Parallel Compression on Mixcraft 6
Moderators: Acoustica Greg, Acoustica Eric, Acoustica Dan, rsaintjohn
Parallel Compression on Mixcraft 6
How would I go about using this technique for drums, otherwise known as New York compression? I know one drum mix is supposed to be little to no compression and the other overly compressed, but does that mean two tracks panned center? I don't know that I am understanding this technique correctly and advice would be appreciated!
- Acoustica Greg
- Posts: 24701
- Joined: Wed Mar 01, 2006 5:30 pm
- Location: California
- Contact:
Re: Parallel Compression on Mixcraft 6
Hi,
One way to do it would be to add a Send track to your project. Put a compression effect on the Send track, crank up the compression settings, then edge up the Send knob on the drum track until you get a good beefy sound, but not so high that you clobber it with compression.
You'll be hearing the audio from the original track and the compressed audio from the Send track mixed together.
Greg
One way to do it would be to add a Send track to your project. Put a compression effect on the Send track, crank up the compression settings, then edge up the Send knob on the drum track until you get a good beefy sound, but not so high that you clobber it with compression.
You'll be hearing the audio from the original track and the compressed audio from the Send track mixed together.
Greg
- Acoustica Greg
- Posts: 24701
- Joined: Wed Mar 01, 2006 5:30 pm
- Location: California
- Contact:
Re: Parallel Compression on Mixcraft 6
Here's a visual.
- Attachments
-
- parallelcompressiontip.png (190.91 KiB) Viewed 7051 times
Re: Parallel Compression on Mixcraft 6
Thanks, that makes sense. Would I compress any of the individual parts like the kick or the snare?
- Acoustica Greg
- Posts: 24701
- Joined: Wed Mar 01, 2006 5:30 pm
- Location: California
- Contact:
Re: Parallel Compression on Mixcraft 6
Hi,
It depends on the sound you want. Play around with it!
Greg
It depends on the sound you want. Play around with it!
Greg
Re: Parallel Compression on Mixcraft 6
Another way to do it:
1 Add your compression.
2 "Mix to new track"
3. Take the compression off the first track.
Now you have two tracks, one compressed, the other not. Mix them together as desired.
1 Add your compression.
2 "Mix to new track"
3. Take the compression off the first track.
Now you have two tracks, one compressed, the other not. Mix them together as desired.
-
- Posts: 981
- Joined: Wed Jul 11, 2007 2:24 pm
Re: Parallel Compression on Mixcraft 6
So, to sum up the advice above...
"New York" drum compression:
1) create a send or copy of a track
2) compress the send or copy heavily
3) subtly mix in that compressed track with the original
You can use a send track, a duplicated track, a bounced track...
Here's a decent summary article with some history and other types of parallel compression.
"New York" drum compression:
1) create a send or copy of a track
2) compress the send or copy heavily
3) subtly mix in that compressed track with the original
You can use a send track, a duplicated track, a bounced track...
Here's a decent summary article with some history and other types of parallel compression.
*Vibrant Audio*
Re: Parallel Compression on Mixcraft 6
Or if you want to be lazy about it, just get a compressor that has the feature built in.
Re: Parallel Compression on Mixcraft 6
Thanks a lot for the suggestions! I tried the send thing and it works pretty well. It sounds good with the Waves and T-Racks compressors I've used with it. Do you usually leave the dry drum track totally uncompressed or with some compression in certain places? Just want to know what's typically done.
Re: Parallel Compression on Mixcraft 6
Ianpb wrote:Or if you want to be lazy about it, just get a compressor that has the feature built in.
- Acoustica Greg
- Posts: 24701
- Joined: Wed Mar 01, 2006 5:30 pm
- Location: California
- Contact:
Re: Parallel Compression on Mixcraft 6
Hi,
I believe you'd leave the original audio dry, at least as far as compression goes.
Greg
I believe you'd leave the original audio dry, at least as far as compression goes.
Greg
-
- Posts: 981
- Joined: Wed Jul 11, 2007 2:24 pm
Re: Parallel Compression on Mixcraft 6
Greg is absolutely right. And you probably only want to use compression and eq on the duplicate track, no reverb.Acoustica Greg wrote:I believe you'd leave the original audio dry, at least as far as compression goes.
But you mix and use effects on the original drum track just like you might do normally, so a little compression is ok on that original track. Then mix in a little of the highly compressed version to help the track cut through or sound more in your face without losing all of the dynamics like you would if you only used a highly compressed track.
Experiment to see what you find fits your song best!
*Vibrant Audio*
Re: Parallel Compression on Mixcraft 6
gypsy101 wrote:Ianpb wrote:Or if you want to be lazy about it, just get a compressor that has the feature built in.
http://bedroomproducersblog.com/2010/11 ... t-plugins/
Original Music on Soundcloud : Original Music on Bandcamp : Original Music on YouTube :
Original Music on Hearthis
Dave Kelly, is an English songwriter based in Liverpool UK.
Original Music on Hearthis
Dave Kelly, is an English songwriter based in Liverpool UK.
-
- Posts: 981
- Joined: Wed Jul 11, 2007 2:24 pm
Re: Parallel Compression on Mixcraft 6
Oh, yeah! That reminds me - the Terry West free plugins.davefk wrote:http://bedroomproducersblog.com/2010/11 ... t-plugins/gypsy101 wrote:Ianpb wrote:Or if you want to be lazy about it, just get a compressor that has the feature built in.
There's a NY Compressor VST there.
*Vibrant Audio*
Re: Parallel Compression on Mixcraft 6
to this day I haven't been able to get that vst to work right. only one preset works & all the rest including the NY compression are mute when engaged.Vibrant Audio wrote: Oh, yeah! That reminds me - the Terry West free plugins.
There's a NY Compressor VST there.