Multiband compression

Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 7:56 pm

OK, I'll give up multiband compression, although I do find it handy for giving my drum track a bit of extra sheen Very Happy

, and since I record my electronic drums in stereo (which is my only option for a number of reasons), using post recording EQ on the master drum track usually does as much harm as it does good.

I think most of the hiss and hum comes from the distorted guitar, since I use an overwound p90 with heavy distortion for the intial take on all my guitar tracks, but I do have an analog gate that gets rid of the worst of it. Interesting tool analogy Cucco, and it makes a lot of sense Very Happy

. I'd guess the whole reason I considered multiband compression is because of marketing and uneducated "recording engineers" speaking so highly of them. Thanks for all the responses.

Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 12:27 am

NCdan wrote:

using post recording EQ on the master drum track usually does as much harm as it does good.

i don't like eq either!
i think you are perceptive. so you can evaluate multiband
yourself. whatever is really "wrong" about it, you should

be able to hear it. it's your music. you know what
should be in it, and what should not. and how
it all should go. imo, this is a good time to
explore and learn. if you have time.

also you will then understand why people have
such strong opinons.. a class of
tool that is said to be
inherently wrong
for mastering?

(we are talking about eq and compression here,
not reverb, so how can that really be?)

maybe some designs are bad. i just think it is a tool, sometimes
it seems the best tool for a job, i think i know what
i am doing with it. like one who handles a weapon.
it could be misused, the results could be
tragic. but weapons can also be useful.

as for whether it is "good" or "bad"? there is more to it than that, imo.

jeff dinces

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