[LAU] Balancing volume between smooth and popping bass

[Arnold Krille]

On Wednesday 13 January 2010 10:36:28 Ng Oon-Ee wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-01-13 at 09:58 +0100, Arnold Krille wrote:
> > > Of course you'd need to lower your input
> > > volume to give headroom for the push/pop notes.
> >
> > No, the compressor will lower the volume of the push/pop notes so that
> > you can turn up the overall amplification afterwards.
> >
> > The input should be set as high as possible without distortion on the
> > loudest parts of the signal.
> 
> Ah, I was talking about digital compressing (for example, within
> ardour). Wouldn't headroom be needed for that?

You mean more then the (almost) infinite headroom of double precision numbers 
(used inside jack an ardour)? - No, not really...

And compression _reduces_ the volume. Only after the compression you raise the 
level of the over-all reduced sound again and get a decreased dynamic range.

Arnold
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