Mastering, compression = crappy sounding crash cymbols

[SouthSIDE Glen]

It only works this way if you assume that the limiter rebounds faster than the wavelength of the lower tone.

That is an excellent point. I was considering "instantaneous action" in describing the theory, but if the release clamps down longer than the lower frequency (as it will for all but the highest frequencies at the fastest release times), then, yeah it will have that effect.

Jason, I think you saved the day on this one. I was thinking too much on paper and not enough in real life. Mea culpa there.

I still have to say though that the original description that Falken gave was on the misleading side in the fact that it sounded as though he was describing a form of normalization or ducking. That threw me off into professorland and I got carried away.

Apologies folks.

G.

 

[Farview]

If taht were true, there'd be no way to make MBCs!
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Multi-band compressors actually employ a crossover to split the signal up into highs, mids, and lows. Each is sent to its own compressor, then combined before the output. The compressor doesn't know what the frequency content is, the crossover just separates it and sends the pieces to their own discrete compressor.

 

[FALKEN]

I still have to say though that the original description that Falken gave was on the misleading side in the fact that it sounded as though he was describing a form of normalization or ducking. That threw me off into professorland and I got carried away.

Whatever, dude. I was simply telling you the definition of compression. Nothing misleading about it. You need to stop putting me down because you are really, really wrong on this one.