Need some help about workflow and methods mixing in the analog world

usblink11 · 7th December 2006, 06:11 PM

Ok so here is my situation. I have decided to put together a very slutty chain and will be using analog hardware to process each track one by one from logic... because I cannot afford a big neve console. So here is my setup:

Logic track 1 ---> apogee rosetta 800 d/a converter ---> aurora audio gtq preamp ---> portico 5033 eq ---> fatso ----> drawmer 1968 compressor ---> apogee 800 a/d converter ----> back to logic (print it on a new track) .

My question is first, is there a way to speed up the workflow or am i stuck with just doing the tracks one by one. If my song is made up of 60 tracks and it is 8 minutes long.. I would have to spend all day running each track through to process it.

My second question is how much do I "pretreat" it in logic before i run the tracks out to be processed. For instance should I even eq , or use digital compressors on the tracks in logic and make it sound good as possible / finish all the automation... THEN run them through my channel? Should I keep all my faders of each track at like -20db so that I can use the gtq preamp gain to get it to the volume I want. OR should I not process the tracks at all in the digital domain.... maybe just do the automation , and then send them out to the chain and do all the processing there?

How does the "pretreating" (using digital compressors/eqs etc..) in the digital domain before sending each track to the analog chain effect and relate to the "aftertreatment" (the analog processing chain).

I hope this is not too confusing. If it is, I will try to reword it . Thanks

steffo · 12th March 2007, 02:12 PM

You will not be able to work like that in the long run. I have a chain (or two..) like that but I would not be able to focus on the music working that way. I like the 1968 very much for certain things but I would not run everything trough it for compression. Use it as a master compressor and use it on the way in when you are certain you need that kind of compression. I like it as a drum bus compressor, guitar (acoustic and electric), sometimes bass and on rare occasions vocals. Very cool when doing serious GR!

Sigma · 12th March 2007, 02:52 PM

personally i like to effect it going in and then stay in the box

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7th December 2006, 06:11 PM	#1
usblink11 Gear nut Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 90	Need some help about workflow and methods mixing in the analog world Ok so here is my situation. I have decided to put together a very slutty chain and will be using analog hardware to process each track one by one from logic... because I cannot afford a big neve console. So here is my setup: Logic track 1 ---> apogee rosetta 800 d/a converter ---> aurora audio gtq preamp ---> portico 5033 eq ---> fatso ----> drawmer 1968 compressor ---> apogee 800 a/d converter ----> back to logic (print it on a new track) . My question is first, is there a way to speed up the workflow or am i stuck with just doing the tracks one by one. If my song is made up of 60 tracks and it is 8 minutes long.. I would have to spend all day running each track through to process it. My second question is how much do I "pretreat" it in logic before i run the tracks out to be processed. For instance should I even eq , or use digital compressors on the tracks in logic and make it sound good as possible / finish all the automation... THEN run them through my channel? Should I keep all my faders of each track at like -20db so that I can use the gtq preamp gain to get it to the volume I want. OR should I not process the tracks at all in the digital domain.... maybe just do the automation , and then send them out to the chain and do all the processing there? How does the "pretreating" (using digital compressors/eqs etc..) in the digital domain before sending each track to the analog chain effect and relate to the "aftertreatment" (the analog processing chain). I hope this is not too confusing. If it is, I will try to reword it . Thanks

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12th March 2007, 02:12 PM	#2
steffo Gear nut Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 144	You will not be able to work like that in the long run. I have a chain (or two..) like that but I would not be able to focus on the music working that way. I like the 1968 very much for certain things but I would not run everything trough it for compression. Use it as a master compressor and use it on the way in when you are certain you need that kind of compression. I like it as a drum bus compressor, guitar (acoustic and electric), sometimes bass and on rare occasions vocals. Very cool when doing serious GR!

12th March 2007, 02:52 PM	#3
Sigma Lives for gear Join Date: May 2006 Location: phallicdelphia Posts: 2,590	personally i like to effect it going in and then stay in the box