Recording Handbook - Hol.gr

can save some money by going with a mono compressor. Stereo is all
well and good but for small 4-tracks it has no use. That is if you
don't mind compressing down to track and not on mix down. Stereo is
really only for live gigs and when you have a multi-track system with
several AUX sends so that you can patch each channel into a mix.
Q2.3.2 Should I use compression on drums? Vocals? Bass?
ertrinid@girtab.usc.edu (Elson R. Trinidad) writes:
If you mic up your kit and route it through a separate mixer before
going to your 4-track, put the snare through a compressor (the kick,
too, but through a separate compressor) and you'll have a more
"professional" sound. But never try to compress the entire drum mix,
especially if you use cymbals a lot - there will be a lot of
unnatural-sounding "pumping and breathing".
brianb@scorpion.iii.net (Marc?) writes:
It's great for snares and kicks. (fattens up the kick alot) But I find
that it kills rides and hihats. To really compress drums you need to
have a system that can compress some, but not all.
Also, [noise] gates are needed to really make it sound right.
You need different amounts of compresson on different things. That
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