Rupert Neve Designs OptoFET Overview: Ferocious Dual-stage Compression & Beyond

The Rupert Neve Designs OptoFET brings limitless sound-shaping potential and dual-stage compression to your mix. Mitch Gallagher and Sweetwater Studios’ Jason Peets dive deep on this hardware haymaker. See it up close at Sweetwater! 👉 https://sweetwater.sjv.io/OeV4LZ Chapters: 00:00 — Intro 00:23 — OptoFET Specs & Dual-stage Design Overview 01:42 — Independent Compression Versatility & Detailed Hands-on Control 02:59 — Sidechaining & Dynamic Coloration 04:39 — Complementary 2-side Ingenuity 05:19 — OptoFET in Studio A with Jason Peets at Sweetwater Studios 05:42 — Bypassed OptoFET (Sound Example) 06:21 — Series Compression: FET into Opto with Bloom (Sound Example) 07:59 — A/B Testing FET and Opto Compression Order (Sound Example) 09:05 — X-Over & Flip Parameters (Sound Example) 10:44 — Using the OptoFET with Acoustic Guitar (Sound Example) 12:19 — Using the OptoFET with Electric Bass Guitar (Sound Example) 13:46 — Using the OptoFET with Kick Drums (Sound Example) 14:51 — Closing Thoughts & Outro Subscribe and follow for the latest gear news and giveaways! 👉    / @sweetwater   After you watch, visit Sweetwater.com today for all your music instrument and pro audio needs! 👉 https://sweetwater.sjv.io/shop Visit DealZone for the best deals on demos, bundles, B-stock, and more 👉 https://sweetwater.sjv.io/Dealzone_Demos Shop used gear 👉 https://sweetwater.sjv.io/Gear-Exchange Learn what it takes to become a content creator 👉 https://www.sweetwater.com/discover/c... Recorded at Sweetwater Studios 👉 https://SweetwaterStudios.com/ Sweetwater Studios mic locker 👉 https://Sweetwater.sjv.io/Mic_Locker Sweetwater Studio A gear list 👉 https://sweetwater.sjv.io/Studio_A_Ge... Sweetwater Studio B gear list 👉 https://sweetwater.sjv.io/Studio_B_Ge... Sweetwater Studio C gear list 👉 https://sweetwater.sjv.io/Studio_C_Ge... For more from Sweetwater, follow us:  Facebook:   / sweetwater   X: https://x.com/SweetwaterSound Instagram:   / sweetwatersound   TikTok:   / sweetwatersound   #RupertNeveDesigns #OptoFET #Demo

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