Emu XL-7 & MP-7 User's Group

Personally I think that if you're going to be recording to Sonar anyway, 
you might as well just use a software compressor after the fact. 
Especially if money is tight, since there are a ton of freebie compressors 
out there that will do the job.  I can't tell you the specifics of how to 
use Sonar since I'm not too familiar with it, but after you've recorded 
the audio you would want to assign a comp plug in as an insert effect on 
that track.

Compression can make a huge difference, but it's subtle effect and if 
overused can ruin an other wise good sounding tune.  Take your time and 
experiment, and try to find some compressor tutorials on line.

rEalm




I'm using the XL7 with Sonar and softsynths.  I'd like to find out 
whether other XL7 users output their XL7 through a frontend 
compressor before recording it to harddisk. 

Do any of you compress the XL7 sound?  If so what do you use or think 
is the best sounding frontend?  I've spent a ton on the RME so I 
can't afford the really high end compressors.

I've also thought of using compressor plugins on the XL7 stereo input 
inside the computer but don't know how to set this up in Sonar or 
with the RME mixer. 







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