Compressor needed
It depends on how much you want to spend.
The cheapest solution is something like the Behringer MDX1600. This is a two
channel compressor/limiter which sells for around the $100 mark. I have used
several of these as safety limiters in the radio station I engineer for, and
occasionally to "fatten up" thin sounding voices.
A much better solution is to use an Orban Optimod, on one of its gentler,
more purist settings. This device has a wideband AGC which operates somewhat
like "a slow hand on the fader", evening out volume changes, raising those
that are too low, and restricting those too loud. It can also be set to
operate very aggressively for maximum loudness/minimum dynamic range, but
that's probably too severe for normal listening. You can get an Orban 2200
or 2200D for around the $1000 mark, and the "D" variant has digital ins and
outs as well as analogue. The older 8200 or even a TV Optimod will all do
much the same provided you don't use them too aggressively. The 2200D I'm
using as the main on-air processor in our little radio station maintains a
very even level, with no audible artefacts other than of course, the
reduction in dynamic range.
S.
"---MIKE---" wrote in message
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I asked this once before but I can't find the information I received. I
find that many CDs and all SACDs have too wide a volume range. If I
want to hear the soft sections, then the loud parts are too loud. (The
BIS Beethoven symphonies are particularly bad in this respect). Can
anyone suggest a decent compressor that I can use to "even out" the
volume levels?
---MIKE---
In the White Mountains of New Hampshire
(44=B0 15' N - Elevation 1580')
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