andrushkiwt
Well-known member
...to never go by exact settings.
I'm currently putting a compressor onto a track to catch some peaks before the limiter does its job. I tried out 2 diff compressors...
The first was set to get a max reduction of 2.5db (my preference for this track, more sounded not good) and I achieved that by setting the ratio to 1.7 and the threshold to -13.42. It sounded ok. But still I wanted to see what another "feedback compressor" would do instead.
So I bypass the first and then insert the FC (made by TDR) and aim for the same as the last comp. I set my ratio, then move the threshold down to -13.42....and I wait....and wait...and nothing. Not a single fluctuation on the meter. Ok...another db or so maybe...still nothing. I could not achieve 2db of reduction until -20.7!
The attack time on the first comp was actually slower! It was the minimum...0.1 while the second comp was faster at 0.01!
The first "Should have" knocked everything down later..but nope.
Even within the same track, and the same instruments, settings vary...so for those out there copying settings...please...it will never ever be the same. Don't do it. The algorithms of these vsts vary widely. Gain reduction is a better spot to aim for than ratio.
If I ever ask someone for help here, PM or otherwise, I try to remember to ask "why". Understanding the "why" leads to other questions being answered before you need to ask them.
I'm currently putting a compressor onto a track to catch some peaks before the limiter does its job. I tried out 2 diff compressors...
The first was set to get a max reduction of 2.5db (my preference for this track, more sounded not good) and I achieved that by setting the ratio to 1.7 and the threshold to -13.42. It sounded ok. But still I wanted to see what another "feedback compressor" would do instead.
So I bypass the first and then insert the FC (made by TDR) and aim for the same as the last comp. I set my ratio, then move the threshold down to -13.42....and I wait....and wait...and nothing. Not a single fluctuation on the meter. Ok...another db or so maybe...still nothing. I could not achieve 2db of reduction until -20.7!
The attack time on the first comp was actually slower! It was the minimum...0.1 while the second comp was faster at 0.01!
The first "Should have" knocked everything down later..but nope.
Even within the same track, and the same instruments, settings vary...so for those out there copying settings...please...it will never ever be the same. Don't do it. The algorithms of these vsts vary widely. Gain reduction is a better spot to aim for than ratio.
If I ever ask someone for help here, PM or otherwise, I try to remember to ask "why". Understanding the "why" leads to other questions being answered before you need to ask them.