Re: Sonar X3 Studio: Question about the PC4K S-Type Bus Compressor module
2013/10/13 16:16:09
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1) no, you should be able to move it. Mine moves, I'm pretty sure.
2) use your ears :p
I believe it was generally received favorably. It's modeled after the SSL 4000 series mixing desk bus compressor, which is very famous. I think I liked the version that Waves did a lot better, but that may also be what I'm used to. To be honest I don't use the ProChannel one a whole lot as it's rather too coloring for my taste. But that's entirely subjective and sometimes (or often) you may want a lot of color from your compressor. It's all so relative, really. So; use your ears. Seriously.
3) you could write whole books on this. A compressor, by nature, brings out the softer elements in your track (it compresses the dynamics). So if you cut or boost a lot of frequencies before the compressor, the compression will make some of it undone. Logically, it then makes most sense to EQ after the compressor. But sometimes it sounds better to do it the other way around. Experiment a lot with both, and try to understand the difference in sound that you get. It's so easy in modern DAWs to do this. Just drag the module.
As for the tube, again entirely up to taste. It colors the sound. Do you want get that color and then EQ it? Or do you want to get an EQd sound and then add the color. There are really no set rules for this. The standard ProChannel chain is a sensible one but by no means meant to be set in stone.