Parallel Compression Possibilities ITB

caseyLA · 1st September 2005

With all the routing and automation possibilities, how do you guys set up your parallel compression schemes when working entirely ITB for maximum benefit? Do you use group channels or set up additional busses or what? Just looking for some useful ways of routing things through compressors.

thanks

MASSIVE Master · 1st September 2005

If you have latency compensation through the whole chain, you can just use an aux.

Shan · 1st September 2005

Some info here that may help you. There are also some links on that same thread. Not sure if some of the answers to your questions are in there though.

Shane

Improv · 1st September 2005

in pro tools, I generally route my drums tracks (and often percussion and bass as well) to a stereo bus. Then I set up two auxes with this stereo rhythm bus as the source for both. One uses no compression or very little, and the other is smashed to smithereens (or not so much for lighter tunes). Get a good sound on both auxes. You're going for punch on the uncompressed one and pump on the smashed one. Then use mostly the uncompressed channel and just feed in the smashed one. Tried and true trick, and it works wonders for in the box mixes.

Once you realize the potential it, you'll be doing it on many elements... perhaps the whole mix *gasp*

Two things: use good compressors. And only do it with delay compensation, even if you're think you can compensate for phase differences with time adjusters or identical plugins or whatever. delay compensation is there for a reasion... use it.

1st September 2005	#1
caseyLA Gear nut Joined: Sep 2004 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 112 Thread Starter	Parallel Compression Possibilities ITB With all the routing and automation possibilities, how do you guys set up your parallel compression schemes when working entirely ITB for maximum benefit? Do you use group channels or set up additional busses or what? Just looking for some useful ways of routing things through compressors. thanks

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MASSIVE Master Lives for gear Joined: Mar 2004 Location: Chicago (Schaumburg / Hoffman Est.) IL Posts: 2,710	If you have latency compensation through the whole chain, you can just use an aux. __________________ John Scrip - Massive Mastering, LLC - www.massivemastering.com Spoon-feed a newb some answer and he'll mix for a day - Get him to think about it and figure it out for himself and he'll mix for a lifetime --- JS

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Shan Lives for gear Joined: Nov 2002 Location: Vancouver Posts: 767	Some info here that may help you. There are also some links on that same thread. Not sure if some of the answers to your questions are in there though. Shane __________________ "Music should be performed by the musician, not by the engineer." Michael Wagener 25th July 2005, 02:59 PM _____________________________________________ Pro Tools Power User Editing - The Skunk Works Project _____________________________________________ Pro Tools\|HD Native 10.1 \| Pro Tools\|HDX 10.1 \| REAPER 4.22 \| HD OMNI \| HoboMac Pro 2.26Ghz Quad-Core \| W7 Ultimate 64-bit

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Improv Lives for gear Joined: Mar 2005 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 1,365	in pro tools, I generally route my drums tracks (and often percussion and bass as well) to a stereo bus. Then I set up two auxes with this stereo rhythm bus as the source for both. One uses no compression or very little, and the other is smashed to smithereens (or not so much for lighter tunes). Get a good sound on both auxes. You're going for punch on the uncompressed one and pump on the smashed one. Then use mostly the uncompressed channel and just feed in the smashed one. Tried and true trick, and it works wonders for in the box mixes. Once you realize the potential it, you'll be doing it on many elements... perhaps the whole mix gasp Two things: use good compressors. And only do it with delay compensation, even if you're think you can compensate for phase differences with time adjusters or identical plugins or whatever. delay compensation is there for a reasion... use it.