MOTM

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.
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> 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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