
TelePaul
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I need some advice on how I should set a compressor for a punchy arpeggio. Any thoughts? I have a Boss CS3 if anyone's feeling specific.
Punchy arpeggio- as in a fast series of notes with their attacks in tact?
First, what would you like the compression to do? (The uncompressed version (or at least by that definition) would seem to be a fit in it's natural state.
In general, slow the attack if you want the front end peaks to come through.
Right. I guess I was thinking the punchiest series of notes might be with no compression, their natural state.What do you mean by 'a fit in its natural state'? The problem I have is that when I'm doin a sweep arepggio the B and high E strings are obviously much weaker than the others. I'd like a smooth attack sure but more importantly a smooth decay.
Right. I guess I was thinking the punchiest series of notes might be with no compression, their natural state.
I can see this going two ways- on a series of unconnected notes, or held notes. (but then you didn't say staccato' did you![]()
Hmm.. The difference might be that on a held note pasage, the louder playing note(s) are setting the amount of compression -for both the loud and soft notes (vs compressor timing dealing with a series of separate events.
If they play together- sounds like a pickup balance issue.
...it's very staccato, almost percussive. Like Andy Summers' tone on that Police song 'Every Breath You Take'. The notes are unconnected, it's fast enough at 121BPM.
Maybe a little more attack with your pick on the B and E strings when playing. I know I'm stating the obvious here but that may be the best solution.
Sorry I should have said...it's very staccato, almost percussive. Like Andy Summers' tone on that Police song 'Every Breath You Take'. The notes are unconnected, it's fast enough at 121BPM.
For some reason I was assuming 'bass.. Not sure why.![]()
Try raising your pick up on that side....maybe? I had some problems with my B and high E a few years back and just tinkering around with pickup height straightened me out.
Hey Tele, slight off the topic of compression but I've always found turning the gain/distortion down to about 1 o'clock on the dial gives me the best tone for sweeping techniques - helps each note to ring through with clarity and definition. I also use compression and a HUSH - I'll try to dig out the settings later.
Compressor settings for guitars are going to vary guitar to guitar. No two guitars are the same.
That's very true from a software standpoint, but I was speaking more so from a hardare standpoint. I have a dual channel compressor that I use on an amp setup. One channel is a setup for the one and only acoustic guitar I ever plug into it and the other channel is setup for electric guitars and only requires a minor tweaking here or there.but there are starting points (the reason you get presets with software compressors) that can get you in the ballpark and then you can tweak the settings to perfection.