ada8000 and a compressor

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ok if im using an behringer ada8000 through lightpipe for my digi001 is there a way to use compression on the way in through the behri pre's???

im gona track drums with it and wanted to throw a little compession on the way in!!!
 
As far as I know, there isn't. You have to route the Adat out into the Adat in of the unit to get the analog outs of the ADA8000.
 
can i get away with no compression for drums or will i be beter off with a tad of compression on the way in to even things out
 
You can either do it in real time or after. Preferably in real time to stop any peaks. K, for Pro Tools, create an Aux track, and set the input to the channel you want to compress, and output it on a bus. On the audio track you wish to record on, set the input to the bus you set the output of the aux track. Ok now in the aux track, open a compressor and set it to what you want(how much compression etc). Now when you record(in the audio track) it should compress the signal. You will have to do this for each track if you want to compress more than one input.
 
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cant i do this after audio is recorded and its the same thing kinda cheating with plugin comressor?? so i just buss my audio track and set up a aux track and have it's input set to that buss and throw a compressor on it. or did i read that wrong???
 
compressing on the way in can't be done in software because it's already "in" by that point. Any peaks will have already clipped the A/D converters. There's really no need to record anywhere near clipping, so just give yourself a good buffer and if you need to even stuff out later on, then use a plugin.
 
so just make sure nothing is near cliping and just use compressor inside protools after to even things out. What should i keep my levels at peak?? any help with recording drums would be great. Im gona run a compressor on kick and snare on the way in though i think.
 
bfoundation81 said:
so just make sure nothing is near cliping and just use compressor inside protools after to even things out. What should i keep my levels at peak?? any help with recording drums would be great. Im gona run a compressor on kick and snare on the way in though i think.
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Yeah, that's the idea. Just do a levels check and ask the drummer to play as LOUD as he would ever play in the song. Note where the tracks peak and turn it down if the peaks are within 10-6dB away from clipping because just about everyone plays louder during a take than during level check. As long as your recording at 24bits, there's no need to try to get as "hot" a signal as possible. If you compress on the way in, make sure you use less than you think you need because you won't be able to uncompress later on, where as if you use a plugin after it's recorded you can tweak and undo all you want.
 
The clipping i was reffering to is digital clipping which is worse than analogue. This is what i learnt in college, and was told that it will help to stop clipping. If you comrpess afterwards then it wont though
 
pandamonk said:
The clipping i was reffering to is digital clipping which is worse than analogue. This is what i learnt in college, and was told that it will help to stop clipping. If you comrpess afterwards then it wont though
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What you "learnt" in college was probably to compress with a hardware compressor in the signal chain to prevent clipping. As said before you can't compress with plugs on the way in, to compress on the way in you'd need a hardware compressor inbetween your pre and interface. Where did you go to school?
 
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