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What is exactly a Multiband Compressor. (pg. 2)
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| hey cheggy |
By using a multi-band, you can compress the highs softer than the lows and sub-bass. This enables you to keep everything nice and tight without overcompressing. If you use a single band compressor, everything can start to "pump" as most people describe it.
To use a multiband, you select the cutoff points for each band. Then you solo the first band and compress this, then solo the second and so on. Some multis have 3, some have 4 bands.
Finally, the compressor will allow you to make gain ajustments to those bands which acts like an eq, so for those who argue eq before and those who argue eq after compression, multiband lets you do the two at once although often, you may want to conduct a more thourough eq afterwards.
If you want more info, the manual for the C4 is available online and it has a very good description of what a multiband does and how to use it. There was also a nice article in Computer Music, issue 65 (November 2003). It was in relation to the Steinberg Multiband Comp but it is all transerfable.
Hope that helps guys. |
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| Massive84 |
| quote: | Originally posted by hey cheggy
By using a multi-band, you can compress the highs softer than the lows and sub-bass. This enables you to keep everything nice and tight without overcompressing. If you use a single band compressor, everything can start to "pump" as most people describe it.
To use a multiband, you select the cutoff points for each band. Then you solo the first band and compress this, then solo the second and so on. Some multis have 3, some have 4 bands.
Finally, the compressor will allow you to make gain ajustments to those bands which acts like an eq, so for those who argue eq before and those who argue eq after compression, multiband lets you do the two at once although often, you may want to conduct a more thourough eq afterwards.
If you want more info, the manual for the C4 is available online and it has a very good description of what a multiband does and how to use it. There was also a nice article in Computer Music, issue 65 (November 2003). It was in relation to the Steinberg Multiband Comp but it is all transerfable.
Hope that helps guys. |
k cheers mate :) |
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| Massive84 |
i could swear i saw a multiband compressor in soundforge once..but i can't find it anymore..
weird :S. |
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| broken silence |
i almost think of a multi-band compressor like i do a multi-band eq, just on a different level. instead of just boosting the frequency, you're compressing the specific one that you pinpoint.
for example, i just used one on my latest track because low-mid frequencies on a patch i used for the melody wasnt sitting right in the mix...so i tightened them up specifically with a multiband compressor. |
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| Tom_cowan |
| quote: | Originally posted by broken silence
for example, i just used one on my latest track because low-mid frequencies on a patch i used for the melody wasnt sitting right in the mix...so i tightened them up specifically with a multiband compressor. |
I get compressors but i find it really hard to use them effectively, what do you mean when you say 'tightened' up. I always get this problem with my mixes being mudled or muddy. Could you give me an example? Sorry for being dense. |
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| broken silence |
| example: compress kick and bass to tighten up the low end :D sometimes you'll have dodgy frequencies in your sounds and thats when just that frequency might need more compression than another one--- so multiband compression would help in giving that one frequency more compression than another one. hope that helps :D |
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| thecYrus |
| is there a multiband compressor with sidechain-support? i want to sidechain only the depths.. and that's with normal sidechaining impossible.. |
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| broken silence |
| use 2 audio tracks and a band pass filter to get out the 'depths' that you want. then sidechain that? that should work methinks..? |
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| thecYrus |
| of course, this works fine.. but why should i go the harder way when there could be an easier? ;) |
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| BIKKEL |
| But is he multiband com. only for mastering or is it also a good idea to use it as normal compression on the beats ? |
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| hey cheggy |
| It is most useful in the mastering stage because of the great range of frequencies involved. Not much point using a multiband on percussion because the percussion lies predominantly in a certain frequency area. |
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| Jay M |
Compressors can be used artistically, but most producers i guess use it change volumes in sounds. A compressor is a limiter as well. For my feeling it just raises the lower level volumes and limits if needed the high ones. That's why it's used, e.g., on the kick, to give it more oomph, or on the clap to make it sound longer.
With a multiband on the kick you can specify for that kick if it needs moor punch (mid), presence (high), "oomph" (low). |
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