricks

I really love the timbre knob. Cranking it toward hifi adds a nice sheen.

Can do dual mono.

Mk3 is really great for bringing acoustic guitar to life.

Mk3 also makes a really great vocal leveler, Mk1 too. I might even prefer it over Pro-C 2 for leveling.

Using Mk1, with timing 1 and set to limit, you can get it to do a Fairchild kind of thing.¹

Models

• Mk1 is really pillowy. I like it for a retro 60s and earlier kick sound. The controls look a lot like a Fairchild. This is based on variable-mu compressors from the 50s.² It’s good for warming up stuff and may be useful for Compressing vocals (though not as warm as Molot GE).
• Mk2 is based on the 175 and 176 from the early 1960s, the all-tube-predecessors of the 1176 FET compressor.² Much faster than Mk1. Has a little more mid focus than Mk1.
• Mk3 has the most hi-fi sound.

CPU

0.2-0.3% with no OS

Oversampling IR

Mk1 ! [[ mjuc impulse mk1.png ]]

Mk2 ! [[ mjuc impulse mk2.png ]]

Mk3 ! [[ mjuc impulse mk3.png ]]

Sine sweep test at -18, spectrograph readings at -130dB, OS on

Mk1, settings maxed ! [[ mjuc sine sweep mk1 settings maxed.png ]]

Mk2, settings maxed ! [[ mjuc sine sweep mk2 settings maxed.png ]]

Mk3, settings maxed ! [[ mjuc sine sweep mk3 settings maxed.png ]]

Drive only

Mk1, drive only, maxed ! [[ mjuc sine sweep mk1 drive only maxed.png ]]

Mk2, drive only, at 7 ! [[ mjuc sine sweep mk2 drive only at 7.png ]]

Mk3, drive only, at 7 ! [[ mjuc sine sweep mk3 drive only at 7.png ]]

Harmonic analysis

Mk1, drive at 5

! [[ mjuc harmonic mk1 drive 5.png ]]

Mk2, drive at 5

More odd harmonics. ! [[ mjuc harmonic mk2 drive 5.png ]]

Mk3, drive at 5

Big second harmonic. ! [[ mjuc harmonic mk3 drive 5.png ]]

Hammerstein test

Mk1, drive at 5

! [[ mjuc hammerstein mk1 drive 5.png ]]

Mk2, drive at 5

! [[ mjuc hammerstein mk2 drive 5.png ]]

Mk3, drive at 5

! [[ mjuc hammerstein mk3 drive 5.png ]]

Linear analysis of timbre control

Mk1

Dark ! [[ mjuc linear analysis mk1 dark.png ]]

Hifi ! [[ mjuc linear analysis mk1 hifi.png ]]

Mk2

Dark ! [[ mjuc linear analysis mk2 dark.png ]]

Hifi ! [[ mjuc linear analysis mk2 hifi.png ]]

Mk3

Dark ! [[ mjuc linear analysis mk3 dark.png ]]

Hifi ! [[ mjuc linear analysis mk3 hifi.png ]]