Final Compression at Mixdown

[Smokepole]

Hi guys, yea, it's me again.

I'm ready to do a mixdown and go to CD. I plan on using my RNC between the deck and the burner. I've already compressed all the tracks at least a little. A bit heavier for bass. How much compression do I use at this stage? I'm going for a very midstream country rock sound.

I guess I'll be using the "Super Nice mode". The directions seem to suggest that. I'm not sure if I tread very lightly at this point because it's already been compressed once???
Thanks

 

[volltreffer]

High !

It somehow seems to depend on whether you see this as the mastering step or will have your mastering done by externals...

After all what I assume is that the music style you describe usually uses rather heavy mix compression. So if you don't get it compressed by the mastering house, you might try quite a lot... But keep in mind: it's always a matter of taste, and there are a lot of very respectable guys around here who don't like the heavy mix compression - I do, though... The thing is that I don't know how a heavier single band compression will work on your stuff - and I'm not sure whether you'll have the possibility of using sidechains on the RNC...

Ciao


aXel