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i'd like to hear some thoughts on how/if people are processing their signal on the way in, ie: gear besides a mic and a preamp.
i've had some tell me they keep it all dry and add things like compression, eq, and limiting later, while others suggest adding this stuff to the input signal chain.
i'm particularly curious about the distressor (www.empiricallabs.com/distdes.html). anyone using one of these things?
thoughts, theories, philosophies, gear?
thanks.
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Re: processing on the way in?
Fri, October 26, 2007 - 1:42 PMI love the distressor for vocals and guitar. Depending on the material and the instrument I do little to no processing recording in... mostly I would use compression just to control the signal and do a little heavier compression later in the mix as needed.
The distressor is designed as an emulator of different types of compressors and I think it does a wonderful job. That said, I would still like to own a Purple MC77 copy of the 1176... -
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Re: processing on the way in?
Fri, October 26, 2007 - 3:27 PMwell the traditional thing to do would be to record dry and then add effects off tape not to tape. The idea is that you might want to change things later and if you recorded that compression, for example, then you cant change it.
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Re: processing on the way in?
Fri, October 26, 2007 - 6:10 PMThe Distressor is cool, if you're going for a particular effect. Of course, you could always post-process, too.
I tend to err on the side of not affecting the sound on the way in, unless I am going for a particular effect that may work better processed. And, of course, you could always split the signal post-mic-pre and record both an unprocessed and a processed version.
