(07-04-2020, 05:39 PM)Pi_K Wrote: wow, those are some inserts there in the screenshots...
thanks for share Tassy, I guess that I have to let go some concepts before moving on further!
The only concept that matters in my opinion, is training yourself to
use your ears for mixing. Presets can be a nice as starting points and some times a time saver. But there is no solution that fits everything.
My recommendation to you is to load a song that you're familiar with it's sound, into mixbus, then start fiddling with all 3 comp modes, one at a time.
The best way would be to start with each mode by lowering the thresh hold enough until you actually
HEAR what it's doing (disregard the metering).
The first thing you'll notice is a lower overall volume as you lower the thresh hold more and more. Don't pay attention to this, just compensate for the difference with the gain knob so that the level stays the same weather the comp. is engaged or not.
What you should be trying to hear is what's happening to the
attack of the material (does it become more "punchy" or "muddy") once your ears start recognizing this, start playing with the various parameters and see how they effect the sound. Do this one mode at a time and disregard any values / numbers displayed on the channel strip or any where else. Use
ONLY your ears.
Once you get the feeling for this, try to shift your ears attention to the whole "
picture". Does the material sound tighter in terms of all the parts/instruments sound "connected" or does something stands out or sounds as if it was added to the track separately. Once you start recognizing this, once again play with the various parameters and see how they affect the sound.
I'd recommend doing this with a plugin that has all the controls only AFTER you do this with the mixbus compressors, as the lack of some controls will force you to work more creatively which will result in a better understanding of what a comp is and how/why/when to use it.
Hope this helps ...