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Old 29th November 2009   #4
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If there is any question, you might want to go back, disable all the compressors, volume automate the vocal track - pre fader! - then add the compressors back one at a time (making sure they are volume matched with the uncompressed sound) and compare the sound with and without. Finally, you might want to volume automate the fader (post compression) depending on the dynamics of the song. That being said, applying several layers of compression to a vocal is not uncommon; just make sure each layer is actually an improvement.
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