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In Reply to: RE: What does dynamic compression sound like posted by mike1127 on August 17, 2010 at 02:00:19:
"- To assist the balance mixer. Suppose you are mixing a session, and in several tracks, the musicians varied their volume levels. Like the singer was loud in some places and quiet in others. And the bass player was like that too. It's easier to establish a consistent mix if you apply some compression to those tracks and knock back some of that dynamic range."
On a multi-track recording that is simply a matter adjusting the volume levels of individual tracks in various spots when mixing. Nowadays, with ubiquitous use of Pro Tools this can literally be done note to note. Used judiciously and applied with finesse this would be virtually undetectable.
On a live to 2-track recording you either add compression *to everything recorded* or not in mastering, which would do zilch for imbalances in individual volume levels with one possible exception..... in mastering you might be able to apply compression to a specified frequency range, but that is a crude adjustment, and would make only limited sense on a non-mixed recording if for example a cymbal or bass was way too loud throughout. Even then, you'd be affecting harmonics and/or fundamentals of other instruments and/or ambience.
The most often offensive compression is, as you said, a result of the "loudness war".
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Follow Ups
- No to part of what you said. - Rick W 08/17/1008:55:42 08/17/10 (4)
- RE: No to part of what you said. - mike1127 09:49:06 08/17/10 (3)
- No. - Rick W 10:30:22 08/17/10 (2)
- True... - mkuller 14:41:19 08/17/10 (0)
- Sheffield Labs - mike1127 13:21:01 08/17/10 (0)
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