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Re: OT: Compressor/Limiter recommendations

I don't know if I'd go so compressor crazy.  Dynamic range is your 
friend.  There are times it's nice for some sounds, but I rarely use a 
compressor.  I don't like taking that element (dynamic range) away from 
my expressive palette.  I also would much rather have some noise than 
use a noise gate for the same reason.  I'll be the one that stops the 
note, thank you!

Mark Sottilaro

On Sunday, April 21, 2002, at 01:18  PM, Mark Hamburg wrote:

> I've got three places in my signal chain that could use compressors, 
> and I'm
> looking for advice on each of them.
>
> (1) Directly off my electric guitar. Right now I'm using the DynaComp
> simulation on the Line6 DM4 but I'm thinking about a dedicated 
> compressor.
> This is probably the least critical.
>
> (2) Before my EDP. I'd like some protection from overloading the input 
> into
> the EDP coming off of my Mackie 1642. I haven't had a lot of trouble 
> but I'm
> also just keeping the levels moderately low. My priority on this one is
> higher than the guitar case, but still much lower than the last...
>
> (3) I need a compressor or better yet a compressor and an analog to 
> SPDIF
> digital converter to take the mix signal off my Mackier and feed it to 
> my
> DAT or my SP-808. Digital distortion stinks and I've been sacrificing
> headroom by just keeping my levels low. I want to be able to set the
> recording levels based on where I seem to be playing while knowing that 
> if I
> get louder the signal will get compressed/limited rather than clipped.
>
> Item (3) is the most pressing need. I don't need fancy microphone 
> preamps. I
> don't need fancy mastering capabilities though I wouldn't mind them. 
> What I
> do need is something that will let me get from analog to digital without
> digital distortion.
>
> I've seen TC Electronic Triple*C's are becoming cheap. Would that be a 
> good
> choice? For that matter would the M*One work? Or would I simply be 
> moving
> the problem so that I'd be sending a lower level signal to the TC A-D
> converter and then amplifying it digitally in the effects box?
>
> Thanks.
> Mark
>