[RWP] Just my opinion, ducking and reacomp

[Patrick Perdue]

Also, using ReaComp's look-ahead (pre-comp,) helps greatly. Just don't 
set it too high. I usually have a very slow attack and a medium pre-comp 
value. Be aware, though, that if you are using a live track for the 
side-chain input, that track will be delayed by the pre-comp value, so 
this is best used for processing existing content rather than a live 
input source. I use this method all the time for podcast production, 
sometimes in combination with fake item automation, sometimes not, 
depending on what it calls for.
It is true that you have greater control with automation, fake or not, 
but ReaComp as a ducker can certainly be a lot more useful with a good 
working knowledge of the theory behind how it works.

On 5/27/2014 9:02 PM, TheOreoMonster wrote:
> Play with the attack and release times, attack set how quickly the compressor kicks in, and release how quickly it kicks off.
> On May 26, 2014, at 2:16 PM, Jes <jessmith at samobile.net> wrote:
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>> Hi all.
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>> Maybe I'm not doing something right, but I find that using a compressor to duck down a music track while a voice track is going just doesn't sound as natural as a manual do it yourself good oale fassioned fade down, like you can make with sound forge. To me, manually fading down music while talking and fading it back up cannot be beat using an automated plugin. I find that reacomp fades the music down way too quickly, and then fades it up so quickly that it's not even noticable. Again, maybe I'm not doing something right. Any thoughts on this?
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