Basic Equipment - Vocal Processing (Compressor)
This is the Fifth post in this series, Basic Equipment. In this series, I’ll assemble a podcast rig from scratch.
Last time I recommended a Mixer, the Behringer Eurorack MXB1002, a great mixer with battery operation for taking on the road. Now on to the next piece of the podcast rig puzzle, not exactly “basic equipment, but a great fairly inexpensive addition to your rig, the compressor. It should be in the arsenal of any serious podcaster. This article explains, far better than I ever could, how to use a compressor in GREAT detail. Here’s a snippet:
“The most common mistake is recording vocals too loud or too soft. The main goal to recording a solid vocal is to get all of the performance. It’s not easy to set levels with a good, dynamic vocalist. As soon as you think you have the level pegged, they do something like move a few inches and you find out they are louder than you thought and meters are in the red. So you lower the level and find out that the meters are barely moving at all.”
The article is actually geared toward recording vocals for music tracks, but the same principals will apply. Head on over to Tweakheadz.com to read the article.
Here’s a good quality compressor you might want to add to your podcast rig. It’s a dbx 266XL (See link below) and has two channels and will work with the inserts in your Tascam US-122 USB, or mixer or other Computer Audio Interface.
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