Alesis NanoCompressor, Справочное руководство

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Applications
22 NanoCompressor Manual
Drums
Engineers often compress drum tracks just to get a nice punchy sound in the mix.
The settings below sound good on a rock snare drum:
• Threshold set so that all drum hits are compressed (around -3dB)
• Ratio set for 4:1
• Knee set for Soft
• Peak/RMS set for Peak
• Attack set around 8 o’clock
• Release set around 9 o’clock
By turning the Threshold down even more, you can “squash” the snare drum as
much as you want. Turn the attack up (longer) to get more stick out of the snare
drum, and turn it down for a synth pop slap.
Bass
Since bass guitar forms the foundation of most Rock and Jazz music, it’s important
that the level of the Bass doesn’t jump around in the mix. Also, adding compression
to bass tracks (or almost anything else) can make it “punchier”, generally a good
thing in rock tunes. Try the settings below on a rock bass track:
• Threshold set so only the peaks are compressed (around 0dB)
• Ratio set for 4:1
• Knee set for Hard
• Peak/RMS set for Peak
• Attack set around 9 o’clock
• Release set around 10 o’clock
Electric Guitar
Funky rhythm guitar parts love compression. Not only does it make the part punch
out the mix better, it evens out the volume of the muted strums. The following
setting, with its low threshold and high ratio, gives you lots of compression for
punching up a funky rhythm guitar part:
• Threshold set for constant compression (around -3dB)
• Ratio set for 6:1
• Knee set for Soft
• Peak/RMS set for RMS
Experiment with turning the Threshold up or down for a thinner or chunkier tone.