Compression Options

[Jeff]

Hey Marcus,

Question about compression... when recording with Pro Tools and via PODxt, do you add compression to the guitar signal in the PODxt before recording to Pro Tools, (I guess you would capture the ideal sound that you want if you did that - but could not adjust it later) or do you use the compression in Pro Tools after recording the guitar? Maybe you use a combination of both depending on the song.

I don't know if there is a destinct advantage of one over the other. I do have some nice RTAS compression plug-ins and I know the rule of thumb to "use your ears" but perhaps in this case there is a "best practice"? Maybe I shoud be asking "how good is the compression in PODxt vs. Pro Tools?" - but then again, I guess it depends on which Pro Tools compression you are using...

thanks!

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