Thanks Emily, another great video. I will keep this in mind always: "It is all about finding the best approach for your specific need and characteristics of the audio material that you’re woking with". Cheers for Toronto.
my ears went automatically to the middle clips, I work with eq > compression on a daily basis. I thought that the second snare was tight in a way that i prefer, and the second kick was too boomy to my taste. I work with post sound, dialogue, effects, and have to deal with a LOT of noise, wind, unwanted low freqs, so I first eq to clean-up, then compress, then I use a second eq (with more texture an color) to achieve tonal balance! Great content!!
There is a 3rd alternative, which I guess could be construed as a compromise of sorts. Subtractive EQ going into Compression then, additive EQ after compression. I use this from time to time.
Depends, the snare got more sustain by eq into compression, and the kicks were harder to tell as both kicks were very full sounding, so it didn't make as much difference to my ears. Normally I mix the bass first, and then tuck the kick under it, so I tend to want to control more with eq before comp. Either way, there is a difference, and it's good to know.
I do both sometimes, compress first and get my settings on the comp, eq to taste, then is needed an SSL style to control anything the eq process throws up ;-)
On snare, I prefered EQ>Compression but on kick, I prefered Compression>EQ. Great lesson Emily.
Good call. I do like the kick with compression first, but go back and forth with the snare.
Thanks Emily, another great video. I will keep this in mind always: "It is all about finding the best approach for your specific need and characteristics of the audio material that you’re woking with".
Cheers for Toronto.
my ears went automatically to the middle clips, I work with eq > compression on a daily basis. I thought that the second snare was tight in a way that i prefer, and the second kick was too boomy to my taste. I work with post sound, dialogue, effects, and have to deal with a LOT of noise, wind, unwanted low freqs, so I first eq to clean-up, then compress, then I use a second eq (with more texture an color) to achieve tonal balance! Great content!!
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There is a 3rd alternative, which I guess could be construed as a compromise of sorts. Subtractive EQ going into Compression then, additive EQ after compression. I use this from time to time.
Good call!
Depends, the snare got more sustain by eq into compression, and the kicks were harder to tell as both kicks were very full sounding, so it didn't make as much difference to my ears. Normally I mix the bass first, and then tuck the kick under it, so I tend to want to control more with eq before comp. Either way, there is a difference, and it's good to know.
I do both sometimes, compress first and get my settings on the comp, eq to taste, then is needed an SSL style to control anything the eq process throws up ;-)
I liked the two samples that had compression first. Another informative video. Thanks!
Compression first for us!
cool vid tu
I prefer 1st order for the snare, both kicks sound over compressed....
Thanks for checking it out!
" Trust your ears " Thanks for the A/B lesson ( My ears are saying EQ first )
eq before compression ..... ...... compression is very much well overdone these days
It sure is!