Compression
Compression Posted on: 30.03.2010 by Verona Fashbaugh Just a quick question. Does compression come before or after other effects you are using. For example if I have some hi hats that I'm going to compress that I also am using reverb on, do I compress it before or after the reverb?Heres my high-tech diagram. A. High Hat -> Reverb -> Compression -> Out or B. High Hat -> Compression -> Reverb -> Out Also if you haven't already, you should consider getting involved with the DJTT album for original tracks produced by fellow DJTT-ers: http://www.djranking s.com/community /showthread.php?t=12665 | |
| Verona Fashbaugh 08.04.2010 |
Originally Posted by Villinus
Originally Posted by djhipnotikk
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| Verona Fashbaugh 30.03.2010 | Just a quick question. Does compression come before or after other effects you are using. For example if I have some hi hats that I'm going to compress that I also am using reverb on, do I compress it before or after the reverb? Heres my high-tech diagram. A. High Hat -> Reverb -> Compression -> Out or B. High Hat -> Compression -> Reverb -> Out Also if you haven't already, you should consider getting involved with the DJTT album for original tracks produced by fellow DJTT-ers: http://www.djranking s.com/community /showthread.php?t=12665 |
| Many Atia 13.04.2010 | compression can do a lot of things... it can help make a consistent level, it can alter transients, it can give things pop, snap, weight, or oomph. But most importantly it can utterly ruin a sound if you don't do it right honestly I'm not sure if you even need to compress a high hat track. they're usually nothing but a transient anyway. compressing after the reverb will bring the reverb out more though. I would do something like this: high hat -> high pass filter (if it's a bad sample/vinyl rip to get rid of rumble) -> eq if necessary |
| Random X 13.04.2010 | +1 on stringerhye. |
| Beckie Baglia 13.04.2010 | i usually do: sample->hipass filter->EQ->Compressor, then I route those all to a reverb bus. |
| Verona Fashbaugh 08.04.2010 |
Originally Posted by Villinus
Originally Posted by djhipnotikk
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| Harold Jaras 08.04.2010 | yeah, i mainly see compression as one of those first couple things you process the audio with to get the sound sitting right, or one of the last in the chain if it's on say, your master bus or something like that. like if i was recording a bass guitar, compression (along with eq) would be one of the first things in the chain so i get the level and sound sitting right, and then comes the extra shit like delays and what not. but like what was said earlier: it's all dependent on what *sounds* right to you. don't worry about how crazy your eq curves look or how hard/light your compression is. what does it *sound* like? |
| Wai Rofkahr 03.04.2010 | ^^^eggzacary. Each way of routing it gives it a different sound. Compressing after the reverb is going to affect the natural tail of your reverb, which in most cases isn't what you want. However there are some dance songs that use this effect to make long reverb tails pump with the beat. But that process is a bit more complecated than the process we're talking about. Oh and I'm puttin up my track for the album today. I'm diggin the song you put up. That shit kills it! Can't wait to see a whole album done |
| Diogo Ribeiro 30.03.2010 | There are no hard and fast rules (because you may want to compress the reverb as an effect for example), but generally Compression usually comes before the effect. You can use EQ before compression if you want to achieve a specific effect, such as making the compression hit harder when the sound is more bassy. |
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