Using a SSL Bus Comp on guitars/drums?

[Ermz]

It's taken from an SSL desk, which would have been metering in dBVU rather than dBFS.

 

[jackobme]

brb while i go search on dBVU versus dBFS

 

[RiF]

brb while i go search on dBVU versus dBFS

This post of mine ("Gain Staging in a Nutshell") might help you to get your head around this:
http://www.gearslutz.com/board/7948600-post17.html

It's from this thread:
http://www.gearslutz.com/board/newbie-audio-engineering-production-question-zone/734101-recording-advices.html#post7948600

 

[jackobme]

Learn somethin new everyday

 

[amarshism]

When you're a moron yeah, that tends to happen.

 

[jackobme]

When you're a moron yeah, that tends to happen.

Ouch! I'm a noob dude, we talked about this. 0 Schooling. Just learning from the interwebs. Only been at this about a year.

 

[rapucore]

When you're a moron yeah, that tends to happen.