DBX 286 S

I liked the DBX 286s during the 2 years that I used it, then, after about 2 years, it has stopped working. Sound is suddenly very distorted at all settings, except when "Bypass" is on, so...it's toast, and the problem is someplace within the DBX. Would I order it again? I just did, but I am not happ...

Preamp is really good, but there is a very very slight amount of hiss at the highest gain settings. (which makes sense) The hiss is only noticeable if you listen for it and it'd be easy to get rid of in the worst case. The different processing effects work great and definitely bring your microphone ...

Review as a user that only uses for voiceover recording. Does not apply to those that are using for instruments. My primary use is home office, videos, and web conference calls. I have no need to compress voiceover/narration/conference calls, etc.. I have no need for a de-esser. I have no need for a...

The media could not be loaded. My goal was to use it for live streaming but minimize the background noise as much as possible. With some finagling, I got it to do that. I uploaded a video (screenshots w/audio) to show what settings I'm using with a Rode NTG-1 shotgun microphone placed a foot away. T...

I'm a Twitch streamer and I've fiddled with every sort of software solution I could dig up. I have a Rode NT1 mic with a Scarlet 2i2 interface and a Roland VT3 Voice Transformer. I've struggled with noise in the line, as well as the fact that even on the weakest setting the Noise Suppression filter ...

I’m not an audio expert by any means, but the dbx 286s seemed from various YouTube reviews to be a potentially solid addition to my otherwise very amateur home studio setup. I wanted something that could help me enhance the quality of my voice recordings (on a TASCAM DR-60D MKII), while realizing th...

This thing is amazing. Perfect for someone who doesn't want to have to edit all of their voice recordings. You can control all types of gain / attenuation. Pre-amp for mic gain, 48V phantom power (I use to power separate cloudlifter mic preamp), Audio compressor for mic distance, De-esser (to reduce...

The industry standard for two reasons: it's inexpensive, and it does exactly what it's supposed to do. If you can't get the sound you're looking for with the 286s, you're either only lacking a graphic EQ, or you're trying too hard and failing even harder. This thing can make any microphone sound gre...

I run 4 active 12 inch main top boxes and 2 active 18 inch sub-woofer boxes. My signal chain is mic/instrument/cd player --> mixer (HPF, gate, compressor, and parametric eq) --> 31 band equalizer (tune the room and ring out the feedback) --> DBX crossover (80-90 crossover point). Although my active ...

I'm a voice-over artist who specializes in larger projects (100,000 words and above). I can't even tell you how much time I spent editing. I'm talking countless hours editing plosives, sibilance, and other harsh sounds in post-production. I almost didn't buy the dbx286s because I didn't think it was...