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im a big fan of using transient desinger before a compressor or bus limiter to get the perceived notion of greater punch and snap while maintaining the same rms and peak levels. its and aural illusion that works awesome. also its great for putting on a drum bus for parallel compression....IE your drum mix goes to a smash compressor and you get the body of the drums...and the uncompressed drum mix goes to transient designer to bizarrely exagerrate the peaks. you mix them both to taste and let the mastering limiter handle the rest....you can then end up with a higher overall final level with increased percieved punch - the best of both worlds. a -9 RMS mix that sounds as good as a -12 mix. if you know how to tweak it its awesome....naturally its no substitute for real dynamics and an awesome hard hitting drummer, but if you havea client who insists on competitvely loud levels, this can be a way for you both to come out with a product that is pleasing soncially to both sets of ears.
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