Hi guys,
I record mainly vocals and in my DAW, I ALWAYS apply noise-reduction and noise-gate to the vocals before applying compression (yes, ALWAYS...even when it's arguably unnecessary, I will do it as a formality just so I can sleep at night). I do this because I feel that compressing without noise reduction also amplifyies whatever little noise is in the recording. Is this a good practice? If it is, I would like to add an outboard compressor to my signal chain and hence would like to do noise-reduction before the vocal signal hits the compressor. Is there a dedicated noise-reduction/gate unit that anyone can recommend?
Thanks.
I record mainly vocals and in my DAW, I ALWAYS apply noise-reduction and noise-gate to the vocals before applying compression (yes, ALWAYS...even when it's arguably unnecessary, I will do it as a formality just so I can sleep at night). I do this because I feel that compressing without noise reduction also amplifyies whatever little noise is in the recording. Is this a good practice? If it is, I would like to add an outboard compressor to my signal chain and hence would like to do noise-reduction before the vocal signal hits the compressor. Is there a dedicated noise-reduction/gate unit that anyone can recommend?
Thanks.