I am looking for some thoughts on rather I should stick a compressor between my sm57 and recorder when I am micing my guitar cab.
would this do anything for my guitar later on in the mix? such as give it more distinction in the mix, or give a more punchy tone? or, would I just be losing dynamics by doing this? I am not worried about peaks, I can get the levels recorded good. I also am unable to add compression later(I am using a sony minidisk recorder, it has no inserts, and I have been told that running compression through the aux sends defeats the purpose of compression-is that true?)soooo many questions and sooo little time! any thoughts are apreciated.
would this do anything for my guitar later on in the mix? such as give it more distinction in the mix, or give a more punchy tone? or, would I just be losing dynamics by doing this? I am not worried about peaks, I can get the levels recorded good. I also am unable to add compression later(I am using a sony minidisk recorder, it has no inserts, and I have been told that running compression through the aux sends defeats the purpose of compression-is that true?)soooo many questions and sooo little time! any thoughts are apreciated.