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Badchi
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Can anyone suggest some compressor settings to even out an inconsistent snare track? In the past,
I've always used automation but I'm looking for a quicker way to do this.

DGWBW said:Something that really helped me with that problem was normalizing the drum track. I don't if that would help in your situation or not.
HangDawg said:You just think it helped. You apparently have no idea what normalising does. It would not help smooth out the dynamics of a snare track.
Sorry, not trying to give bad advice. I read somewhere that normalizing can help with an uneven performance, so I tried it and it did "Seem" to help. So tell me, what does normalizing do? I am a newbie and I'm here to learn whatever I can.HangDawg said:You just think it helped. You apparently have no idea what normalising does. It would not help smooth out the dynamics of a snare track.
Normalization finds the loudest peak in a file. It figures the difference between the loudest peak and 0dbfs and turns up the volume of the entire file by that amount. The dynamics of the file are the same, just louder. You can get the same effect by turning up the fader by the same amount.DGWBW said:Sorry, not trying to give bad advice. I read somewhere that normalizing can help with an uneven performance, so I tried it and it did "Seem" to help. So tell me, what does normalizing do? I am a newbie and I'm here to learn whatever I can.