[James Meeker]

I used to squash my overheads a lot, but these days I usually leave them alone. I compress the close mics so heavily that having the oh's squashed as well just had a lame sound overall.

If I *do* compress the overheads I liked to use the Bomb Factor BF76. Nowadays, I'd probably link two of the SSL's compressors together for a little tickle.

I find that the overheads do just fine with buss compression. That's all the squash they need.... which is really mild.