In need of Mixing Techniques

Two Left Hands · 16th April 2004, 09:22 PM

I was wondering if anyone out there has some good web sites and/or books that I could check out to find mixing techniques. I was wondering if someone could give me a quick run down of New York Compression. I learned it a while ago and I am trying to use it again. Im just not sure if my memory is correct. Thanks!

ixnys · 16th April 2004, 09:42 PM

Man oh man...the perfect book for you is "The Mixing Engineers Handbook." It covers everything you wanted to know about in your post.

New York Compression is also known as parallel compression. You duplicate a track, compress it, and then blend the compressed track with the original track. On a mixing board, I believe this would be known as "floating" the track. Andy Wallace is known for doing this technique with his drum tracks.

So basically to do this in PT, you'd take your snare track for instance, duplicate it, and strap a compressor on one of its inserts. Then you could do one of two things, you could copy that same plugin to the original track and bypass it to make up for any latency, or you could nudge it forward by the number of samples the plugin on the compressed track caused.

*NOTE - To view the amount of delay on a track, you would hold down the command button (MAC) and click on the volume button until it showed sample delay.

Shan · 16th April 2004, 11:29 PM

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Originally posted by Two Left Hands
I was wondering if anyone out there has some good web sites and/or books that I could check out to find mixing techniques. I was wondering if someone could give me a quick run down of New York Compression. I learned it a while ago and I am trying to use it again. Im just not sure if my memory is correct. Thanks!

Go to this thread. I also have a PT session on here that shows this technique. Also check out what Charles and others have posted on the same thread.

'The Mixing Engineers Handbook' is great. I recommend it. Also Check out ALL of Charles HDL columns. And ask alot of questions right here at gearslutz. Lots of great people here who will help and share their knowledge.

Shane

stealthbalance · 16th April 2004, 11:42 PM

[quote]Originally posted by ixnys

You duplicate a track, compress it, and then blend the compressed track with the original track. On a mixing board, I believe this would be known as "floating" the track. Andy Wallace is known for doing this technique with his drum tracks.

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ProFool · 16th April 2004, 11:56 PM

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16th April 2004, 09:22 PM	#1
Two Left Hands Gear Head Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: USA Posts: 30	In need of Mixing Techniques I was wondering if anyone out there has some good web sites and/or books that I could check out to find mixing techniques. I was wondering if someone could give me a quick run down of New York Compression. I learned it a while ago and I am trying to use it again. Im just not sure if my memory is correct. Thanks!

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16th April 2004, 09:42 PM	#2
ixnys Gear addict Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 325	Man oh man...the perfect book for you is "The Mixing Engineers Handbook." It covers everything you wanted to know about in your post. New York Compression is also known as parallel compression. You duplicate a track, compress it, and then blend the compressed track with the original track. On a mixing board, I believe this would be known as "floating" the track. Andy Wallace is known for doing this technique with his drum tracks. So basically to do this in PT, you'd take your snare track for instance, duplicate it, and strap a compressor on one of its inserts. Then you could do one of two things, you could copy that same plugin to the original track and bypass it to make up for any latency, or you could nudge it forward by the number of samples the plugin on the compressed track caused. *NOTE - To view the amount of delay on a track, you would hold down the command button (MAC) and click on the volume button until it showed sample delay.

16th April 2004, 11:42 PM	#4
stealthbalance Lives for gear Join Date: May 2003 Location: united states Posts: 625	[quote]Originally posted by ixnys You duplicate a track, compress it, and then blend the compressed track with the original track. On a mixing board, I believe this would be known as "floating" the track. Andy Wallace is known for doing this technique with his drum tracks. ----------------------------------------------- he is ???