DBX 266XL (setting's)

[Da Arsun]

Wassup everyone!! Does anyone have some setting's I could apply to my compressor? I actually just started to get into compressing so I'm basically a newbie, any suggestions would be helpful just to get my feet wet. Thanks!!!

 

[jslator]

Wassup everyone!! Does anyone have some setting's I could apply to my compressor? I actually just started to get into compressing so I'm basically a newbie, any suggestions would be helpful just to get my feet wet. Thanks!!!

I recommend "bypass".

Sorry, couldn't resist.

 

[Da Arsun]

I recommend "bypass".

Sorry, couldn't resist.

You funny but not that funny Bitch!!!! Sorry couldn't resist!! LOL

 

[Blue Bear Sound]

Wassup everyone!! Does anyone have some setting's I could apply to my compressor? I actually just started to get into compressing so I'm basically a newbie, any suggestions would be helpful just to get my feet wet. Thanks!!!

There are no "settings" you can use on a compressor that work universally -- it COMPLETELY depends on the context of the tracks you're using.

Check these articles for more info on HOW to use your compressor:

http://www.slackmaster2000.com/articles/hosted/moshe/compression/Compression.htm

http://www.studiocovers.com/articles3.htm

 

[jslator]

You funny but not that funny Bitch!!!! Sorry couldn't resist!! LOL

Actually, I was only half kidding. I had a 266A for a while, which I believe is pretty-much the same unit as the 266XL. I wasn't able to get any useable sounds out of it, so I returned it. You're probably going to find that, whatever settings you use, the 266XL significantly muddy's up your sound. Don't get the idea that muddying the sound is a characteristic of compression generally, it's just a characteristic of certain compressors.

That said, about the best thing you can do to try out a compressor is set it up so that a recorded track (bass, kick, snare, guitar, vocal, whatever) plays back through it continuously. Then set everything on the compressor to 12:00. Start playing with the threshold and the output gain to see how they interact. Then start playing with the ratio and see how that interacts with the other two. Then start playing with attack and release. About 30 minutes of knob-twiddling, and you'll have the thing figured out quite well.