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Should You Use a Gate Before or After a Compressor?
Before. Always.
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3 responses to “Should You Use a Gate Before or After a Compressor?”
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I can’t think where you would use a compressor before a noise-gate.
Can anyone think of a situation where you would?
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What about Waves Vocal Rider…do you run that before or after your compressor(s)?
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Hey Johan, usually after and gently, but sometimes before if the raw recording is extremely dynamic.
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