[LAU] Smoothing congas

[Harry van Haaren]

On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 8:21 PM, jonetsu at teksavvy.com
<jonetsu at teksavvy.com> wrote:
> so that the stronger hits do not stand out as much in the mix ?

A compressor is generally used for this: try a ratio of 2:1, middle
setting for attack & release time, no make-up gain.

While listening to a 4 bar loop of the congas, bring down the
threshold down, and find where it starts to have an effect. Find
something suitable, that it removes a little of the peak, but not too
much: use your ears :)

With those settings, try changing the attack , and see what setting
works well. A longer attack on a compressor allows the initial "peak"
to cut trough, and then compression will kick in. Shorter attacks will
tame all the peaks, but will give a somewhat unnatural sound.

Hope that helps, -Harry

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