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I thought I had a handle on this, but seem to have a hard time understanding the difference between a compressor’s ‘Hold’ and its ‘Release’. Can you help explain?
I’m struggling to understand what’s really happening when you use different compression ratios. Can you explain please?
No sooner had we finished reviewing their Vari Tube Recording Channel, Berlin-based Tegeler Audio Manufaktur...
Q What does an API 2500 compressor’s ‘Thrust’ control do?
I don’t understand what the ‘Thrust...
I know it changes settings according to the source material, but how does the 'automatic recovery' function on a compressor work.
Can you tell me how to set up a compressor for vocals while they're being recorded, and again in the mix?
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If I limit using a Alesis Nanocompressor when recording into my Emu 1820 soundcard, can I still limit the final mix with, say, Waves' L1 Ultramaximizer without any problems?
Is there a way of using an external hardware compressor with a Roland VS1880 multitracker for mix compression?
Can you give me some compressor tips to make heavy guitars sound more full and even? For example, I want single-note melodies to sound as full as chords or power chords. Also I want to give palm-muted power chords more pump or bite. I'm using the built-in dynamic processors on a Yamaha 03D mixer.
In my hardware-based setup, with my TC electronics Triple*C compressor, is it possible to do the kind of limiting on a full mix where you end up with a waveform that is levelled off at the top and bottom, 'brick wall'-style?
When doing parallel compression, are there advantages to using the compressor fully wet on another channel, and feeding it with an aux send from the first track?
I have a slight level mismatch that I don’t know how best to resolve. I want to patch the Dangerous Music Compressor through the inserts on two of an Allen & Heath GL2400 mixer’s input channels. The problem is that the send signal from the mixer is a tad weak for hitting the compressor where it works best...
Paul White tries out a two channel compressor with tube 'warming' and optional digital I/O.
Ridge Farm Studios began making equipment in 1995, and have followed up their Gas Cooker DI box with the Boiler, a two-channel compressor. Paul White assesses its no-frills approach to the art of the big squeeze.
Paul White finds he has a crush on the Smart Research C2 compressor — but at what cost?
Can new technology really emulate vintage equipment, or do you have to use vintage parts? Paul White test a modern compressor that claims chameleon-like abilities to emulate classic compression sounds.
Paul White studio tests a compressor whose main claim to fame is that you can't hear it working. Is transparency merely an attribute of the Emperor's new clothes, or is this unit something rather special?
FabFilter take compression to the max.