Shawn wrote: Personally, I would stay away from it man. Phil replied: O I don't know. I used to think that way too. If you want to get the max level on a track up to between minus 3 and minus 0.1DB then, using light compression in order to catch those little peaks in order to stop going over minus 0.1DB, works really well. Also, some hardware compressors sound really nice. For example, I love the sound of the Focusrite ones that I have on my pree-amps. Finally when recording electric guitar using my Tonelab SE, I always use the compressor, as I like that kind of sound. Think it's quite a British technique to print with compression. Guess this applies to Scottish people such as myself too then, smile. Remember Tony Visconti talking about this and saying that he likes that technique too. He also said that American musicians don't normally do that. Tony was talking about when they recorded young Americans with David Bowie and that some of the musicians, weren't used to working like that at all. Mind you, always turn off the hardware reverb on the Tonelab SE and use software instead. That way, I can avoid having to cut off any reverb tales if I need to do a punch in because I have made a mistake . Regards, Phil Muir Accessibility Training Telephone: US (615) 713-2021 UK +44-1747-821-794 Mobile: UK +44-7968-136-246 E-mail: info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx URL: http://www.accessibilitytraining.co.uk/ PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type unsubscribe For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq or send a message, to ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type faq