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Originally Posted by danijel  i know a team of 4 people who do TV post, and they all use 1176LN for dialog (in nuendo), and they swear by it as the best dialog compressor.
i find it inconvenient, because (AFAIK) you can't set it to just compress louder parts, leaving the softer untouched - it somehow fiddles with everything due to the unconventional knob set (e.g. no gain makeup). i like to be able to bypass compressor on a soft part of dialog and see no change in volume....
besides 1176LN, they don't use any other UAD stuff, don't know why. perhaps waves eq is easier to automate? |
It sounds like what you're looking for is more of a limiter and not a compressor? As soon as you touch the make-up gain on a compressor you're increasing the volume level of all parts, maybe you just need something to tame the loud parts, give them a ceiling? The multi-band might be good for this too.
at any rate, I love the Cambridge EQ and the Precision Limiter and Multiband Comp. The Limiter kills the Waves L1-L2 IMO. So far I am doing all post audio on my own so compatibility of plug-ins is not an issue for me, though I can see what a headache that would make...