From: John Pglynn Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 I record Christmas CDs for local young musicians who want to record their own xmas CDs. I have had great success and …
Compression – How much gain reduction to use? Pumping, how to avoid? Limiting versus compression?
From: Geoff Goacher Dear Bob: I’ve really enjoyed reading your enlightening articles on the web site and Mix magazine. I have a great deal of respect for your opinions. …
Compression Bass
Hello Bob, First of all, Thank you for sharing your wisdom and for your help to this music world. My Question: Sometimes when i design sound effects that have a …
Confused Engineer seeks Enlightenment
From: Mark Gemino Bob, Finished reading more of the information on your web (Boy so much there to comprehend!). And it raised a few more questions. I will primarily mix …
Challenge from a Rap and Hip-Hop Engineer
My comments are: reading your opinion on modern compression, specifically the ‘four cherry bombs and an m50’ pertaining to rap music, i instinctively felt this was.. wrong 🙂 had to …
Changing the world one day at a time
From: John Watts Subject: Thanks for the mastering lesson Hi Bob, Sometimes, just a few important words can change the world (or at least the course of a mix.) After …
Compression on soundtracks: Comments on the Titanic Soundtrack from a composer – what soundtracks sound good?
My comments are: kudos to you for your compression page, most fascinating reading, i really enjoyed it. helped me a lot. i’m new at all of this and am wondering …
Compression and the DVD
From: Kyle Song Subject: Re: The real advantages of limiting and compression? Kyle quoted me… “TRUE TRUE! No matter how long you’ve been doing it – this is true. Each …
Compression: Do We Really Mix For Radio?
From: Richard Webb Greetings, I’m quite impressed with your revised article on compression, Bob. Quite a few examples which should help educate the public. I thought it was a good …
Compression: Don’t Quit and Grow Asparagus
Don’t grow asparagus, Bob, please! (Some great audio encouragement, in response to a facetious threat I made on a day that I was depressed with the state of the industry, …