RE: Same question asked YET AGAIN.. can someone help me in MY situation?

["Krispen Hartung" <info@krispenhartung.com>]

Then just use the compressor as a limiter. Turn the ratio to infinity,
use a fast attack, a slow release, set your threshold at 0, and your
gain at just a sliver before 0. But before you use the setting, bipass
the compressor and obtain a signal as close to redline as possible. And
a good compressor will add absolutely no noise...my RNC compressors are
completely transparent.  Every professional studio that I'm aware of
uses compression, but they wouldn't if they added noise to the mix.
I've found that there is a lot of confusion over compression.  Many
people think they are designed to add sustain, which is true if you use
the cheap stombox versions (plus a lot of noise), whereas from a sound
engineering perspective, they are designd to reduce the overall dynamic
range of your program, or simply put a cap on it if you use them as a
limiter.  Sometimes this results in more sustain, but as an side
phenomenon.

On another note, does anyone have the Yamaha Sound Reinforcement
Handbook? I've found this to be an extremely useful resource for
understanding signal processing, using the right settings, etc.  It is
well worth the money!

http://www.8thstreet.com/prod.asp?pid=20610

Kris



-----Original Message-----
From: Travis Hartnett [mailto:tiktok@sprintmail.com] 
Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2004 9:22 AM
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Subject: RE: Same question asked YET AGAIN.. can someone help me in MY
situation? 


Because I didn't want my signal compressed.  Plus, the Vortex is hissy 
enough as is without adding a compressor to the party.  And, much of 
the fun of the Vortex comes from the patches where the input volume 
dynamically controls some other parameter.  Compressing your input 
dynamics would defeat much of that feature.

TH


On Dec 18, 2004, at 8:07 AM, 
Loopers-Delight-d-request@loopers-delight.com wrote:

> From: "Krispen Hartung" <info@krispenhartung.com>
> Date: December 17, 2004 3:59:23 PM PST
> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
> Subject: RE: Same question asked YET AGAIN.. can someone help me in MY
> situation?
>
>
> Why don't you all just get a decent rackmount compressor to stablize 
> your signal? Put it before everything or in front of whatever is the 
> most sensitive. I find this to be a must with looping because of the 
> db change in adding loops.  Of course, I play the acoustic guitar too,

> which has a whole different dynamic.
>
> Kris
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Travis Hartnett [mailto:tiktok@sprintmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 12:38 PM
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Subject: Re: Same question asked YET AGAIN.. can someone help me in MY

> situation?
>
>
> Both of the Vortices I've used have been pretty picky about input 
> levels.  The level range between "acceptable" and "overload" seemed to

> be much narrower than the spread between my rhythm and lead levels 
> (this was on electric guitar, using the amp effects loop).  I resigned

> myself to dedicating a box to one or the other patch.
>
> TravisH
>