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On 2011-02-02 said:
billssupport wrote:
Thanks philicorda, but this is live reinforcement work not
recording,

I've seen Phildo advocate parallel compression in a live sound
context, I think he knows what he is doing when doing live sound
reinforcment.

wOuld agree, but, Phildo is a true professional who's been
doing this awhile.

By the nature of the questions Bill asks and what I've
gleaned what he's looking for is a means to blending
background vox easier, which would mean a compressor across
a bus to which all bg vox are routed. Parallel compression
can be a good technique for live sr provided that:

1. THe operator really has an understanding of what the
compressor he's using does to signals fed to it, and

2. tHe operator is properly gain staging and tuning the
rest of the system.

THe nature of Bill's queries suggest to me that he not try
this one yet, until he's much more familiar with the
compressors he plans to use, and the remainder of the
environment as well. But, a compressor across the insert of
the background vox bus adjusted correctly (use of ears to
achieve good results required) could be a great boon to him.

YOur tips are well placed as well PEter. Bill, listen to
MEssrs Dorsey and PEter here. But, most important, listen
to what your compressor does to the program fed to it.


Regards,




Richard webb,

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