I was recently told: "There's not much point to recording through a VST compressor. For recording, an outboard compressor will deliver the maximum good clean signal to the AD convertor. Applying an on-board compressor plugin, after the convertor, will only bring up the noise-floor. It will not acheive the same benefit as good outboard compression."
Meaning: I should get an external compressor unit rather than apply VST compressor plugins after or during recording.
Do you agree?
Is it possible to get a decent quality unit that is both a mic preamp and a compressor?
Thankyou for your help.
Meaning: I should get an external compressor unit rather than apply VST compressor plugins after or during recording.
Do you agree?
Is it possible to get a decent quality unit that is both a mic preamp and a compressor?
Thankyou for your help.
Hello karambos, an outboard compressor box is usefull for both live work and mixdown work.
A DAW workstation compressor is usefull for mixdown only, but that said there are some damm good software compressors (definable and multiband) as standard and as plugins -
Samplitude Producer is a good starting point.
Outboard compressers will give quieter input noise levels, but are expensive and can be limited in adjustability, but the right one can add a desirable sonic flavour.
Regards, Eric.
A DAW workstation compressor is usefull for mixdown only, but that said there are some damm good software compressors (definable and multiband) as standard and as plugins -
Samplitude Producer is a good starting point.
Outboard compressers will give quieter input noise levels, but are expensive and can be limited in adjustability, but the right one can add a desirable sonic flavour.
Regards, Eric.
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