But to be honest I haven't had much time to play with the effects plugins, since the board setup and the shows took precedence. My two cents is that I'm not yet able to identify which onboard effect could get close to emulate the 1176 squashed sound (ratio all, high input, output to taste, low attack, high release and so on).
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And I was wondering myself how to apply some drum slamming (NY parallel compression) live. We have run the first two shows in our small venue with the brand new X32. My first post as a new subscriber (but long time reader). Yes, it eats channels, but it's SO worth it. Sometimes you need that little bit of comp on the "Nc" channel for cats who have a hard time with too loud and too soft - not fitting in the mix. A different bit of high pass works well also, much higher for the "C" channels, and a little lower frq for the "Nc". You just have to remember to treat these channels as a "sum", and not get too radical with the tone stuff or you'll shoot yourself in the foot. I find you can also use a careful bit of EQ on problem tones on the "Nc" channels, with careful and not too crazy EQ carving on those harsh bits. You can also feed your vocal FX with the "Nc" channels only to help the fix take on more dynamics and "get out of the way" quicker/better. If you run wedges, just run the "Nc" channels into them to keep it simpler.
You can just add a "C" or "Nc" after the name on the strip. If the layout allows, it works great to start the vocals on layer 2, then stick any additional instrumentation in after them in the remaining channels. I like to split each vocal seperately, and stick 'em next to each other so that they alternate comp/no comp on the console. I use it all the time to help vocals sound "in your face", without getting crushed to death. I can add in that this is totally one of my vavorite "tricks". Exact settings are tough to do, due to the different ways we all "do our thing", as engineers leading to quite a bit of "your mileage may vary".Īs you know best, use your ears, this is another area where the artist plays in far more than the tech/geek does.