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Old 4th June 2008   #114
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Someone mentioned that fader rides before the compressors are enough...

They aren't. What about when there's a crescendo in the music and your highly compressed vocal gets swamped out at that point? Or the bus compression kicks in a tiny bit extra on the downbeat of the chorus and you need to "get over the hump" with a quick fader hit for overheads or vocals?

What if you want to only "half compress" the vocal b/c the tonality is too different when it's squashed, but then need to do rides to fit the track?

With a summer with no faders you realize the limitations quickly. The only solutions are inserts before stemming, tonelux faders, and full automation. Or if you're old school just nudging real faders a bit here and there and keeping it organic sounding.
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