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Re: Compressor! To "Insert" or not to "Insert" ???
      05/03/12 06:14 PM
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I always used to tell my trainees: just because you have something in your rack it doesn't mean that you have to use it.

Personally my preference was to have compressors on vocals, but with the threshold set high enough that they only cut in if the singer did some serious yelling; bass guitar as you get some big level fluctuations there; and acoustic guitars, set up the same way as the vocals, just for that nasty bit where one string goes TWANG!

And, yes, I did have eight compressors in my rack (and eight gates too, but that's another story)

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* Compressor! To "Insert" or not to "Insert" ??? Scatamonkey 05/03/12 04:28 PM
. * Re: Compressor! To "Insert" or not to "Insert" ??? JBoy90   10/03/12 11:24 PM
. * Re: Compressor! To "Insert" or not to "Insert" ??? UNMUTE   06/03/12 11:36 PM
. * Re: Compressor! To "Insert" or not to "Insert" ??? Mixedup   07/03/12 11:34 AM
. * Re: Compressor! To "Insert" or not to "Insert" ??? Scatamonkey   06/03/12 11:05 AM
. * Re: Compressor! To "Insert" or not to "Insert" ??? Dave Gate   05/03/12 06:14 PM
. * Re: Compressor! To "Insert" or not to "Insert" ??? Guy Johnson   06/03/12 11:00 AM
. * Re: Compressor! To "Insert" or not to "Insert" ??? Dave Gate   06/03/12 11:14 AM
. * Re: Compressor! To "Insert" or not to "Insert" ??? seablade   06/03/12 01:57 PM
. * Re: Compressor! To "Insert" or not to "Insert" ??? Scatamonkey   05/03/12 06:05 PM
. * Re: Compressor! To "Insert" or not to "Insert" ??? Mike Stranks   05/03/12 06:31 PM
. * Re: Compressor! To "Insert" or not to "Insert" ??? shpaudio   05/03/12 05:52 PM
. * Re: Compressor! To "Insert" or not to "Insert" ??? Scatamonkey   05/03/12 05:45 PM
. * Re: Compressor! To "Insert" or not to "Insert" ??? grab   06/03/12 09:49 AM
. * Re: Compressor! To "Insert" or not to "Insert" ??? grab   05/03/12 04:53 PM
. * Re: Compressor! To "Insert" or not to "Insert" ??? seablade   05/03/12 04:52 PM

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