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?