On Sun, 2014-09-14 at 20:48 +0100, Harry van Haaren wrote: > On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 8:21 PM, jonetsu@xxxxxxxxxxxx > <jonetsu@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > so that the stronger hits do not stand out as much in the mix ? > > A compressor is generally used for this: try a ratio of 2:1, middle > setting for attack & release time, no make-up gain. > > While listening to a 4 bar loop of the congas, bring down the > threshold down, and find where it starts to have an effect. Find > something suitable, that it removes a little of the peak, but not too > much: use your ears :) > > With those settings, try changing the attack , and see what setting > works well. A longer attack on a compressor allows the initial "peak" > to cut trough, and then compression will kick in. Shorter attacks will > tame all the peaks, but will give a somewhat unnatural sound. JFTR for the conga tack(s) the OP could use a simple compressor, but it's worth the effort to test a multi band compressor for the stereo sum first. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
