<quotes repositioned and trimmed, footers removed by admin> "f-erenc szabo" <zerobeat@...> wrote: > > I don't know what Bob Katz has to say, but I'll > assume he's talking about good old parallel compression > that's been around for decades where you have > two parallel signal paths: one without compression > and one with (and then they're combined). > > I wish ALL compressors&limiters had a wet/dry > ratio to make it easier (Digidesign's maxim has > this, and somebody told me about another plugin > that does). > > In Logic 7.1, with ALL delay compensation turned > on, it makes it easier because you don't need to futz > with a delay plugin on the dry (or the easiest method > was to place the same compression plugin on the dry > bus so it causes latency BUT it's not actually doing > any compression - takes up DSP horsepower though). Is this the same thing as "side-chaining" w/ a compressor? Haven't tried it, but it might be the answer to some issues I've been having- as in, "How much compression... etc". I read an article somewhere about that and it sounds like what you're talking about. KenK