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Hi! I recently got into recording and I use a PreSonus firepod connected with Cubase in my computer. I was thinking of getting a little hardware compressor, reverb or eq and I want to know how I connect it to apply this new effect into already recorded tracks?

Thanks to help me out !

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anonymous Sat, 03/14/2009 - 10:59

Don't listen to it. In the box is only worth it when you're in love.

Are you in a position to go and do some tours of the higher class music shops and test some compressors out?
Can you hit up a big studio and sample some of the really good pieces of hardware out there on a half day trial?

I have no real experience with any hardware worth more than a few cents, but I know deep down inside that emulating something is not the same as actually being something. Fake is a word that springs to mind.

You could be looking for a preamp strip with a built in compressor, so you can find the sound you want then go to tape, or as it is in this day and age, to disk...

There are many many options.

Do you have a budget?

Codemonkey Sat, 03/14/2009 - 11:00

What's wrong with plugins? If you have a slow CPU, fair enough - but like MadTiger hinted at, these units are only going to ruin your audio signal until you drop a substantial amount on converters and outboard so that you don't trash the signal by converting it to digital twice.

Never mind the grounding and noise issues you get from analog gear.

If you really want to, route the track in Cubase to an output on your interface, attach that output to an Input on your outboard gear, then the Output of your outboard to an input on your interface.
How you do that in Cubase is beyond me.

hueseph Sat, 03/14/2009 - 15:17

mckaymental wrote: Hi! I recently got into recording and I use a presonus firepod connected with Cubase in my computer. I was thinking of getting a little hardware compressor , reverb or eq and I want to know how I connect it to apply this new effect into already recorded tracks?

Thanks to help me out !

You would have to route the channels you intend to affect out to hardware outputs on your Firepod. Into the compressor then back into free channels on your Firepod. These channels would have to then be re-recorded onto new tracks. All of this will add latency. MUCH more than if you were to simply use plugins. There are plenty of very good plugins out there. There are even some very good free plugins. Check out these free plugins from Antress.

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