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Do you use compressors when you're producing
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Hypnotik
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Posted : Apr 21, 2007 22:42
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Hi!
Do you use compressors like tc powercore or waves on your kickbass, rythmics, synths before mixing?
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Colin OOOD
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Posted : Apr 21, 2007 22:54
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faxinadu
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Posted : Apr 22, 2007 00:41
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like colin said, but generally ya i use them often. lately i have been using the "tape drive" and the "soft/warm/fat saturators" modules from adern's flexor instead and along with compressing for some warmth on.
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Hypnotik
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Posted : Apr 22, 2007 01:58
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Thanks for your replies
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le barde
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Posted : Apr 22, 2007 04:08
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i'm someone who almust compress nothing, except for mastering. |
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dija
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Posted : Apr 22, 2007 08:31
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Not a whole lot. Definitely need to be used to control volume in some instances and during mastering to get an even level of sound. Well its improper to say that I master but I do some generic mastering to the tracks to hand out to friends. Sometimes if I want something to sound different I will put some heavy compression on it , I do this to a lot of my fx to create an in your face effect. |
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shachar
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Posted : Apr 22, 2007 12:07
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i compress almost everything before mix..
its also for reasons of taste but it help my mix to be more rock solid |
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AvS
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Posted : Apr 22, 2007 14:11
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I don't use compressors much.
I think with electronic music you have so much control over the sounds that there are many things you can try first before you put a compressor on a track.
I think snares are what i compress most and also sounds with resonating fx like phasers and flangers on (i put the comp after the fx).
In mastering i sometimes use a comp but only very little compression.
Many times i find that i dont really like the sound of compression at all. Maybe its the software compressors i use. I got a RNC last year (hardware). I like this ALOT more because you dont really hear the compression, it just keep the levels in place. I like that.
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Dream Weaver
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Posted : Apr 22, 2007 14:50
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I always output my kik and bass channels and compress them together through a bus group also used for automation.
On alot of my channel strips I use light compression, Sonalksis SV315 is very transparent.
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PoM
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Posted : Apr 22, 2007 15:17
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for the kick i think it s a must,it sound in your face and don t get lost in the mix. |
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AvS
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Posted : Apr 22, 2007 16:44
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Depends on the kick sample. I never compress my kicks. |
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subconsciousmind
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Posted : Apr 22, 2007 20:46
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Wow,
the diversity of the answers here is so great!!
I use compression whenever I want to make something more pushy or slappy, for example a bass or any percussion, then I adjust the attack in a way that the transients comes through, but the rest gets compressed, which leaves the impression of the sound, but makes room in the mix.
or when I need to tame something that would have to much dynamic range. For example an original 303 with Accents on higher notes, is almost unfittable in any mix without compression. Then I have attack to almost zero. a little like "tender limiting"
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Elad
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Posted : Apr 22, 2007 21:28
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i use them pritty much..
for groups like kick+bass , drums , less for leads , unless there is sound that is too spiky..
sometimes much compression , sometime very delicate one.. all depent what and why..
u can use them artisticly , or mathematicly , also depent what and why...
for most drums actualy i can do it in the sampler with attack and realese options... so no need to do it ..
also sometime if u have too much over lap of specific sound short the realese time remove the neccesity of compression
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cytopia
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Posted : Apr 23, 2007 00:08
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I use compression on alot of channels, but with different settings depending on what I want to do to the sound. On percussion compression can make it more punchy, and with synth leads and pads etc you can bring out some of the background sound, and make it more audable if you compress it a bit. I try not to overcompress and to set the attack release, ratio and threshold to the right setting for what I want to do, and this takes some practice, but you can hear it better if you set the threshold really low and ratio really high, play the sound, then while its being super processed like this, set the attack, then set the release... you see with the ultra low threshold and very high ratio its compressing hard and you can actually hear very well what the changes in attack and release are doing to the sound.... then when those are set, set the ratio, and then last the threshold to where they ought to be. Alot of people work this way and it does really help
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faxinadu
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Posted : Apr 23, 2007 13:31
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On 2007-04-23 00:08, cytopia wrote:
I use compression on alot of channels, but with different settings depending on what I want to do to the sound. On percussion compression can make it more punchy, and with synth leads and pads etc you can bring out some of the background sound, and make it more audable if you compress it a bit. I try not to overcompress and to set the attack release, ratio and threshold to the right setting for what I want to do, and this takes some practice, but you can hear it better if you set the threshold really low and ratio really high, play the sound, then while its being super processed like this, set the attack, then set the release... you see with the ultra low threshold and very high ratio its compressing hard and you can actually hear very well what the changes in attack and release are doing to the sound.... then when those are set, set the ratio, and then last the threshold to where they ought to be. Alot of people work this way and it does really help
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nice tip dude!
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