Compressor/Limiter on Voices

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In article <XNK2e.5616$c76.3149@newssvr11.news.prodigy.com> y@y.com writes:

> I need to read as much as I can and educate my self about using compressors
> and limiters.

Using them is better than reading about them. Get one and plug it in.

> Are there any online articles about compressor/limiters that I could read?

http://www.manleylabs.com/techpage [...] posed.html



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You should get this: The Waves Renaissance Compressor plugin.

It does a nice job, and is real easy to use.

Basically what you want is the vocals to not be super loud, then super
quiet. The compressor will smooth that out for you.

So what you do is put the compressor on the "insert" of the vocal
track. Then lower the "threshold" on the compressor controls about a
centimeter. Then watch the gain reduction meter. It should light up a
little very often. And whenever there is a big blast of vocal sound,
it should light up a lot. The more it lights up, the more it is
clamping down on the volume to make sure it doesn't get too loud.

If your basic signal is very quiet, you will want to boost the input
control on the compressor. Keep messing with the input level and the
ratio control until you see the lights go on and off like described
above.

There are other controls like "release" and "vintage" and "ARC". Just
set them to vintage or ARC and then leave them alone and concentrate on
the input level and ratio controls. That's a good way to go for you
since you are new at this.

There are many compressors and limiters, but the Waves Renaissance
Compressor is affordable, easy to use, and it's hard to get a bad sound
out of.

Contrast that with the Waves L1 limiter. It's aggressive and will
clamp the sound down, but it starts making the sound of the track hard
and annoying very soon, and very often.

The Renaissance Compressor will give you the smoothness you need
without the harsh sound added to it.

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I have the Waves Renaissance plug-in. Got it mostly because I like the sound
of the reverb. Never worked with the Compressor before.
I will try what you suggested and take it from there.
Thanks.

IS


<genericaudioperson@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> You should get this: The Waves Renaissance Compressor plugin.
>
> It does a nice job, and is real easy to use.
>
> Basically what you want is the vocals to not be super loud, then super
> quiet. The compressor will smooth that out for you.
>
> So what you do is put the compressor on the "insert" of the vocal
> track. Then lower the "threshold" on the compressor controls about a
> centimeter. Then watch the gain reduction meter. It should light up a
> little very often. And whenever there is a big blast of vocal sound,
> it should light up a lot. The more it lights up, the more it is
> clamping down on the volume to make sure it doesn't get too loud.
>
> If your basic signal is very quiet, you will want to boost the input
> control on the compressor. Keep messing with the input level and the
> ratio control until you see the lights go on and off like described
> above.
>
> There are other controls like "release" and "vintage" and "ARC". Just
> set them to vintage or ARC and then leave them alone and concentrate on
> the input level and ratio controls. That's a good way to go for you
> since you are new at this.
>
> There are many compressors and limiters, but the Waves Renaissance
> Compressor is affordable, easy to use, and it's hard to get a bad sound
> out of.
>
> Contrast that with the Waves L1 limiter. It's aggressive and will
> clamp the sound down, but it starts making the sound of the track hard
> and annoying very soon, and very often.
>
> The Renaissance Compressor will give you the smoothness you need
> without the harsh sound added to it.
>