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You'd be surprised at how well this technique works.
Q3.5 Can I use compression on a mixed signal?
Adapted from what robertb@primenet.com (Robert Blackwell) writes:
>billrich@caspian.ext.vt.edu (Bill Richardson) says:
>Can you use a compressor on a mixed signal, like between the 4 track
>and the mastering deck?
Yes you can. In fact that is what you want to do to keep [everything]
in its perspective position. [As] I have said before, it should be
used very carefully, if you [over-compress], the mix will [lose] it's
"live" feel and it won't have any dynamics.. It is also good at
keeping the signal going out to the mastering deck from getting too
hot and overloading the circuitry ([with noise]).
Q3.5.1 Is it better to compress when recording or mixing?
mcknight@pire.org (Scott McKnight) writes:
My stock answer is "depends on how much compression you have." If you
have enough channels of compression to compress everything at mixdown
then you might want to hold off compressing til then. Advantages of
doing this include being able to compress based upon hearing
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