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soundrage · 24th April 2010

This procedure works great for a plugin compressor. I was just thinking though how I could use an external compressor instead of plugin on the stereo master.
Anyone doing this?

1. make sure nothing in your mix is going to the DAW channel in the N12 (this is output N12 L/R).
2. insert a new stereo track in cubase and set it's input as N12 stereo (N12-ST) and set its output to the DAW channel (N12-L/R).
3. Switch off the switch by the DAW volume pot which sends the signal to the stereo buss.
4. insert a compressor/limiter/eq or whatever on the stereo channel you created and then switch on the live monitor button.
5. on the N12 control room monitor section, switch to the DAW monitor switch - now you can hear the mix with the vst effects you inserted on the stero track you made. switch back to the stereo monitor input to hear it without.

24th April 2010	#3359
soundrage Lives for gear Joined: Jul 2007 Location: Salt Lake City Posts: 560	Putting an external compressor on your master mix This procedure works great for a plugin compressor. I was just thinking though how I could use an external compressor instead of plugin on the stereo master. Anyone doing this? 1. make sure nothing in your mix is going to the DAW channel in the N12 (this is output N12 L/R). 2. insert a new stereo track in cubase and set it's input as N12 stereo (N12-ST) and set its output to the DAW channel (N12-L/R). 3. Switch off the switch by the DAW volume pot which sends the signal to the stereo buss. 4. insert a compressor/limiter/eq or whatever on the stereo channel you created and then switch on the live monitor button. 5. on the N12 control room monitor section, switch to the DAW monitor switch - now you can hear the mix with the vst effects you inserted on the stero track you made. switch back to the stereo monitor input to hear it without.