Behringer CL9 Compressor Limiter Reviews

Very good pedal

It was a very good pedal and ive owned for about two weeks and have 0 problems

Doing the job better than paid

I'm using it after a TU-300 of beringher in an FX loop since a few weeks by now, it isn't too noisy, only downside is that it's fully in plastic and the knobs may feel not too nice, but honestly for what it does that is okay, especially with it's lowprice it does it better than you could expect for the price. all in all a good affordable CL-Pedal

Simple and to the point

a no nonsense compressor/limiter pedal does exactly what's needed from a pedal of this type

Works wonders with e-drums

I bought this to be used with my bass, but it crossed my mind to experiment using it with my electronic drums set (I wasn't happy with the bass drum, it lacked that deep "boom" power no matter how much I changed parameters) and now I can actually feel and hear that pleasant boom of the bass drum, and not only, but another advantage is that high sounds like hi hat, symbals which before were barely heard, now they are way more audible, I advice this compressor to be used with any e-drums.

Im using Roland Octapad + Behringer CL9 + Alesis Strike Amp 12

This Is a Compressor

It is a Compressor and it's a good one. It does what it says. It's equal if not better to other expensive "rivals".

Awesome Value!

The Behringer CL9 Compressor Limiter Effect Pedal does an excellent job of emulating the Ibanez CP9 pedal. It works and sounds like you'd expect. It's a great value for money product.

Excellent for the price

Great sound. Works well. No issues. The only negative might be the typical Behringer not-so-solid-looking plastic construction.

useful equiment

i use on guitar and synths for compression or limiting

the pedal is really good, based on an ibanez unit ive never used.

it works as intended in a simple way with a good sound quality

and it is versatile, it does hard limiting "max sustain" through to milder compression

attack control is fine, its senstive enough and has enough range for general use.

its very good value,

if youre not sure why you want this pedal, it will crush (compress/lmit) the transient of a sound at a selectable "ratio" - using the sustain dial, (amount of crushing the initial peaks - flattening the soundwaves level, making it sound more "sustained") with a dial for how quicly the crushing will take effect when you play a note (attack rate)

it sounds good after a distortion or OD pedal, or on a synth saw wave for example, and ive used it on drum machines.

it will be useful to anyone who needs a comp/limiter. regardless of its low price.

behringer also produce the cs400 (boss comp clone), which is also very nice, id recommend both, although the cl9 is more agressive, and basic maybe. very good effects unit.

Very Good Sound - but a bit fragile

The sound is awesome and the knobs very responsible.

but the case is quite fragile.

in other words, if you are not touring...well worth.

if you are moving a lot, better invest in something more sturdy.

Good for the price

Compressor works fine.

pros:

The compression sound is nice.

cons:

-Not true bypass. Effect when is turned off has some minor impact to sound.

-Plastic housing made of average plastic but still correctly fitted.

The on/off switch is simplest tact switch mounted on PCB.

Shortly:

Good sound in plastic package.

Feels cheap, works great

i use this pedal over a range of different purposes. for recording bass (on the monitoring signal) on rehearsals and also on my guitar pedalboard when jamming and recording. It's made of plastic so i probably wouldn't put this loose in a bag with other gear but i trust it to hold together on my pedalboard. as far as sound goes i have nothing negative to say, it doesn't introduce any noice to my signal and does exactly what it's supposed to. easy to dial in, just enough options for my needs, not too many. for it's price this is an absolute bargain.

They did it again !

It sound good, it's useful and not noisy (at least in my setup).

I own much more expensive and high-end compressors, but I really like playing with this one, both on bass and guitar. It's not transparent, but the color is really nice.

Absolute win on this one, Behringer.

A great value for money

I'm very surprised with this pedal. It's very good for what it costs.

I bought it to built a small pedalboard, light enough to be taken on public transport, which I would use on rehearsals (I don't like to carry my main, large pedalboard).

This compressor is better than I expected; first of all it's transparent and quiet. Well, I can hear some hiss, especially when I increase Sustain, but it's because it amplifies all quieter sounds including hiss coming from single coils.

It doesn't color a sound like dyna type compressors (with might be your thing or not), but it's different type of compressor. This is limiter type, so it works best for me as a last pedal in the chain. Not that you can't put it first. The is no right or wrong here - the best is what works best for you.

Pros: transparent (doesn't color a tone), quiet

Cons: plastic enclosure

Perfectly good for the price

I primarily use this for recording fretless bass as I love the attack on each note that comes with heavy compression. It's worked out really well for me. Behringer pedals may not be as robust as some of the more expensive competitors and it may not stand up to studio recording standards, but for home recording it's a great pedal for the price. No unwanted hiss that I can detect. I haven't used it for vocal recording, which is maybe where perfect fidelity matters most, but for bass I find this pedal very useful.