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Originally Posted by no drama  When it comes to compressor's(ITB) i teak until it's well......worse than before i started.
Embrassing but true ,i have reasonable handle on general recording/mixing thus far in the short time i've been at it.
At this stage i am better off using the presets.
Is there any really user friendly out board compressor's, less dials/buttons for me to screw up . |
dude...get an la3a or la2a and it all begins to make sense...haha
seriously though, you have some good advice so far, but i have another suggestion for you...one that helped me.
start off with an la3a/la2a style compressor where there are only 2 dials - gain makeup and peak reduction. Work with it on every source you can find. You will love the ease of it and begin to understand what compression is all about. Eventually though you will become annoyed with the fact that you can't speed up or slow down how fast the compression kicks in or lets go...especially on sources like drums and what not. Then get yourself a comp with attack, release, threshold, and gain makeup knobs. It will all begin to make sense at that point because you will have literally followed the path of how it basically happens in real life. You have something cool, but eventually want to tweak it because we are all obsessive freaks about sound...-=)