On Mon, 2005-02-07 at 13:32, Noah Roberts wrote: > Jan Depner said: > > > Do you want to use multiband compression on a single track or on the > > mix? If you want to use it on the mix just run Ardour's master bus out > > to JAMin and then back into a new stereo track. > > Speaking of jamin and compression, what are some good books that would > teach a person what these tools are for? Preferably it would be more than > a ProTools book and more of a general recording/mixing techniques book. I > am brand new to the idea of recording so I am pretty lost when it comes to > using any of this stuff for more than the very basics. I tried using some > compression and noise gates in one of my recordings and just broke stuff. > I don't understand things like "write,play,touch" in the menus so I can't > realy use any of it effectively. > I don't understand touch either ;-) To use the other two just set to 'write' mode, play the track, adjust gain/pan to taste, stop, set to 'play' mode, rewind and play. That's it. For effects, Harmony Central effects resources is a good place to start. http://www.harmony-central.com/Effects/ Here is some more light reading ;-) http://www.tcelectronic.com/media/bobkatz.pdf http://www.prorec.com/prorec/articles.nsf/articles/8A133F52D0FD71AB86256C2E005DAF1C http://www.theprojectstudiohandbook.com/directory.htm http://www.tweakheadz.com/compressors.htm http://www.rogernichols.com/DAEQ.html Jan