Heavily compressing the sub bass

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antics
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Re: Heavily compressing the sub bass

Post by antics » Wed Nov 17, 2010 1:34 pm

Am I wrong in thinking that the reason one does not compress a sin wave is because it only has one frequency. So by compressing you are basically squashing the top, making it sound more like a square wave and therefore adding extra frequencys?

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Re: Heavily compressing the sub bass

Post by tripwire22 » Wed Nov 17, 2010 2:40 pm

idk why this is called heavily compressing why not be subtle with it

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Re: Heavily compressing the sub bass

Post by ajfa » Wed Nov 17, 2010 3:01 pm

antics wrote:Am I wrong in thinking that the reason one does not compress a sin wave is because it only has one frequency. So by compressing you are basically squashing the top, making it sound more like a square wave and therefore adding extra frequencys?
You are 100% correct sir.
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Re: Heavily compressing the sub bass

Post by qwaycee_ » Wed Nov 17, 2010 4:46 pm

if it sounds good to you, do it.

if it does not sound good to you, don't do it.

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Re: Heavily compressing the sub bass

Post by tripwire22 » Wed Nov 17, 2010 6:27 pm

qwaycee_ wrote:if it sounds good to you, do it.

if it does not sound good to you, don't do it.

this really

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Re: Heavily compressing the sub bass

Post by jsills » Wed Nov 17, 2010 7:17 pm

im finding more and more that i only process sounds that need processing and if they sound fine on theyre own then i leave them alone.

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