Emu XL-7 & MP-7 User's Group

I personally wouldnt reccomend doing it (but each to his own)...BUT I have
heard that the RNC is a great compressor indeed, if you did it extremely
lightly it may just be enough to take out spikes, but at the same time it
may very well harm the sound if you're recording all the tracks at once. If
your doing the racks seperately, then go for the gold, I'm sure that would
spice up the sound quite nicely (Really Nice, I'm sure, hehe). But, by doing
that, at least for me, kind of ruins the entire reason of having an RME (I
have a digi96 with the expansion board). I bought it so I wouldn't HAVE to
record all of my tracks seperately anymore, so now I need like FIVE
compressors (or two bi-linear stereo and a mono one) in order to get
seperate compression on all my stuff. Arg....

I myself, don't have a real compressor, since I have no money, although I
have that behringer half/fake tube compressor in my studio from time to
time, and may own it soon (as gay as it can be, if I get it, those tubes are
getting replaced!). I usually use software compression, although I would
severely reccomend using real hardware instead. I only use software since
it's what I have. T-racks is great, but is not a plugin, so it can get
tedious using it on seperate tracks since you can't hear it in conjunction
with the rest of the them. Overall, you can't beat the sound of a nice warm
REAL tube compressor, but from what I hear, that RNC can come pretty close
to compression heaven.

Cheers
ByronIV

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rayisfab [mailto:rayisfab@...]
> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2003 12:19 PM
> To: xl7@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [xl7] XL7 Thru A Compressor?
>
>
> I'm using the XL7 with Sonar and softsynths.  I'd like to find out
> whether other XL7 users output their XL7 through a frontend
> compressor before recording it to harddisk.  I'm making dance music
> (techno/trance etc. etc.).
>
> I'm looking to buy a compressor such as TLAudio's Fat 1 or FMR Really
> Nice Compressor 1773 to compress and warm up the XL7 stereo output.
> The compressor will be patched into the RME Multiface.  I want to get
> a nice hot signal onto disc and not have spikes.
>
> Do any of you compress the XL7 sound?  If so what do you use or think
> is the best sounding frontend?  I've spent a ton on the RME so I
> can't afford the really high end compressors.
>
> I've also thought of using compressor plugins on the XL7 stereo input
> inside the computer but don't know how to set this up in Sonar or
> with the RME mixer.  Is it easier to use an outboard compressor
> instead?
>
> Any ideas/experiences on this subject appreciated. :)
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