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Re: OT: Compressor/Limiter recommendations
I don't know if I'd go so compressor crazy. Dynamic range is your
friend. There are times it's nice for some sounds, but I rarely use a
compressor. I don't like taking that element (dynamic range) away from
my expressive palette. I also would much rather have some noise than
use a noise gate for the same reason. I'll be the one that stops the
note, thank you!
Mark Sottilaro
On Sunday, April 21, 2002, at 01:18 PM, Mark Hamburg wrote:
> I've got three places in my signal chain that could use compressors,
> and I'm
> looking for advice on each of them.
>
> (1) Directly off my electric guitar. Right now I'm using the DynaComp
> simulation on the Line6 DM4 but I'm thinking about a dedicated
> compressor.
> This is probably the least critical.
>
> (2) Before my EDP. I'd like some protection from overloading the input
> into
> the EDP coming off of my Mackie 1642. I haven't had a lot of trouble
> but I'm
> also just keeping the levels moderately low. My priority on this one is
> higher than the guitar case, but still much lower than the last...
>
> (3) I need a compressor or better yet a compressor and an analog to
> SPDIF
> digital converter to take the mix signal off my Mackier and feed it to
> my
> DAT or my SP-808. Digital distortion stinks and I've been sacrificing
> headroom by just keeping my levels low. I want to be able to set the
> recording levels based on where I seem to be playing while knowing that
> if I
> get louder the signal will get compressed/limited rather than clipped.
>
> Item (3) is the most pressing need. I don't need fancy microphone
> preamps. I
> don't need fancy mastering capabilities though I wouldn't mind them.
> What I
> do need is something that will let me get from analog to digital without
> digital distortion.
>
> I've seen TC Electronic Triple*C's are becoming cheap. Would that be a
> good
> choice? For that matter would the M*One work? Or would I simply be
> moving
> the problem so that I'd be sending a lower level signal to the TC A-D
> converter and then amplifying it digitally in the effects box?
>
> Thanks.
> Mark
>