Hardware compressor - thoughts?

[SlyFoxx]

Re: Hardware compressor - thoughts?

Alex1fly....VK's first post is your answer.

Ignore zen's advice.

Limiting during recording can be helpful but only in an emergency type of way. You might strap a limiter on a "live to two" recording to avoid levels over 0 but that's only because the limiting sounds better than digital distortion. Same goes for say tracking a vocalist you only have access to for a short time. Better a squashed track during the loud moments than a track ruined by a level that got too hot. Limiting is better than distortion or blown speakers but not really good for much else.

[DrNewcenstein]

Re: Hardware compressor - thoughts?

Alesis 3630.

[El Dunco]

Re: Hardware compressor - thoughts?

The next thing you'll be telling me is that chorus and flanging are two completely different things... or that phasing and wah wah are two distinct phenomena.

...They are completely different things. What do? Are you trying to be some really crappy troll?

If you would like to use a nice hardware compressor, there's no reason you can't record direct and clean into the box and then run your signal back through the hardware compressor on mixdown to taste. Take your time though.

Only in the sense that a handjob and anal are the same because they're both a form of sex.

Maybe it's closer to compressing being like a finger, gently pushing downwards in reaction to the movements and the limiter is the 9" dildo that doesn't let you have any say in the matter