On Wednesday 13 January 2010 10:36:28 Ng Oon-Ee wrote: > On Wed, 2010-01-13 at 09:58 +0100, Arnold Krille wrote: > > > Of course you'd need to lower your input > > > volume to give headroom for the push/pop notes. > > > > No, the compressor will lower the volume of the push/pop notes so that > > you can turn up the overall amplification afterwards. > > > > The input should be set as high as possible without distortion on the > > loudest parts of the signal. > > Ah, I was talking about digital compressing (for example, within > ardour). Wouldn't headroom be needed for that? You mean more then the (almost) infinite headroom of double precision numbers (used inside jack an ardour)? - No, not really... And compression _reduces_ the volume. Only after the compression you raise the level of the over-all reduced sound again and get a decreased dynamic range. Arnold
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