ChuckC
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Anyone ever heard of "direct compression"?
I had somebody mention it and that they were trying to learn the technique... I have google'd it and can't fine anything really.?
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Re:Anyone ever heard of "direct compression"?
2012/11/14 20:38:48
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Do you mean, "compression on a signal that is getting recorded direct?"
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ChuckC
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Re:Anyone ever heard of "direct compression"?
2012/11/14 21:11:55
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I have no idea what he means but he said he was upgrading his Daw because his wouldn't allow it. So I do doubt it was that simple.
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Re:Anyone ever heard of "direct compression"?
2012/11/15 04:26:35
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Was he the kind of guy who knows what he's talking about?... Or a guy who THINKS he knows what he's talking about?
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Re:Anyone ever heard of "direct compression"?
2012/11/15 05:12:53
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Not unless he's talking about making pharmaceutical tablets by the direct compression method.
Sounds like BS to me
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Re:Anyone ever heard of "direct compression"?
2012/11/15 07:36:24
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That is the conclusion I am coming to here. He Is an intelligent dude but I think he has been misled somewhere on this one.
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Re:Anyone ever heard of "direct compression"?
2012/11/15 07:53:56
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Chuck, maybe he meant direct compression as in compressing destructively a bit BEFORE he prints? That's the only thing I can think of.
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Re:Anyone ever heard of "direct compression"?
2012/11/15 10:07:30
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+1 to the above. Compression before the interface. Or that might be what some company calls their built-in digital compression - the ability to compress after conversion but before the sound goes to the DAW.
In the words of Johnny Rotten, "it is a mysteryyyy".
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Re:Anyone ever heard of "direct compression"?
2012/11/15 10:33:58
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So why is he upgrading his DAW?
Any DAW on the planet will - hopefully - record what you feed into it, regardless of the input chain which might or might not contain a hardware compressor yes?
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Re:Anyone ever heard of "direct compression"?
2012/11/15 16:34:00
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Indirect compression is when you make the tea boy do the work while you hit on the talent in the lounge. Direct compression is when you do it yourself.
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Re:Anyone ever heard of "direct compression"?
2012/11/15 16:41:38
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ChuckC
I have no idea what he means but he said he was upgrading his Daw because his wouldn't allow it. So I do doubt it was that simple.
The only thing I can imagine is that his DAW doesn't have input channels, so he cannot record the wet tracks. Personally, I wouldn't bother for compression, because I believe it's preferable to compress and EQ in context, when you're mixing. But for other things, like amp sims and cab impulses, I love having input channels. Most of the time these days, I'll record guitar tracks using my POD, bypassing the cab simulation and using a software impulse loader. Once I'm set up and have worked out a sound I dig, I record it as is via an input channel. Also has the advantage of cutting back the number of plug-ins I have to run in real time - one instance on the input vs one on each guitar track.
post edited by Rain - 2012/11/15 16:43:19
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Re:Anyone ever heard of "direct compression"?
2012/11/15 17:43:25
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I RUN ALMOST ALL OF MY TRACKS THRU AN EXTERNAL COMPRESSOR before it hits my convertor, before it hits my DAW.
i guess this could be construed as 'direct compression', though the usage of that term is kinda dumb.
there is an already-established terminology in place.
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Re:Anyone ever heard of "direct compression"?
2012/11/15 22:21:09
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I suppose one could decipher the phrase by asking the opposite question: what is indirect compression?
I think that's when you send your song out to one of those $20-a-song online mastering services and it comes back pegged like a lightswitch. You can always claim "I didn't do that!" - it was indirect compression.
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Re:Anyone ever heard of "direct compression"?
2012/11/16 06:03:53
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Nice one Bit. 
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Re:Anyone ever heard of "direct compression"?
2012/11/16 07:32:41
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Surely ya don't think he was talking about manually riding a fader to raise levels in low spots do you? That would be very "direct".
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Re:Anyone ever heard of "direct compression"?
2012/11/16 07:34:08
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HAHA BIT..... That was funny sir
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Re:Anyone ever heard of "direct compression"?
2012/11/17 13:58:03
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I spoke with him again... I guess his phone auto corrected the word sidechain to direct, pretty weird.
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