this is part of another post... when reading this. take in mind Im speaking not just dynamics but also distance and vocal changing from moving away from mic.

We have a home studio. Nuthin @ all fancy. We do hip hop so theres no live(recording). All sounds are either samples or keyboards. We built a mic booth. bout the size of an average bathroom. Audio-Technica 4033a and that goes directly into our Digidesign Digi 002. i record 2 tracks @ at time of vocalz.
1.) straight thru(direct) dry
2.) that direct(1.) in/from a RNC compressor 2:1

...so its mic -> in ch. 4 recorded dry out ch. 3 -> RNC -> in ch. 3 ->

daisy chain recording

thats said, the vocalists never stays n the same area. so I can hear n the recording the imbalances(movement). Cant really afford anything bttr @ this time(mic/mic,etc.). Just wanna improve on this and get the best recording we can w/ what we have. So the dynamics is somewhat... dynamic, given emotion.

I also mix w/ Waves RenComp on the RNC recorded track. I dnt use the dry. and even after mixin, It still seems ... non balanced. What do u think i can do 2 tame?
Should I compress more like some1 said 2 me b4? Should I use a limiter on each individual track 2 keep them n check;(aftrt compression)?

What do u guyz think would b best, given the info i just gave?

thnkx