[PlanetCCRMA] General processing ?

[R Parker]

--- Joseph Dell'Orfano <fullgo@dellorfano.net> 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?

No. It's a mastering tool. Using it on one track is
overkill and their are faster ways of solving most
problems. AFAIK, you can only run one instance of it.

You can try any of the compressors. The SC series have
different i/o port counts so you'd pick the
appropriate one for any specific track.

 I'm really just a beginner when it comes
> to
> recording/mixing, and the 3-band compression scares
> me just a bit...

If you've got a Master stereo output in the DAW where
all instrument tracks route to, then when you're happy
with the mix try adding JAMin into the JACK graph.
Route the DAW Master ouputs to the JAMin inputs and
the JAMin outputs to your alsa_pcm:playback ports.

If the high end instruments in your mix are dynamic
enough to prevent the master from achieving the amount
of loudness that's desirable, then lower the attack,
raise the release and lower the threshold for the
highend band of the JAMin compressor. Or, if the
problem in the upper register is a specific
instrument, you're mixing with multitrack source so
you can go back to the DAW and adjust the offending
track by lowering the instruments volume or using a
compressor to control its peaks.

In the end, the joy outweighs the confusion. :)

ron 

> -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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