Audiodamage "Rough Rider" - Free compressor from audiodamage (dl link in post)

[p_brane]

little hint for everyone.

the "active" button when pressed is straight on/off BUT if automated it responds like a mix knob.. get some lovely stuff going with it when automated

excuse me if this sounds stupid...

when would you automate a compressor? never thought of doing it before, what applications does it have?

[rhythmtech]

excuse me if this sounds stupid...

when would you automate a compressor? never thought of doing it before, what applications does it have?

plenty of reasons, some musical and some more dynamic based.

for instance you could automate the mix to slowly build a drumbeat up from dry to compressed by bringing in a heavily compressed beat under the same one thats pretty dry. this would be similiar to parralell compression except you use the mix automation.

or you could use it in mixing to keep a part under control that has a very high dynamic range and cant be just "set & forget"

[p_brane]

plenty of reasons, some musical and some more dynamic based.

for instance you could automate the mix to slowly build a drumbeat up from dry to compressed by bringing in a heavily compressed beat under the same one thats pretty dry. this would be similiar to parralell compression except you use the mix automation.

or you could use it in mixing to keep a part under control that has a very high dynamic range and cant be just "set & forget"

cheers for the reply rhythmtech. obviously got a lot to learn about dynamics.