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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?
Warm Audio pay tribute to two different revisions of the classic FET compressor, and throw in some helpful modern features to boot.
This pedal‑format compressor doubles up as a serious studio tool.
Origin Effects’ original Cali76 compressor, launched in 2013, offered something significantly different from the compressor...
Can’t decide if you’d rather blow your vari‑mu budget on a Fairchild or an RS124? Chandler’s RS660 puts a little of both in one box...
Croatia‑based manufacturer DryBell’s Module 4 design aims to recreate the famous Orange Squeezer compressor.
This quality analogue processor offers precise and intuitive control over your compression.
Right out of the box, the Atlas compressor offers six types of digitally modelled compression based on revered studio hardware...
This clever dual‑channel, dual‑slope optical compressor is different from the rest...
Ever wondered what a ‘four‑quadrant analogue multiplier compressor’ might sound like? Neither had we — but it turns out to be something a bit special!