Hi guys,

We've already discussed what people put or don't put on their master bus while mixing.
I personnaly don't put anything and I'm use to kind of blind guessing what the mastering process will do to my mix.

To keep an open mind, I want to try to mix with a compressor on the master bus, just to see if my mix will be different or at least if it's gonna help me.

Jack White recently did a record all analog (Ampex440 - some recorded at 7.5 ips!). He had it mastered at Gateway asking Bob Ludwig to not use any compression. none . nanda. the record was mastered to vinyl with a different master for hi res digital.

what do you think of that?

i would love to hear some of your tracks where you turned off all the dynamics plugs.

I thought this mix I did might serve as an interesting analog mastering comparison using a few compressors with tubes and trannies.

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Hi all,

I'm interested in building one of these 1176 clones from Hairball Audio. Has anyone else done it and can they comment on the sound compared to the original?

Hey all,

Does anyone have experience of both of these comps? I'm looking to use it on the drum bus primarily...

Cheers!

I'm currently working on an 8 track project, and there are highs and lows throughout some parts.
Now, what can I do to even out the volume on all my tracks? Is it called Compressor? I believe I read something about Compressor
If so, what Compressors are easy to use, and does anybody have a step by step tutorial/explanation?

Thanks

I am going to undertake an experiment, and I need the help of knowledgeable people. In return, I will share my results freely in another thread for all to use. So if you contribute, you stand to gain something. Perhaps a perfect recreation of the API525, perhaps an imperfect one, but most assuredly, a new idea on how to achieve the sounds of your dreams.

An Interesting conversation from and engineer/developer

I don't own a good brickwall limiter/maximizer in my drawer of plugins. And I know I can get one for $29 from Waves. But I own Waves Renaissance Compressor and was wondering how to build one, if possible with a few compressors chained together or something. I was inspired to try brickwall limiting to my music by a couple of sources. I play bluegrass acoustic music.