I've read all the replies and thanks to everyone who responded. I
wasn't clear in my original post about what I want the
compressor/limiter to do. I think I was enticed by the idea of "sonic
maximizer", but really I don't want another sound enhancer, so I've
ruled out the BBE MaxCom. What I really want is a limiter that will let
me use all the headroom of the recorder without having to worry about
clipping. The sort of material I make includes unpredictable peaks. I
will look at the FMR RNC. Nobody commented about the DBX 166XL. I'm
still considering that and maybe the 266XL.
I have been using the Tascam SS-R1 to record direct to MP3 at 192K BPS.
I use a Mackie 802-VLZ3 mixer between the synthesizer and the recorder.
http://pugix.com/synth/overview/The results sound pretty good to my ears. All of the recent MP3s posted
on my website have been recorded this way. Most of these were
spur-of-the-moment recordings. In the future I may try recording in WAV
format and use external software of some kind for editing and exporting
to MP3. A limiter would help in that scenario to get the maximum
dynamic range without clipping in the original recording.
Again, thanks for all the replies.
Richard Brewster
John Mahoney wrote:
> My posts are getting blocked. I guess they have HTML in them, despite
> [grumble Eudora grumble]. I assume that Richard has gotten the CCs.
>
> In short, I'd recommend the FMR RNC as an inexpensive, fairly
> transparent comp/limitier.
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> As for gating, I'd rather do that in my DAW.
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> John
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