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Parallel Compression

By Ame one | Published December 10, 2008

Today we are going to discuss parallel compression (New York compression). I’m a pretty big fan of this technique. The main reason I’m a drummer and I like to beef up the drums with it.  What is parallel compression? The simplest way to describe it is, mixing a compressed signal with it’s dry source to [...]

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How to set a compressor

By Ame one | Published December 4, 2008

When I used to live in Hawaii, there was this certain drum n bass dj who came up to me and asked, “What setting do you use when you use a compressor?” I responded by saying, “Well it all depends on what I am compressing.” He then seemed rather irritated that I didn’t divulge some [...]

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Vintage EQ and Compressor emulations

By Ame one | Published March 11, 2008

Every where I look these days online I always see people touting Waves SSL, API and Neve collections. In addition to that there is a constant barrage of people saying URS vintage effects are great. The truth is I don’t really know what to make of all these vintage emulations. I have tried a few [...]

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