Behringer CS400 Compressor Sustainer Worth It?

['59]

I've been looking at this pedal for a compressor on arpeggiated clean songs. The sustainer function is secondary, but is the compressor/noise floor/build quality decent? Keep in mind it cost less than half of what I pay for a tank of gas.

 

[Blille]

Re: Behringer CS400 Compressor Sustainer Worth It?

I would prefer an MXR clone by BiYang or Joyo or a used MXR Dynacomp.

 

[Chistopher]

Re: Behringer CS400 Compressor Sustainer Worth It?

I've never tried the CS400, but the Mooer Yellow Comp is the best optical compressor that you can find for less than $100. I've seen them go for $40 before.

 

[GoldenVulture]

Re: Behringer CS400 Compressor Sustainer Worth It?

I've been looking at this pedal for a compressor on arpeggiated clean songs. The sustainer function is secondary, but is the compressor/noise floor/build quality decent? Keep in mind it cost less than half of what I pay for a tank of gas.

I've got one of these. It lasted about six months then the sound became distorted. Fresh batteries or a power pack feed did not fix it. It seems like a permanent fault. I shelved it and bought a TC ForceField Compressor. It works a lot better, as TC stuff usually does.- https://www.tcelectronic.com/Catego...ORCEFIELD-COMPRESSOR/p/P0CB2#googtrans(en|en) -

 

[chadd]

Re: Behringer CS400 Compressor Sustainer Worth It?

I've got one of these. It lasted about six months then the sound became distorted. Fresh batteries or a power pack feed did not fix it. It seems like a permanent fault. I shelved it and bought a TC ForceField Compressor. It works a lot better, as TC stuff usually does.- https://www.tcelectronic.com/Catego...ORCEFIELD-COMPRESSOR/p/P0CB2#googtrans(en|en) -

I had pretty much the same luck and the same solution. The funny thing is that the Forcefield (and the rest of that TC pedal line) is supposedly just a Behringer circuit with a TC label (same company).

 

[PFDarkside]

Re: Behringer CS400 Compressor Sustainer Worth It?

Well, the circuit is probably good, the interfaces to pots, jacks, switch, etc. are probably what are cheap and fail.

 

[Jacew]

Re: Behringer CS400 Compressor Sustainer Worth It?

Well, the circuit is probably good, the interfaces to pots, jacks, switch, etc. are probably what are cheap and fail.

Yep. Those old Behringer pedals are really awful in that matter.

 

[Little Pigbacon]

Re: Behringer CS400 Compressor Sustainer Worth It?

I had pretty much the same luck and the same solution. The funny thing is that the Forcefield (and the rest of that TC pedal line) is supposedly just a Behringer circuit with a TC label (same company).

Not just a TC label. I’ve never seen a Behringer pedal built like that TC series.

 

[Mincer]

Re: Behringer CS400 Compressor Sustainer Worth It?

A really cheap but great compressor is the Danelectro mini Surf & Turf. It is supposedly a Ross clone. Sounds great on acoustic, clean & distorted electric.

 

[ehdwuld]

Re: Behringer CS400 Compressor Sustainer Worth It?

I have the Joyo compressor
it sux

Just get something else

had a DynaComp once
it had already morphed into the distortion pedal by the time I got it
it died soon after

 

[chadd]

Re: Behringer CS400 Compressor Sustainer Worth It?

Not just a TC label. I’ve never seen a Behringer pedal built like that TC series.

someone mentioned this rumor to me again the other day when they saw the Forcefield that I had on my board. So, I did a little digging and found this from someone that was a TC employee at the time they rolled out the pedals.

Hey guys,

Just wanted to give a little more insight into the design of these pedals. Most of them are indeed based on some of the old Behringer pedals, but it is incorrect to say that it's a rebranding or re-housing. I gave the Behringer pedals a listen over a year ago, and truly though a lot of them sounded really good. From there the idea formed that with some work they could form the basis for a new cheaper product line... something I (and our dealers) have been wanted for years.

So here is the skinny on what has been changed from the original pedals. As you can hopefully tell, this has in now way been a quick copy/paste job... quite the contrary! The TC team in Denmark made a whole new mechanic design. We designed new mainboards to support true bypass. All the pedals have changes to their original circuits (both component and signal flow) to change the tone, add or remove knobs or switches, remove unwanted noise, etc.

In essence we've diligently gone over every single pedal and changed the things necessary to make them work and sound the way we wanted them to.
Tore Mogensen

 

[DankStar]

Re: Behringer CS400 Compressor Sustainer Worth It?

A really cheap but great compressor is the Danelectro mini Surf & Turf. It is supposedly a Ross clone. Sounds great on acoustic, clean & distorted electric.

Didn’t know that. Ross rules.