How to set a compression unit to a D-8-track

[nik the barber]

Well me and my friend just bought a roland digital 8 track with 8 simetansouly recording tracks, and A Dbx Compression Unit, and We are not sure how to hook it up to the 8-track. Or even really how to use it. I mean compression in considered a effect. But I always find it hard to tell if you are using it. I have always used like shitty presets in Cakewalk, and this recording unit has built in compression. But I know it sucks too. But how do we hook it up? And how do we use the compression. Like seeting wise for screaming rock vocals or drums or whatever?

 

[nik the barber]

anyone know? By D-8-track I mean digitial. we tried to run the
condensor mic----->compressor-------->8-track But the mic won't work. Is the phantom power not able to run through the compressor? If not how can we hook it up?

 

[dirtythermos]

Plug the compressor into a channel insert.

 

[StevenLindsey]

try this.....condenser mic >> preamp with phantom power (hopefully switched ON) >> compressor >> recorder. This always seems to work for me. If you're using a built in pre on the recorder with phantom, and you don't have inserts, which you probably don't, you'll have to use an auxillary send and return to use the outboard compressor or just use the recorder's onboard compressor. It's probably as good as the DBX comp anyway.

 

[Kevin Deschwazi]

Do a search, there'splenty here already (that's why folks can't be arsed to write it again)