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EtherealMotive
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Posted : Apr 9, 2009 00:55:39
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How many times does the average phat kick and bass get compressed during the production of a track? |
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~d2~
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Posted : Apr 9, 2009 01:02
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Define average  |
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Freeflow
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Posted : Apr 9, 2009 01:34
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most often...
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~d2~
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Posted : Apr 9, 2009 01:36
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most often phat kick and bass? interesting |
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Freeflow
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Posted : Apr 9, 2009 01:41
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On 2009-04-09 01:36, ~d2~ wrote:
most often phat kick and bass? interesting
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ohh you are being funny!  wonderful..
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Freeflow
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Posted : Apr 9, 2009 01:43
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Most often the bass and kick gets compressed, if they are phat or not is another question...
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Zoopy
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Posted : Apr 9, 2009 02:13
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I never compress the kick, no need in my opinion. Sometimes I use a little bit of sidechain compression on the bass but it depends on the type of sound I want.
Compressing the kick and bass together is squishing the dynamic range of both elements to be closer together so it kind of glues them together. I've tried this before and always end up taking it off, it just sounds really forced or squashed, which just might be my lack of skill but , yeah.
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EtherealMotive
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Posted : Apr 9, 2009 04:52
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well, sometimes my sound is TOO Phat! and It was just a question... |
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Medea
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Posted : Apr 9, 2009 13:55
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what do you meen by "how many times"?
If you'r talking about how many compressors are on the channel - usually one or none.
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icedice
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Posted : Apr 9, 2009 14:40
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My guess is up to three times.. one on the bass channel, one one the kick and bass group and one on the master....
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gutter
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Posted : Apr 9, 2009 15:05
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On 2009-04-09 14:40, icedice wrote:
My guess is up to three times.. one on the bass channel, one one the kick and bass group and one on the master....
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 no bass frequencies in the mix after that .. good luck
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PoM
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Posted : Apr 9, 2009 15:24
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first i thought your topic was a joke , it s a bit silly question cause it all depends the source and the sound you want... so none can answer you ... but compressing a source just a little with differents compressors (insteed of more compression with just only one comp) is a common things in studio that i often forget |
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gutter
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Posted : Apr 9, 2009 15:35
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i think you can use such technique more for changing the envelope of the signal than compressing it, attack/release settings with almost no compression going on, only a slight touch
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Speakafreaka
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Posted : Apr 9, 2009 17:13
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Sometimes I'll use multiple compressors - nothing wrong with that - taking three compressors and using each a little can allow you to compressor further then just using one and compressing the same amount... these things can be pretty non-linear, you know?
But there is no right or wrong - sometimes I don't compress at all.
And yes, I still have plenty of bass frequencies after this 
Bottom line is, if you slap three compressors on it and it sounds good, well then shit, I guess it is good. .
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fractalfungi
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Posted : Apr 9, 2009 17:16
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yeah, its not a stupid question at all, many people use several compression stages as a trick to get a great sounding track. |
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