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I agree on this one. It's just a matter of semantics. Overall dynamic range is not reduced using parallel compression. However it is reduced on the channel in which the compressor is applied so compression is occuring, so I'd just file it under compression techniques. I guess I'm just a...

I'm sure it is a useful tool but please don't confuse noobs by calling it compression. By the way compression can be and is used to hold peaks in place while bringing lower levels up via make-up gain. You don't need parallel compression to do this, any old compressor patched into the insert...

Isn't this a recording forum? I'm talking about recording rigs, not home systems running photoshop while multiple programs and browsers are running. Photoshop is a notorius ram user but again I'm talking about recording. A lot of plugs might chew up ram but then again I did say "quite of few...

I agree it can be a tool but you are now using it ( a compressor) as an outboard effect box, not as a compressor for dynamic range reduction. If you at all blend the uncompressed with the compressed signal the dynamic range now remains unaltered. You are looking for the effects of compression...

where I quoted he speaks of "parallel" compression which is what I speak of. I used downward compression as an example because it is most familiar to everyone. I know what "upward" compression is. Again regardless if it is upward or downward by combining the original uncompressed singal with...

Don't worry about it he's German, they are about the most perverted lot on the planet except for maybe the Japanese. Two of the most repressed hence most perverted countries I've had the great pleasure of visiting on this great big blue marble of ours, god bless 'em I say!

godamnit it took me an extra half hour to get back from my session. Fucking fringe festival fuck off. Can't wait until this job ends so I can get outta here. Don't play that piccolo too much, it's best to stay on the b-flat or C and only play on the piccolo when you need to prepare and...

This seems like a rather odd process. If you mix the original uncompressed signal with the compressed signal you essentially end up with an uncompressed signal because any peaks that were reduced with the initial compression become present again when blended with the original un-compressed...

okee dokee now we all know how much ram you have in your systems so now it's time for the $20,000.98 question: How much of this ram does your system actually use? Damn, I guess quite of few of you spent unecessary money but it sure looks good as a message board statistic! tla, thee sweetnubs

yeah I saw one in the mirror this morning sweetie.

The def Leopard albums were a classic example of 80's near Caligula level excesses of which sweetnubs is highly guilty of having committed in the past but hell i made some sweet scratch. "They" literally tracked 20+ guitar parts to get that "thick" guitar sound. Trust me, I know.

Jesus I wondered why there were so many tourists around here recently. Can't wait for tourist season to end!

Now people you are not listening. Listen up! Send a mix of the drums through a speaker into a room and record the room sound onto an open track. Now you have the sound of the room you like. Why simulate a room mic when you can have the real thing? So the next post I guess will be soemthing...

you gotta da stereo output on she? Pan one pre to da left and de otha to de right? Bingo man!

yeah I'd hate to do a decca tree with some neumann m50's . . .

Compression on classical music is bullshit, unfortunately it is happening right now with a vengence. Wish I had the pleasure of recording classical music more frequently. I get the occasional quartet or so but that's about it . . . . . (sigh)

If I recall correctly the beatle records were done on 1" open reel machines?

Littledog is right, I was (still am) an engineer who was around when cassettes came out. We all hated them and still do. (good) Vinyl is much superior as is reel to reel. The cassette four trackers are fun to play around with and a good way to learn basic recording skills. You can get them...

Oh how i long for the 40's again. Musicians playing together in a room to two track and everything sounds fine. I'm listening to Out to Lunch by Eric Dolphy right now recorded by Rudy Van Gelder and it sounds absolutely amazing. Drumagog, fucking hilarious!