thomsbrain wrote on Thu, 17 March 2005 15:17 |
I can understand not wanting to turn in your final mix with any compression (let the mastering guy do his thing), but I feel like it could be useful to set levels and individual compression settings (or at least do a quick check now and then) within the context of the "finished product." You're going to want to know how much the mix is going to pump with those big kick drum hits, or whether 2buss compression makes the guitars stand out too much...
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Well, I'm not exactly a seasoned professional myself, but as far as drums go, I compress the snare and kik a bit and then compress the drums mix, so I'm not concerned about what happens down the 'pike.
With distorted guitars, the output (tube) stage of the amp tends to add a lot of compression, little if any is needed; clean guitars, season to taste. I compress the vox while tracking, a bit of mild compression on the backround vox submix (again, compressed while tracking), bass guitar gets it's own compression, and so on.
So I actually am using a fair amount of compression, but as needed on individual tracks and submixes, not on the 2 buss.
(No record company mooks to impress
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Then on to a ME who can be trusted not to turn the mix into roadkill.