I think a Soundcraft 200SR would be a nice match, at least in terms of features. I'd prefer 12 channels over 8 so I could return effect to channels instead of aux returns, but one could get by with 8.
Acoustic music doesn't generally need a lot of compression to sound good, but to get it to "standard" commercial release levels may take substantial amounts of compression.
I do multiple stages of compression all the time, but with a band I know very well. And I compress very lightly on the input. There's nothing worse than overcompressing on the way in and not being able to undo it. For anything I don't know well, I would cautious about compressing during tracking.
The Mp3 Forum is where people post actual mixes they're working on and discuss them. Mixing Techniques is where general discussion of mixing techniques happens. Are you suggesting that posts in each forum should be duplicated to the other?
The guitar (or whatever instrument that is) is kind of out of control at 3k. The cymbals might be a little excessive at 4.7k, but it's hard to be sure with that guitar cutting so strong.
An additional source of phase shift is the innate phase response of devices in the signal path, including mics. That is generally a case of group delay, where different parts of the audio spectrum are delayed different amounts. Most common types of eq do this.
That's not how it works. It's not moving "in and out of cancelation" in the sense of phase induced comb filtering. The only cancelation is between the two versions of the side channel, which is 180° out at all frequencies. The cancelation is the same at all frequencies rather than more or less...
I just downloaded your tracks with your voice moving around. I put them in my DAW (Vegas Pro 18) and did the usual copy/invert deal with the CAD track. It works fine except that there's a lot of LF bleed. That is, the CAD is basically omnidirectional at lower frequencies (which is a normal trait...
You can directly convert X/Y recordings to M/S signal format and do the same width adjustments. Actually you can do it on any stereo signal, but there's no guarantee that it will collapse to mono gracefully.
I suspect simply pressing the mono button would reveal phase or polarity problems between L and R. Just remember to switch it off when you're done. Also, if you check it on a surround system and some things appear only in the surround speakers (and it wasn't intentional), that's another tell.
The few Behringer compressors I've used (which does not include the 369) ranged from meh to godawful. I think the MDX1000 was in the meh category and the MDX 4600 4-channel compressor was in the bad category. Even in bypass, it literally caused an audible degradation of the sound. I liked my...
Everything from the question mark is generally tracking code. If you delete that, the link typically still works. There are some exceptions for certain dynamic pages where the whole address is required.
Many compressors, especially "vintage" style ones, operate by turning up an input gain control into a fixed threshold. That does increase the level, and an output gain control is typically provided to trim the level back down. Whether you're increasing or decreasing level is a matter of how it's...