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James HE
a spoonfull weighs a ton
It's got me. I can't track a vocal without using my dbx compressor in overeasy mode. It just sounds better. more alive, it's not transparent compression but that's what i like about it. it gets all breathy, but it dosen't have any pumping and breathing. I like it at about a 2.5 to 1 ratio (sometime i push it to 3 to 1), threshold varies with the voice. It sounds really good with my NT-1, the preamp on my Mackie pretty hot, and standing about 2 1/2 feet away from the mic. (this seems to be the best way to get a good sound out of the NT-1)
My question is weather or not you guys always, mostly, often, occasionally, or never use compresion when tracking vocals? (just curious) also of all the soft-knee type compression, which is your favorite (which brand basically). overeasy is all that I've had a chance to really hear. I'd really like to try a RNC (what do they call their soft-knee mode again) and compare, I hear that it is very transparent.
oh man that new dbx tube channel 3?6 looks mighty tasty. I defitly want to look into that. I don't exspect much from the eq, I know I'll love the compressor, I wonder if the deesser is any good?
-jhe
My question is weather or not you guys always, mostly, often, occasionally, or never use compresion when tracking vocals? (just curious) also of all the soft-knee type compression, which is your favorite (which brand basically). overeasy is all that I've had a chance to really hear. I'd really like to try a RNC (what do they call their soft-knee mode again) and compare, I hear that it is very transparent.
oh man that new dbx tube channel 3?6 looks mighty tasty. I defitly want to look into that. I don't exspect much from the eq, I know I'll love the compressor, I wonder if the deesser is any good?
-jhe