Until recently, I've been recording on an Alesis Studio 32 board > ADATxt20 > EMU 1280 > Adobe Audition2. I would use the board's inserts to run my RNC compressor (as well as others) during tracking & recently felt that I was really starting to get the hang of it (comp settings) for my skill level. I've been recording for a while & feel pretty comfortable with concepts, but now I'm having problems applying them to the digital realm.
My board blew up at practice the other day & my tech says is pretty fried. I wanted to upgrade anyway, so I purchased an M-Audio Profire 2626 to replace my interface. I'm loving it so far & am very happy with the purchase as well as how easy it was to hook it up. I'm also looking at moving to Sonar for tracking.
My problem is that I'm having a hard time with the concept of giving up running my compressors in-line while tracking drums & vocals. From what I understand, I *should* just be tracking at a manageable level, then applying compression as needed. Sounds simple, but I simply haven't used digital compressors as much because I *try* to get my signal the way I want as it goes in.
When I sing, I like to "work" the compressor as part of the dynamics & how I respond to the compressor pushing back. I'm afraid of losing this & unsure of how to go about getting comfortable with this.
I have done many searches & read many things recently, so if you could simply point me to a thread that discusses similar topics, that would be great. Thanks in advance.
My board blew up at practice the other day & my tech says is pretty fried. I wanted to upgrade anyway, so I purchased an M-Audio Profire 2626 to replace my interface. I'm loving it so far & am very happy with the purchase as well as how easy it was to hook it up. I'm also looking at moving to Sonar for tracking.
My problem is that I'm having a hard time with the concept of giving up running my compressors in-line while tracking drums & vocals. From what I understand, I *should* just be tracking at a manageable level, then applying compression as needed. Sounds simple, but I simply haven't used digital compressors as much because I *try* to get my signal the way I want as it goes in.
When I sing, I like to "work" the compressor as part of the dynamics & how I respond to the compressor pushing back. I'm afraid of losing this & unsure of how to go about getting comfortable with this.
I have done many searches & read many things recently, so if you could simply point me to a thread that discusses similar topics, that would be great. Thanks in advance.