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Okay, your threshold is digging waaaaaay deep into the signal. That's the first thing I notice.

You have to understand that a compressor will compress any signal that is over the threshold. So when you have the threshold that low, you are compressing everything really heavily. You can see the needle on the meter is almost all the way to the left, and I'm assuming it is on the GR setting.

I'd suggest lightening up on the threshold big time. Play the track or sing your vocal and watch the meter as you adjust the threshold. It shouldn't just peg over to the left. Try setting the threshold so the needle dances around the straight up position.

It's really hard to talk about compressor settings though because you really need to be there and hear the material to know how to set them. Compressors are *very* interactive, and it takes a long time to understand them. I certainly feel like I still have a long long way to go myself.
 
realestninja said:
tell me what needs to be changed. my third attempt to get pro sound before i record a real track
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You're YEARS away from getting a "pro sound" there, skippy........... :rolleyes:
 
That's a hit, for sure.

This will be my new anthem I think(test 2 I mean).

Yeah, vocal quality is definatley poo.

We all can give you settings for weeks but if you learn how to set up your gain structure, you won't need settings.
 
realestninja said:
bluebear hows this final sound test i did its suonds freaking good
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I repeat, you're YEARS away from getting a "pro sound," skippy........... :rolleyes:
 
are you sure you know what you're talking about? if you do, why can't u just help me, i dont understand whta the fuss is all about with helping a cat that can't make something work
 
Blue isn't trying to be cruel or anything, I've been recording on a daily basis for probably 3 to 5 hours a day both for practice and for bands looking for demo's. I started recording about a year and 4 months ago and I'm just now comfortable showing my recordings to my other studio friends and I'm still far from posting anything on here. With what gear you have you will probably never get a professional recording unless you develope world class ears. You'll have little breakthroughs and you'll have times you wished you never tried this thing. Just hang in there, READ, and practice. I emphasize read because if you don't know how to use a compressor properly you probably don't know a lot of other things and that will only hold you back. If you want a good place to start go to tweakheadz.com and read tweaks guide and take the final exam. You'll learn an amazing amount.
 
jonnyc said:
If you want a good place to start go to tweakheadz.com and read tweaks guide and take the final exam. You'll learn an amazing amount.
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There is no magic setting for any of this equipment. The settings are different for every voice, every mic, every mic preamp, every compressor and every combination of them. Everything depends on your mic technique, how close you are, how loud you are at your loudest and how quiet you are at your quietest.

Tweaks guide is great. If you venture into the forum over there, loose the attitude. They don't tolerate that stuff over there.
 
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I just read tweaksguide thanks a billion. im learning much more than what are you are teaching me. and ok i will lose the attitude, thanks bluebear for putting me down, but i have no evidence of your expertise. bye loser. i mean faker. JUST KIDDING! :) all clean jokes
 
I posted a link for you on the first page that gave you settings for compressors. If you read that, you will know enough to at least use it correctly.
 
last weekend an MC came over and we did a real quick mic test,
i plugged my mic in my M8, got a dbx 163x on the insert, touched no EQ, recorded and it sounded pretty fat,
if you don't have any clue about how compressors work, then a dbx163x might be exactly what you need, no? one button that sais: COMPRESSION (more or less) , and its got a punchy sound,
i just sold my samson s-com (not optical like yours is..) cause i didn't like the real thin sound it produced

i like compressors to pump and fatten up things, to achieve that, use real slow attack, fast release, a low treshold and a low ratio :)
BUT, my experience with the s-com was that the treshold seemed to be more like a BASS CUT instead of something else..it thinned out the sound so much that it was hardly possible to make things pump,
but you're talking about this machine, so it might sound difficult,
you can always use this thing as a limiter,
treshold at -3db, ratio unlimited, attack 'n' release just in the centre,
then you record clean and if u got peaks they'll be taken care of by the comp.
 
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