[sdiy] compression and noise gate

[Tavys Ashcroft]

Oh, I should add that if you are using the compressor as a limiter, it
might make more sense to have it first.  That way you'd take the
loudest peaks down and not clip the inputs of anything else.

You also should make sure your gates don't "click" when set to fast
operation.  This is most noticable when the gates re-open for a sound
with a sharp envelope and you have a very fast gate.  If you have your
compressor set to bring up lower levels you will really hear the
clicking.

-Tavys


On 6/21/06, Tavys Ashcroft <tavys.ashcroft at gmail.com> wrote:
> I like to gate first, compress second.  That way the gate will
> eliminate your low level noise floor before you squash things down.
> Otherwise, you'll bring up the lowest level background hiss to a more
> noticable level if you compress first.
>
> Putting them in parallel might not accomplish much, since the
> compressor would bring up noise just as the gate was dropping it out.
>
> You could run them in series with the compressor first to acheive a
> different effect, but that would likely have a more limited use.  Your
> best bet would be to have them seperate and patchable so you could
> experiment with order once they are built.
>
> -Tavys
>
>
> On 6/21/06, Spencer Johnson <marxspeakstruth at gmail.com> wrote:
> > i'm building a compressor/limiter as well as a noise gate for my
> > system. when i implement these, would the best tone be achieved
> > through series or parallel usage? if series, which should precede the
> > other?
> > thanks,
> > spencer
> >
>