Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

On 12/09/2006, at 12:48 PM, GAmoore@... wrote:

>> Normally when one has a channel that is low the compressor can bring
>>> it louder.
>>
>
> Yeah, thats not really the purpose of a compressor. If you want it  
> louder,
> make it louder. If you want it quiet but compressed, then lower the  
> threshold on
> the compressor.
>
> That being said, I really like the UAudio compressors 1176 and LA2A  
> but they
> don't have thresholds I think - sort of minimalist controls.

That's because they are not compressors. They are levelling  
amplifiers. There is a difference. The threshold is replaced by an  
input knob. The higher the input drive the more the compression effect.

> I was talking with one of the guys from UA at the NAMM show in  
> Anaheim last
> January and I said I really appreciate the vintage recreations, but  
> why keep
> the same set of limitations? Why not expand their capabilities  
> which is easily
> done in software (as they have done in minor ways on things like  
> the Roland
> Space echo) but ultimately their reason was that people  
> psychologically won't
> believe they are vintage sounding if they make any improvements. So  
> it all comes
> down to perceptions not reality.

I for one actually like the authenticity of UA's vintage emulations.  
The thing about compressors and dynamic range control devices is that  
if there was one such device perfect perfect for all occasions we  
would not need so many different devices that "apparently" do a  
similar job.

For me I use 1176, LA2A, Fairchild, Precision Limiter, Precision  
Multiband, Logic compressor, Logic Limiter, Logic Adaptive Limiter  
all for very different reasons and while there is some overlap no two  
sound the same or control dynamic range in the same way.

Knowing which to use where is an important/ essential skill possessed  
by the competent mix engineer. In addition to that there is also the  
option to compress less and volume automate more. Also a form of  
dynamic range control...

Oh and finally, I hate the auto gain feature Logic's and other  
compressors offer. First thing I do is turn it off.

Kind regards

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Paul Najar
Jaminajar Music Production
www.jaminajar.com



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