Hello All:

I've noticed that commercial productions have a much more squashed low-end dynamic range than my own recordings.

I'm assuming some side-chain bass compression on the master fader is a possible solution. The Digi Design Compressor/Limiter Dyn 3 will allow me side-chain processing of selective frequencies. I don't see anything in my Waves plugins that will do that.

QUESTION:
Is anyone aware of any commercial standards for side-chain compression of the low frequencies?

In other words, what is a desirable dynamic dB range for the low frequencies & roughly what frequency range should be treated? I realize there is no one magic number for all recordings. I'm just looking for ballpark suggestions.

Thanks in advance,

ENW