shanecgriffo Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 I had rehearsal today, in a fairly new band and had been struggling a little just sitting well in the mix. There's keyboards in the band so the guitar doesn't want to be too thick, plus we do music of a more polished poppy/light rock/country flavour- not my natural choice but it is still fun.. anyway suddenly today i just thought i'll try the 3 band compressor to see if it helps and Whammo! instantly a more polished tighter sound that sat the guitar in the band mix much better with the other instruments. I placed it at the almost,end of the chain (but before reverb) and just had the default settings, the only thing i changed was the ratio- using 4:1 for i tighter produced sound or 2:1 to just tame the bottoms a bit.. It worked really well, give it a go if you're struggling sitting the guitar in the mix.. has anyone else used it much? and are there any tips for adjusting those other settings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanecgriffo Posted December 16, 2017 Author Share Posted December 16, 2017 i played around with it a bit more tonight and am finding that the default setting but with ratio set at 2:1 gives a nice balancing response across the strings -so that the bass strings are a little more focused and the treble strings not so thin.. very nice 👠warning- it doesn't sound great in every situation tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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