EQ and compressor on Ukulele

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I have been recording some ukulele-tracks lately. I have recorded them in a drumroom with a Rode K2 in front of the ukulele and a pair of AKGC391's as room mics. The tracks has turn out pretty nice but I'm pretty lost on the next steep in the process. How to EQ the thing and what about compressor ? Can I treed it like a acousticguitar ?

I know there are no easy way of doing EQs and compressors but I would be more than happy for some starting points.
 
If the tracks have turned out "pretty nice", then do you really need to do anything else with it?
 
It's not that there's no easy way of eq'ing and compressing, it's that it is never one size fits all.

You aren't going to be able to get any useful eq tips for a specific source without getting people to listen to the source first. No matter what the source is, guitar, ukulele, vocals they are always different. It depends on what mic you use, how close it is, the specific instrument's sound, the way it's played, the style of music, the room it's in, how loud it is... seriously the list goes on and on.

There is no formula to follow beyond:
1: Think carefully about how you want it to sound
2: Listen intently to how it does sound
3: Work out how to bridge the gap.

you're just asking for the third stage, which we can't tell you without hearing it.

So what do you do?
post the mix in the MP3 mixing clinic, and ask again. THEN you will get useful feedback.
 
If the tracks have turned out "pretty nice", then do you really need to do anything else with it?

Agreed. I would also add that the processing of individual instruments and/or voices, is greatly dependent on what else is happening in the mix. If you are going to add vocals or other midrange instruments, you might need to scoop the mids a bit on your uke track to make it all fit. RE: compression-less is more IMHO. I would rather fix most dynamic problems by editing the levels, rather than squash the life out of the track with a compressor.
 
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