What's the catch ?

[Martin Naef]

Hi Gert

Gert van Santen wrote:
>> - which I enjoy, but which gives different priorities on equipment).
> 
> Since we're talking gear here. I'm wondering what people use as a 
> compressor/limiter for live recording (guitar, bass, vocals, 
> drums) with a laptop/computer?

I don't. My recordings were always straight into the interface. While I 
tend to leave the limiter of these on just in case, I make sure that I 
stay well below the 0dB limit. Noise from the converters and their 
dynamic range is simply a non-issue these days, even for classical 
recordings that are very dynamic - so I just stay within a generous 
safety margin (typically -12dB or more) and do all the compression and 
EQing in post-production. I really don't see the point of using a 
compressor while recording, unless it's part of a signal chain (e.g. 
analogue voice channel) resulting  in a desirable coloration of the 
sound that's hard to achieve afterwards.

Martin


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