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bj   01-04-2005 at 11:00:00 PM

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though, I know somewhat about compressor concept.but

I am really newbie to compressor settings
and very afriad of tweaking the nobs(attack, threshold, ratio, release etc)

therefore, I am finding a compressor which have auto mode..
I will use it for vocal recording
then, which compressor have best auto release mechanics?

I hope the auto release funtion to be magic button to my vocal recording.-_-;;

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Anonymous   01-05-2005 at 02:07:47 AM
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bj <bluesjeon@hotmail.com> wrote:
>though, I know somewhat about compressor concept.but
>
>I am really newbie to compressor settings
>and very afriad of tweaking the nobs(attack, threshold, ratio, release etc)

That's what it's for. Spend a couple days just running different signals
through and playing with the controls and getting a sense of what they do.

>therefore, I am finding a compressor which have auto mode..
>I will use it for vocal recording
>then, which compressor have best auto release mechanics?

There is no such thing. This is like saying that you are afraid of a piano
because it has so many notes on it, and you want a piano that will play for
you automatically. That might be okay if you want to play only one song over
and over again, but if you want to do any variety of things, you are going to
need to learn how to use the instrument.

>I hope the auto release funtion to be magic button to my vocal recording.-_-;;

There is no magic button. Learn to use the tools.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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Anonymous   01-05-2005 at 03:58:38 AM
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No compressor is automatically going to taylor itself to the dynamic
interaction in your signal chain. You're going to have to learn how to use a
compressor. No way around it.
Buy an RNC and learn how to use it. You will have an affordable compressor
that will work well for vocals and other sources and is very forgiving when
used in *really nice* mode. It will still be sitting in your rack and will
be useful to you when/if you get the hang of engineering audio and end up
buying compressors costing many thousands of dollars later on in your
carreer.

DJ



"bj" <bluesjeon@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> though, I know somewhat about compressor concept.but
>
> I am really newbie to compressor settings
> and very afriad of tweaking the nobs(attack, threshold, ratio, release
etc)
>
> therefore, I am finding a compressor which have auto mode..
> I will use it for vocal recording
> then, which compressor have best auto release mechanics?
>
> I hope the auto release funtion to be magic button to my vocal
recording.-_-;;

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Anonymous   01-05-2005 at 06:27:22 AM
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Release time is only one setting you have to learn on a compressor.
Like Scott says, play a broad range of sounds through one and play
with the settings.
That said, the Drawmer DL241 has a nice auto release feature.
The Cranesong STC8 has presets, but is gonna cost you.

Will Miho
NY Music & TV Audio Guy
Staff Audio / Fox News
"The large print giveth and the small print taketh away..." Tom Waits

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Anonymous   01-06-2005 at 12:31:43 AM
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bj wrote:

> though, I know somewhat about compressor concept.but

> I am really newbie to compressor settings
> and very afriad of tweaking the nobs(attack, threshold, ratio, release etc)

> therefore, I am finding a compressor which have auto mode..
> I will use it for vocal recording
> then, which compressor have best auto release mechanics?

> I hope the auto release funtion to be magic button to my vocal recording.-_-;;

While there is no practical way around the need to learn how to use a
compressor if you really want to get consistently good results using
compression, the Drawmer DL241 has an excellent Auto setting. You still
must determine threshold9s), but it will handle attack and release for
you very well. It does this well enough that I sometimes find it useful
in live situations where levels are so badly out of control on stage, so
inconsistent one moment to the next, that a fixed setting for
compression wouldn't be optimal.

--
ha

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