[Randy[_2_]]

What's the best way, or a very common way, to use a compressor in Pro Tools
on voices?
Do you bus it on your bounce to disk or do you highlight the track and run
it through the AudioSuite before you bounce?

In this case it would be for voice only.
There was no compression used on the voice as it was recorded.

I'm sure someone is going to knock me for this being a stupid question etc.
please if you can't contribute
in any other way to this thread just move on to the next post with your
knowledge.

Thanks

R

[John Phillips]

Randy wrote:
What's the best way, or a very common way, to use a compressor in Pro Tools
on voices?
Do you bus it on your bounce to disk or do you highlight the track and run
it through the AudioSuite before you bounce?

In this case it would be for voice only.
There was no compression used on the voice as it was recorded.

I'm sure someone is going to knock me for this being a stupid question etc.
please if you can't contribute
in any other way to this thread just move on to the next post with your
knowledge.

Thanks

R



I would not use AudioSuite because it is harder to change unless you ran
out of CPU time. At the top of the mix window, there are buttons for
plug-ins. You click on one of the button and navigate to the compressor
that you want and then do the settings. When you play, you will hear
the effect and when you bounce you will have the processed track.

You would do the same on any track.

[Richard Kuschel]

Randy wrote:
What's the best way, or a very common way, to use a compressor in Pro Tools
on voices?
Do you bus it on your bounce to disk or do you highlight the track and run
it through the AudioSuite before you bounce?

In this case it would be for voice only.
There was no compression used on the voice as it was recorded.

I'm sure someone is going to knock me for this being a stupid question etc.
please if you can't contribute
in any other way to this thread just move on to the next post with your
knowledge.

Thanks

R

The best way is to make a duplicate of the track and put the
compressor (mono) on an insert on the duplicated track.
Set the compressor as you like and mix both the compressed and non
compressed tracks together.

Reduce the volume on the non compressed track so that it reaches the
level of the compressed track at the loudest levels of the speech. It
will probably be about 5-10dB lower on the fader than the compressed
track.
This will prevent the track from getting that muddy compressed sound.

As in all cases using compressors, use your ears. The compressors that
come with ProTools are really pretty lame as far as meter indication
goes but they can work. Waves compressors work and sound about 100
times better.

[Federico]

The best way is to make a duplicate of the track and put the
compressor (mono) on an insert on the duplicated track.
Set the compressor as you like and mix both the compressed and non
compressed tracks together.


No it's not.
If you to it that way you get a phase problem.
PTLE does not compensate insert latency.
F.

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Put it on an insert on the track itself. Select a preset that likely
fits your track. Adjust threshold to suit. Try it for a while. Then
get into the other parameters.

[Randy[_2_]]

Thanks to all for excellent replies.
For me, this was a good read and very educational.

Thanks again

R

[WillStG]

On Mar 19, 3:33 pm, "Federico" wrote:
The best way is to make a duplicate of the track and put the
compressor (mono) on an insert on the duplicated track.
Set the compressor as you like and mix both the compressed and non
compressed tracks together.

No it's not.
If you to it that way you get a phase problem.
PTLE does not compensate insert latency.
F.

Well then you just have compressors inserted on both tracks, and
have one doing nothing.

Will Miho
NY TV/Audio Post/Music/Live Sound Guy
"The large print giveth and the small print taketh away..." Tom Waits