[Mark]

On Mar 16, 8:13 pm, "jeffontheleft" wrote:
So I've somewhat close-mic'ed my drum overheads with NT5's through an
RNP chained to an RNC. This is my first time using this setup so i'm
not sure what the most conventional approach would be. It seems like
one advantage to using pre-recording compression is that you can boost
the level feeding into the compressor really hot and then use the
compressor to attenuate its peaks just below threshold. Is this
common practice, or is that more a job for a limiter? Also, should I
ever turn the RNP up above the level that if the output signal were
unprocessed it would be clipping? I plan on doing alot of
experimenting but any constructive advice you have to offer would
certainly be appreciated. Thanks.

I'm a beginner so take it for what it is worth but...
my 2 cents says ...if you are using a digital recorder with at least
16 bits, then you have enough dymanic range to record without any
compression. Then you can play with the compression during playback
and mixing. The big advantage of this is that you can change the
compression without doing another take...
If you are using an analog recorder, then you may need to compress
going into the recorder...
Mark