26 Nov
2013
26 Nov
'13
11:27 a.m.
Hello,
as of multiband compresion for mastering purpose, i use 4 bands most
of the time, as the low spectrum needs special attention.
My first consederation based on your frequencies, is they leave
frequency gaps between bands. I couldn't say this is not a way to
work, but i've never seen something like this before. In all my
experiences, either integrated multiband compressors, or parrallel
processed compressors always have crossing frequencies at the -3dB
point.
For example a three band multiband would be : Lowpass>350Hz ,
350Hz>2KHz, 2KHz>Hipass
Then you would adjust the crossover frequencies, compression settings to taste.
For a four band setup, a starting point would be : Lowpass>200Hz ,
200Hz>500Hz, 500Hz>3KHz, 3KHz>Hipass
Raphaël
2013/11/26, Julien Claassen <julien(a)mail.upb.de>de>:
Hello everyone!
Nama has a sort of multiband compressor by using three parallel tracks,
all
processed by filters. Now we've discovered, that our current filter settings
aren't good for multiband compression as used in a mastering setup. Yes, I
know, people debate wether to use it or not, but it's always nice to have
the
opportunity and leave it up to the users.
We currently use the Glame highpass, lowpass and bandpass IIR LADSPA
plugins
with unique IDs 1890-1892. The current settings are:
lowpass: 106Hz 2 stages
bandpass: 520Hz(center) 800Hz(bandwidt) 2 stages
highpass: 1030Hz 2 stages
These settings give a good full band, but I've heard, that the bands
aren't
the best choices. I've found some reeferences to using:
160Hz as the first divider and 3500Hz for the second divider.
could someone suggest good settings to achieve this. Either with these
plugins or with different filters, if easily available and in form of a
LADSPA
plugin. Ecasound has LV2 support, but it's not capable of all the LV2
features.
I'd also do just fine with a formula to calculate it myself, if there is
such a thing, that really meets the audible requirements.
Fons, last time you were kind enough to supply the settings. How did you
arrive at these values? Did you check graphically? I'm pretty sure, that you
wouldn't have.
Warm regards and thanks a lot
Julien
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