I use Ableton Live for recording vocals and adding compression now (using Sidechain when multiple vocals overlap with back ups n stuff) because it's short, simple and sounds legit with a good mic like my Rhode NT1-A in a booth! I will never pay $2000 for a ProTools class when I could just make new EP with all that time I would rather utilize then being in a classroom. But I just came across a really dope note I wrote 10 years ago for Pro Tools 8 I was using after one of my first MC homies named Nigel AKA Concept Ill told me exactly how to do it just right and feel like there are a few producers could utilize this recording vocals. For short we called it Nig's compression:
KNEE: 10dB
ATTACK: 1.2
GAIN: 20.8dB
RATIO: 5.2.1
RELEASE: 175ms
THRESHOLD: -40dB
KNEE: 10dB
ATTACK: 1.2
GAIN: 20.8dB
RATIO: 5.2.1
RELEASE: 175ms
THRESHOLD: -40dB
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