before I email Behringer...

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The manual that came with the Behringer Composer Pro compressor is pretty good - if I keep reading it and paying attention to the details, things become clearer. However, I'd like your opinion about this bit from the manual, which talks about how to set thresholds:

"Rotate the THRESHOLD contol counterclockwise until an appropriate amount of gain reduction is indicated on the GAIN REDUCTION meter."

What does that mean - "an appropriate amount of gain reduction"? What's an appropriate amount? Is this just subjective preference?
 
I have a Behringer Autocom,and the manual for it has a similar phrase."Appropriate" in this case means "the type of sound you're after".Cheers!
 
Yeah, the quieter the threshold, the more compression you get (because the compressor kicks in at a lower dB level). They say that you'll get an acceptable level about halfway (in leds) because if they're not lighting, it's not compressing, and if it stays lit you're using it as a limiter (super-compressor).
 
I'll tell you how I understand it.

In many situations you'll want a reduction of 3-6dB at the strongest part of your track.

You dont want to suck the life out of the track but you do want to compress/Limit.

Setting Threshold is exactly as they say "Appropriate".
What is appropriate? - You have to decide according to what you need or the effect youre after. Nobody can tell you how much Threshold. How would they know?.

To tell you, they would have to know what your after, and hear the specific track.

If you understand that the more you "clockwise" the Threshold then the more material you will be compressing then from here use your ears. Also look at the Gain reduction. As you "clockwise the Threshold, you'll see the gain reduction light up.
As Kelly said - if it's not then your Threshold is above any sound on your track and so your not compressing any sound at all.

check out this article I wrote on compression and Limiting
It might help. http://www.geocities.com/shailat2000

[This message has been edited by Shailat (edited 06-28-2000).]
 
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