The Exciting Compressor

[RAMI]

THIS is a great article. The whole thing is good, but especially the 4th paragraph. "The Motown 1960's Exciting Compressor". I tried this on a song I'm working on and it's amazing how it makes the vocals cut right through everything.

Instead of using a splitter, etc...like they do in the article, you can just clone or copy your track to another track and you're all set.

 

[Massive Master]

Parallel compression. Nothing new there.

In a DAW, you can just use an AUX send and EQ it (assuming you have latency compensation).

 

[RAMI]

Parallel compression. Nothing new there.

Well, I know it's nothing new...the 60's were quite a while ago. Just thought it was interesting and informative for the average idiot like myself.

 

[FALKEN]

you guys think that would work with a mix? I'm not going to wait for you to respond to find out...

 

[Massive Master]

If that's the mix is asking for, then yes.

 

[SouthSIDE Glen]

you guys think that would work with a mix?

What do you think the Motown recordings were? They were mixes.

Try it and see when/where you like it. Like any tool in you track bag, parallel compression has it's places where it will work wonders, but isn't necessarily appropriate for every situation.

G.

 

[gaotu1978]

I think Falken was suggesting the 2-Channel master being treated the same way. The answer to the question is YES. People do it all the time already. This compression technique is also very common and useful on drums. It does the same for drums as it does for vocals. Drums can be very dynamic, sometimes so much so you can't get them consistently loud enough without draining their boyant, dynamic nature...but with this technique you can.