[ddots-l] Re: compressor and meter questions in sonar

  • From: "Phil Muir" <ddots@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 17:05:18 -0000

Hmm. Why would you want to do that? It's good to have some dynamics in music. 


Regards, Phil Muir

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----- Original Message ----- From: "Blake Hardin" <blakehardin5487@xxxxxxxxx> 
To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 2:55 PM
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: compressor and meter questions in sonar



alrighty thanks. what im trying to do is compress a vocal track where
say the lowest it gets is minus 8.0 db on the meter and the highest it
gets is like minus 6.0 on the meter. any help? because i can't read
the softest meter of a track. That really sucks lol.

On 2/5/09, Phil Muir <ddots@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

There isn't any way to read the softest value on the metres in Sonar.  As
for the second part of your question, I would use the Sonitus Compressor
rather than the Cakewalk one in Sonar as the Sonitus is way better. Also the Sonitus has an excellent manual that explains what the knee does etc. Found 
this in the Sonitus manual:

"The Knee setting determines the dB range above and below the threshold
where the compression goes from 1:1 to the selected compression ratio."
Finally, compression is not the easiest thing to understand. Probably the 
best way you will get your head around what it's actually doing is by
experimenting with it.  You could start by choosing one of the presets in
the Sonitus Compressor that is close to what you require such as a vocal
preset etc. You could then read all of the various metres in the compressor 
to see what affect it is having on the material as you play back your
project.

Regards, Phil Muir

P J Muir Productions,
Music And Audio Production
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UK+44-1747-821-794
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Blake Hardin" <blakehardin5487@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "ddots-l" <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 4:58 AM
Subject: [ddots-l] compressor and meter questions in sonar



hi, ok i know you can read the peak meter of a certain track in sonar
but how would i read the softest meter that is registered? And ok how
would i  use the cakewalk compressor? Can you explain to me what the
nee does? And ho to use this on a track? thanks.
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