Oct 19, 2003 11:46 pm I can't imagine it would do any harm and as far as the sound it's probably just like chaining 2 compressor/limiters together so the way your using it I'd figure it would sound fine. :)
Dan
chain my compressor
Posted on Oct 19, 2003 08:44 pm
Jamie Garrett
Contributor Since: Sep 09, 2002
got a dbx 266xl compressor gate. i was at a friend's house doing some vocal samples the other day and i got some decent results by sending one compressor channel right into the next. i was wondering if this was okay, or if anyone could offer any expereinces or tips? the chain went like this:
oktava mk-319 mic --> m-audio audio buddy preamp ---> compressor channel 1 --> compressor channel 2 --> soundcard
the first channel was acting as a light compression to give the signal some definition where the second channel was acting more as a hard limiter to keep him from going over. it sounded good. am i imagining things? am i wasting my time?
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Oct 19, 2003 11:46 pm I can't imagine it would do any harm and as far as the sound it's probably just like chaining 2 compressor/limiters together so the way your using it I'd figure it would sound fine. :)
Dan
Oct 20, 2003 12:46 am Yeah, that's common practice for more "extreme" compression effects - but I wouldn't reccomend tracking via that method, save it for the way out.
jues.
Oct 20, 2003 02:10 am Because the dbx doesn't have a hard limitter built in to each channel, this is fine. Smart use of the settings will get you the same results as an 'all in one' unit.
Mind you, they are flexible enough to get the same effect out of one channel...
I've got two of these babies myself, but generally don't chain the compressors, rather side chain with eq's etc. to use as D'essers, etc.
W.
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