What's the catch ?

[Gert van Santen]

Martin Naef schreef:
> 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.

I see. What interface (audio) are you using btw?

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