[PlanetCCRMA] General processing ?

Wed Jul 14 15:59:01 2004

Well, more experienced others may have a better suggestion, however I 
usually use the compressor labeled SC1...it's a ladspa plugin.  There are 
also SC2-5, I believe the difference lies in their ability to chain to 
other outputs.  You can use the plugins in jammin, or just insert them 
into a track within many programs (e.g., ardour)

hope it helps, 
mike
ps, as a beginner, even a single-band compressor is scary, or should be. 

On Wed, 14 Jul 2004, Joseph Dell'Orfano wrote:

> All this being said, here's a quick question on plugin effects. Is there
> a reasonable software compressor available? I track acoustic guitar and
> vocals with a tiny bit of compression, but I'd like to mix with
> compression without having to go out of the computer. Is Jammin' the way
> to go here? I'm really just a beginner when it comes to
> recording/mixing, and the 3-band compression scares me just a bit...
> 
> -Joe D
> 
> 
> On Wed, 2004-07-14 at 17:23, R Parker wrote:
> > --- mike@banta.psyc.missouri.edu wrote:
> > > Sorry if there's a better list for this stuff, if
> > > so, please direct me so 
> > > I can not waste people's time.
> > 
> > The linux-audio-user@ list probably has more
> > discussions for these topics than the CCRMA list.
> > 
> > > 1. What is the best reverb plugin people have found.
> > >  I'm running Ardour, 
> > > and just need one that sound decent but doesn't
> > > crash; something only 
> > > freeverb has provided thus far.  Also, good
> > > compressor recommendations?
> > 
> > Obviously, try them all. I was playing with the TAP
> > Reverberator and Reverberator Editor last nite. I can
> > definitely mix and create usable stuff with these.
> > 
> > > 2. Does anyone run compression on the input signal,
> > > before the harddisk?
> > 
> > Depends on the instrument. I'll print compressed
> > vocals depending on the singer and the situation. If
> > the singer is talented it's probably not needed. If
> > the singer is likely to request punchins on subsequent
> > sessions, I won't compress or EQ. I want to recreate
> > the sound of the original session without any effort.
> > 
> > If I'm doing meatball engineering, then it doesn't
> > bother me to print compressed and equalized vocal
> > tracks.
> >   
> > > It would take power away from post-recording
> > > mixing...however, it seems I 
> > > could get a much hotter, non-clipping input if I do
> > > this.
> > 
> > What do you need hotter signals for?
> > 
> > Signal to noise in digital isn't a problem.
> > Compression isn't computationaly expensive. You can do
> > nonrealtime normalization on tracks with low levels. I
> > never do but I don't think there's any reason not to.
> > 
> > ron
> > 
> > > Thanks for any thoughts,
> > > mike
> > > 
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