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Originally Posted by kansascitydon  not to beat a dead horse here, but what happens to the non-distorted/comp'd track? you said you use normal in-line compression on non-multed sounds, but in these multed sounds, how often does the "clean" track go uncompressed during the mix when it's coupled with a "distorted" version of itself?
The reason I ask is because i incorporated some of these ideas in an album i'm mixing which involved PT interfacing with a console, and outboard compressors. I used Lo-fi, or Antares tube (which for plug-in distortion, I've enjoyed quite a bit, btw) on the distorted copy of the main track, pulled it all the way down in PT, and then rode it up until it had a new energy (which it did!), but then I sent both "distorted" and "clean" to the same EQ/comp chain in the console/rack (partly due to limited PT outs). I didn't have a lot of time to screw around on these mixes with other options... or more to the point, I liked what I got, and stopped trying stuff, but I'm curious if you even compress at all on the "clean" channel. |
OHs= orig. track, no comp.; mult, heavy compression; both of these might then get compressed in the drum bus comp. with all the other drum tracks. Distortion= often, in line compression/noise reduction on the additive dist. channel. If it sounds good, you did the right thing.