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Hey guys. I need some help with brainstorming some routing possibilities for my live/recording setup.

I have a small production studio/live sound setup consisting of:
Korg Triton Rack
Korg Prophecy
Korg EMX-1

All of which are fed into a Makie 1202VLZ and the main mix then goes to a maximizer.

I recently bought a 2 channel compressor/limiter which leads me to my question:
What would be a better use for my compressor?

1. Should I use it to compress my drums (a mixed kit from the triton and EMX) and basslines and leave the leads, pads and effects uncompressed?

or

2. Use the compressor in stereo mode and compress the whole mix.

Whichever route is reccommended, what-if anything-should I do with my maximizer?

This will mainly be for live PA use. 90% of my gigs are either before or after a DJ and I don't want to come on after a DJ played a bunch of studio-produced tracks and sound weak. I'm looking for the best way to get as close to a "mastered" sound as I can with my given equipment. It needs to be as punchy, loud and clean as the records the DJs play.

Let me know what you guys think, thanks.

I think using the maximizer over the main mix is fine. That is kind of what they are designed for.

The compressor would be great over the drums, or over just the EMX, however only if you really want that sound, if you're a fan of compression.

I think another possibility would be to use it to route the drums and the bass parts. Compressing the two together does a lot for a track.

X-Trade wrote:I think using the maximizer over the main mix is fine. That is kind of what they are designed for.

The compressor would be great over the drums, or over just the EMX, however only if you really want that sound, if you're a fan of compression.

I think another possibility would be to use it to route the drums and the bass parts. Compressing the two together does a lot for a track.

thanks for the reply. Compressing bass and drums was my plan but I heard on another forum that using light compression on the whole mix in leiu of the maximizer (which I could run as a channel insert effect for the EMX and prophecy).

It's being delivered today so I'll try out both routes and decide what's the best plan.