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Do you use a compressor on the 2-Bus
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| ONDRAY |
Wondering how many of you guys use a lite ratio stereo compressor on the mix 2-bus to glue it all together and add some colour perhabs.
just throwing it out there. |
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| Zombie0729 |
| 2-bus? master channel? |
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| ONDRAY |
| ya. as in your main stereo mix. Now I'm talking about proper stereo comp on the 2-bus with barely any ratio and a redcution no more then -2db, so it doesn't affect the dynamics. |
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| BOOsTER |
is that the trick called "invisible compression"???
guess not...I have no clue what is this about sorry :( |
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| Zombie0729 |
| are we pre or post mix down? |
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| No Left Turn |
| I started mixing with the SSL stereo buss compressor with an average of 2-3db of constant gain reduction. It's nothing huge, but I've been pretty happy with the results so far. |
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| richg101 |
| i whack a compressor onto my main output. low ratio and compress the highest 0.5db level |
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| thecYrus |
| i use sonnox limiter (with coloring activated) and the sonnox inflator. |
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| camsr |
| I dont use any compression until the mix is complete. |
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| thecYrus |
| quote: | Originally posted by camsr
I dont use any compression until the mix is complete. |
i do arranging, mixing and mastering in parallel / at the same time. |
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| camsr |
| Well actually I DO use a limiter. But no real compression. |
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| Falck |
Personally I don't interfear with the master channel at all during arranging and mixing, but leaves that to the mastering process afterwards.
I used to have a limiter on the master channel long ago, but that generated strange results because it hid peaks over zero! That's a little tip to those of you who uses compressor/limiter on the master channel; turn it if now and then to make sure the signal isn't over zero at anytime, before it's compressed. |
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