another parallel compression question

[rowdi]

Do u compress/eq as normal or lean back on them the the individual drum tracks before you buss them to the aux track?

Do you do them to all groups ie drums, guitars , basses, keys, vox, bv's or have people found it to be overkill?

 

[P-E]

I do, but keep the aux track low so it adds just that little bit.

I don't know if that's the way everyone does though but I think it is.

 

[A Midnight Requiem]

I generally just send each drum all the way to the aux track with compression on it, then raise the aux track fader until I have the desired amount of parallel compression. I generally only do this for drums, but when something else needs a little, I'll just adjust the send amount for that instrument until I like it, since I've already got the aux level the way I want it for drums.

 

[Morgan C]

I usually use Voxengo MArquis compressor which has a wet/dry, or I duplicate the track and have one with par comp at 0.05ms atk and one with normal attack (usually works out better so you're not increasing the atk on the par comp'd track).

On drums I do it on individual tracks and a TINY bit on the buses.

If you're using distortion on bass/vocals it can really bring out the grind, otherwise I don't tend to use it.

 

[myownsilence]

Tried it, Jens Bogren makes a big thing about using it, I cant really hear any benefit.

 

[rowdi]

thanks guys