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 >>Hmm, I'm not sure who you are quoting about 
individual compression, and If this weren't off topic to begin with, I'd be 
curious as to why you think compressing individual instruments, in a multitrack 
recording, is somehow worse than compressing ALL the 
instruments.<< 
  
er, yes. got 
me. I was ranting, and what's more, ranting on the wrong list. it would've made 
a lot more sense on the r-to-r list where I usually rant about things like this. 
fwiw, though, multiband and/or indvidual track compression leads to listener 
fatigue and is an entirely artificial experience. I am opposed to it especially 
when it comes to recording drums, all close-mic'd and separately 
gated/compressed. it's at odds with real-life experiences of dynamics- your own 
ears have a kind of comp-lim mechanism though it's more mechanical in 
operation..... the effect of a loud noise in nature is to reduce the perceived 
level of everything at once. a single compression process on a whole mix mimics 
this to some degree. multiband or track compression causes the energy level to 
vary constantly throughout the spectrum, irrespective of the overall dynamic of 
the content..... yada yada yada.... 
  
  
sorry 'bout 
that. 
  
duncan.
  
 
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