[LAU] Smoothing congas

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Sun, 2014-09-14 at 21:34 +0200, Ralf Mardorf 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.

Without hearing it, I can't say if you should use the stereo sum's
compressor or if a compressor for the conga track(s) should be used, to
compensate this.