Old 03-25-2009, 09:40 AM   #1
bardo
Human being with feelings
 
bardo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: San diego
Posts: 1,107
Default Anyone trying parrallel compression?

Cool write up in last months issue of S.O.S using Reaper sidechaining.
Thought I'd give it a try and was curious about opinion's from my Reaper family.


Bardo
__________________
POD PRO XT,Roland TD-20 E-kit,Fender Telecaster,Rickenbacher,Framis 12-String,Ibanaz Bass,CAD GXL3000 Pro Studio Mic,E-Bow and my "ol' best friend "REAPER"Since 2006
My songs here...[url]
http://www.mixposure.com/bardo/
bardo is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-25-2009, 01:22 PM   #2
Baer
Human being with feelings
 
Baer's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: San Francisco, CA
Posts: 335
Default

I’m planning to try it with my band’s setup for live playing, but haven’t done so yet. I read the SOS article and am curious about others' opinions on something. The article includes a response graph of both regular compression and parallel compression.

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/mar0...s/qa0309_3.htm

I think the author’s parallel compression graph is bogus. If you add the compressed signal to the uncompressed signal (simple parallel compression), you get a curve which is essentially the average of the two. It will still have the basic shape of a regular compression curve. Anybody else have an opinion?

Last edited by Baer; 03-25-2009 at 01:25 PM.
Baer is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-25-2009, 01:49 PM   #3
Jonas_Eriksson_Swe
Human being with feelings
 
Jonas_Eriksson_Swe's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Umeå, Sweden
Posts: 947
Default

I use parallell processing all the time (not only compression).

I just read the SOS article and think the author has got it right. To get the kind of response that the curves indicate the compressed part must be close to limited and brought up higher than the original signal..

But why don't you just try it and see if you like how it sounds? If you do, go with it - if not, don't

Regards,
- Jonas
Jonas_Eriksson_Swe is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-25-2009, 02:07 PM   #4
Lokasenna
Human being with feelings
 
Lokasenna's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Calgary, AB, Canada
Posts: 6,551
Default

I'm using parallel compression in a couple of spots on a song I'm working on right now. One for the drums, and another on the master bus, and I'm pretty happy with the sound.
__________________
I'm no longer using Reaper or working on scripts for it. Sorry. :(
Default 5.0 Nitpicky Edition / GUI library for Lua scripts / Theory Helper / Radial Menu / Donate
Lokasenna is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-25-2009, 04:37 PM   #5
Wolffman
Human being with feelings
 
Wolffman's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Down Under
Posts: 2,148
Default

I use parallel compression on drums quite a lot, I like how it sounds.
Haven't tried it on anything else.
What other applications does it work on ?

SOS mags are a month behind here in Australia, at least from my newsagent, I just got the Feb issue this week

Cheers
__________________
" Serve the song "

https://soundcloud.com/wolffman7
Wolffman is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -7. The time now is 06:22 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.