Need Help with signal flow to calibrate outboard compressor..PLEASE HELP!!

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Need Help with signal flow to calibrate outboard compressor..PLEASE HELP!!

Hi all, im trying to calibrate an outboard compressor and im not quite sure how to route my test tone. i have a 1k test tone on one track that needs to go out to the compressor and back to the DAW on a different track. this has been driving me nuts for a few hours now. i would greatly appreciate some feedback and a little detail on the best way to accomplish this. PS sonar->patchbay>lynx aurora 8 Many thanks in advance, Chris

Intel I7 950: gigabyte x58a-ud5: ssddrives: guitar POD PROxt: Lynx aurora 8/eas 16: API pres: mesa dual recto:marsh jcm 800:palmer cab sim:summit 2ba preamp: Blue Baby Bottle mic:SONAR7 PE: UAD-1, Hardware: 1176, Neve 1084, SSL Mix Buss, pultec eq, dual mono dbx160



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    The Maillard Reaction
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    Re:Need Help with signal flow to calibrate outboard compressor..PLEASE HELP!! 2011/09/03 16:31:13 (permalink)
    When you say "calibrate" what is your goal?

    Do you want some specific dBFS meter level in SONAR to equal some specific meter level at the compressor?

    Does the Aurora have a software app or hardware buttons to control the output levels?


    Answering those questions should point you in some direction.

    best regards,
    mike


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    exectrader2001
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    Re:Need Help with signal flow to calibrate outboard compressor..PLEASE HELP!! 2011/09/03 16:49:36 (permalink)
    hi mike, thanks for checking out my post This what I ultimately need to do: Export a 1Khz test tone through the unit and back into the DAW. Adjust your volume levels so your DAW meter reads somewhere around -10dbfs. Now adjust the threshold knob on the compressor until there is 10db of compression (DAW should read -20dbfs). Adjust VR17 until the meter on the compressor shows 10db of compression. i don't know if the only way to do this is by external insert. chris

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    Re:Need Help with signal flow to calibrate outboard compressor..PLEASE HELP!! 2011/09/03 16:58:53 (permalink)
    Yes, it's just and insert or a loop.

    Here's one way to do it.

    Pick an extra out put on the Aurora... something other than the mains you use for monitors.

    Send you test tone track out to that extra Aurora output and hook it up to the compressor.

    Take the compressor output and record it using one of the inputs on your Aurora.


    Use the level controls and meters to get where you want.

    If you need the return to sync up with everything you'll have to learn about the insert timing features. I don't know much about them.



    Good Luck.

    best regards,
    mike










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