Quote:
Originally Posted by audiovisceral  I was taking a look at the Chris-Lord Alge presets on the Waves SSL plugs and I noticed his standard output is through a 10 ms auto-release 4:1 ratio bus compressor.
In a typical project compressed thus (perhaps 3-4 db reduction let's say), how would you generally go about compressing it further? Let's say it's well balanced and doesn't need any specific correction through multibanding.
It's something that I find peculiar - the way mixes are compressed at mix and then re-compressed at master. It would seem more logical to me to only use one compressor once and leave it at that. Otherwise, I guess I could see using a faster attack and release compressor to catch transients missed by the ssl ... |
Are Alge's mixes really re-compressed at Mastering? Only if someone is going for the bullsh****t of monster levels for a self-defeating prophecy.
__________________
Bob Katz DIGITAL DOMAIN
http://www.digido.com
"There are two kinds of fools. One says-this is old and therefore good. The other says-this is new and therefore better."
No trees were killed in the sending of this message. However a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.