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read that and read the article that is referred to within the text.
Compressor settings...
Posted on Jul 09, 2003 10:07 pm
Jason
Member Since: Feb 17, 2003
I have a behringer autocom pro compressor, and i need to know a good setting for vocals. what are the most common? i tried some compression on vocals at practice, and they seemed muffled. What are the most common settings?
Thanks
Jason
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Jul 09, 2003 10:24 pm www.homerecordingconnecti...story&id=84
read that and read the article that is referred to within the text.
Jul 10, 2003 06:19 pm Jason, as with all dynamic effects, compressor settings will be different depending on the signal your trying to compress. Since every vocal performance is different, it's hard to give any kind of starter settings.
You said the result sounds muffled. You could be over compressing or have too long of a release setting. Or you might not be compensating correctly with the post gain. If your vox are sounding too quiet try boosting the output by approximately the amount that was reduced.
Jul 10, 2003 10:07 pm If you want some hard settings to try (and to experiment from there) then I would suggest setting the attack to 2/10 (the fraction of "knob travel" (errr, that doesn't sound good!) -- pretty quick :) and the Release to 4/10's of the knob travel for a smooth release.
Then just lower the threshold until things start sounding smoother, once this has been achieved, compensate the output gain for the amount of compression you just applied.
bingo.
Jul 11, 2003 06:56 am I found a 'dummies' list of suggected compression settings, which i keep a paper copy of by my recording rig and refer to all the time. Works for me. Occasionaly i have tweaked the defaults a little and found a setting i like better, then i make a note of it on the sheet. Either way, if you are a beginner at compression it is a starting point.
Go here...
www2.yamaha.co.jp/manual/...ixers/03D_E.pdf
Mar 02, 2005 11:10 am if im reading suggested compressor settings and they are listed in milliseconds...and on my compressor my release knob is listed in SECONDS...how do i convert this...we learned this in science and math class in school, but i totally forget...like...how many places am i moving this here decimal point? cause im reading a suggested release setting for kick drum and its:
-58 mS
but my release knob starts at .05 SEC...so how do i convert this?
Mar 02, 2005 11:53 am there are 1,000 milliseconds in 1 second.
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