Awesome post man.
This shows you know your shit when you have the ability to set up a chain like that after a brief listen.
I think that this method is beyond a lot of us but still very helpful.
Asking to compress or not is not easy to answer.
Some people compress for the tone it brings some compress to reduce dynamic range and others compress out of laziness.
Concentrate on recording your tracks beautifully.
Then do as much volume riding as you need to before you apply the...
After trying many processing chains, i have a few that give me the max out of the tunes with the least amount of processing.
I slap the appropriate chain on the song and wiggle.
Ill then print this.
It usually takes about 30 mins.
Now if i like the song and they are paying i might spend...
I think the quickest way out of this is to give up.
The 2nd quickest way is to post a link of the Bass
then post another link or name the bass sound from a particular song that you are hoping to emualte/make your own.
This is a quote from Bob Ohsslon
"I have two problems with multibands.
1. the sound of two of them in series generally sucks. (Just try it!) I can count on virtually all radio and TV stations using a multiband and I don't want my masters to be "fragile" after they leave my hands.
2. they can...
If you want a thorough answer read all of this.
http://recforums.prosoundweb.com/index.php/t/4918/13127/?SQ=936ea37cc8ea9044d844384420f66e79
It will answer your concerns.