[LAU] Smoothing congas

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Sun, 2014-09-14 at 21:42 +0200, raf wrote:
> > On Sun, 2014-09-14 at 15:21 -0400, jonetsu at teksavvy.com wrote:
> >> Congas (in this case Wavedrum congas # 19) have sometimes hits louder
> >> than others.  Eg. the player hits more forcefully at times. What would
> >> be a good way to even out the output (recorded in Ardour) so that the
> >> stronger hits do not stand out as much in the mix ?
> > 
> > In this case a compressor is the only good choice. Decrease the dynamic
> > range.
> 
> sometimes using a (lookahead) limiter is easier than bad setting a compressor. You could try both compressor and limiter to find the one best for you.
> Calf has good ones.

That's ok, but using a limiter, there's the need to listen very well ;),
a limiter likely could cause unwanted side effects.

I dislike to use a compressor, but much more I dislike to use a limiter.
But there's nothing wrong with the assumption that a limiter could be
the right tool.

What to use, a limiter and/or compressor for the conga track(s), or just
a compressor for the stereo sum, depends to the kind of unwanted dynamic
range.