DannyG2006 @ Mon Oct 20, 2008 3:22 pm wrote:
Am considering getting one but am curious where to hook it up between. I am more concerned with the vocals than the music itself. My mixer does not have an effects loop. Can I hook my mikes into the channels of the compressor and from the compressor go into my mike channels or do I have to suck it up and hook it btween the mixer and the amp and compress everything?
WHat model is your mixer? You wouldn't use the effects loop, you want insert points on the mic channels.
If the mixer doesn't have this you could plug the mic directly to the compressor with XLR input/outputs. Not as effective but will work.
You don't really want to compress everything for anything other than some very light compression for some added dynamics. If you use anything heavier (like you would on vocals) you will essentially be compressing like when a singer screams, it will turn the whole system down, but the scream will still be louder than the music. When you do just the mics, it turns down the mics only leaving the music at the same volume.
I am using a vocopro da-1000p mixer. That's what I was hoping to hear. I was wanting to connect my mikes into the compressor and then from the compressor into my mike channels.
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