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raindog · 10th June 2009

I don't have any experience with any Sonox compressors, but it may not be a bad idea to leave it off...unless it's providing you with a special sound or effect that you want. If you're just looking to just knock off a dB or two for some glue, chances are, if you're having someone decent master it, he/she will have a better choice of compressor. That being said, all the ITB mixes I've done have left with some compression on the master. Very small amounts though, and with something like the Waves SSL or a Fairchild if I want some flavor/the sound of the compressor working a bit. But if I really think about it, it seems like a good idea to send it sans-mix bus compressor. It just makes me feel better with it on so I end up leaving it on...

10th June 2009	#2
raindog Registered User Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 34	I don't have any experience with any Sonox compressors, but it may not be a bad idea to leave it off...unless it's providing you with a special sound or effect that you want. If you're just looking to just knock off a dB or two for some glue, chances are, if you're having someone decent master it, he/she will have a better choice of compressor. That being said, all the ITB mixes I've done have left with some compression on the master. Very small amounts though, and with something like the Waves SSL or a Fairchild if I want some flavor/the sound of the compressor working a bit. But if I really think about it, it seems like a good idea to send it sans-mix bus compressor. It just makes me feel better with it on so I end up leaving it on...