With/Without outboard Pre&Compressor comparison

trackmixstudio · 13-06-2010 01:42PM #1

I was revisiting a mix for a Metallica cover band I recorded recently.
These days I always mix into my DRS-Q4 pre into Drawmer 1968 compressor by inserting them on the master bus in Logic before I start.
When I finished and bounced the mix I turned off the insert to compare.
Please note that this is not scientific because there is no compression on the "dry" file and I mixed into the compressor on the "wet" file.
They are both normalized but not mastered. The "wet" mix sounds a bit louder due to the compressor.
256 MP3 tracks.
DRS and Drawmer inserted:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2133088/With%20DRS%201968.mp3
Dry with nothing inserted:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2133088/No%20Insert.mp3

Please don't divert into whether it's worthwhile recording a cover.
(These guys, Frantica, got lots of good gigs from the demo tracks)

PaulBrewer · 13-06-2010 03:22PM

What do you want us to do Michael ?

i57dwun4yb1pt8 · 13-06-2010 04:59PM

the dry one sounds

1/ a little more natural
2/ a bit fuller
3/ image is smaller and less focussed
4/ drums a bit more punchy

wet sounds
1/ bigger , larger image , more foccused image
2/ a bit sweeter
3/ drums a teeny bit flat sounding

i like em both , but the wet one wins it for me

there also seem to be some kind of vinylly sounding click or kerfuffle in the first section before the first snare strike

With/Without outboard Pre&Compressor comparison

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