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<blockquote data-quote="Eric Cagle" data-source="post: 90244" data-attributes="member: 277">Re: Which preanmps are best ?I would start with the very first reply by Max and yes adding one channel of the the compressor to the input channel (if it is set up and gained in correctly) will prevent the clipping from happening throughout the rest of the signal chain and still allow you to get a good signal to the fader. The key is cutting back or padding the preamp gain to stop the clipping at the source unless you are clipping the wireless mic first. If that is the case then stop that first.Now for the compressor. You have the 3630 so lets put it to work. It has been 10-15 years since I used one of those units but these settings should get you started and work on just about any vocalist, even the rapper. Insert one channel of the 3630 in the vocal input channel you are using. Set the threshold to 0db. Set the ratio to around 3:1. set the attack full counterclockwise to 0.1ms. Set the release at around 1/4 turn from full counterclockwise at approximately 150ms. Set the output at 12:00 to the 0db mark the go about 1/8 turn clockwise to +5 or so. I prefer the hard knee and peak settings but either will work. As long as you don&#039;t let the preamp peak you will have a nice improvement in your vocal sound even with this unit. This is a very mild setting. You shouldn&#039;t see any compression happening until they start belting it out and then it will start smoothing the peaks. If you need to tame the peaks a little more you can either go down on the threshold a little or go up to 4:1 on the ratio or both. Again make sure your preamp gain is not clipping.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Eric Cagle, post: 90244, member: 277"] Re: Which preanmps are best ? I would start with the very first reply by Max and yes adding one channel of the the compressor to the input channel (if it is set up and gained in correctly) will prevent the clipping from happening throughout the rest of the signal chain and still allow you to get a good signal to the fader. The key is cutting back or padding the preamp gain to stop the clipping at the source unless you are clipping the wireless mic first. If that is the case then stop that first. Now for the compressor. You have the 3630 so lets put it to work. It has been 10-15 years since I used one of those units but these settings should get you started and work on just about any vocalist, even the rapper. Insert one channel of the 3630 in the vocal input channel you are using. Set the threshold to 0db. Set the ratio to around 3:1. set the attack full counterclockwise to 0.1ms. Set the release at around 1/4 turn from full counterclockwise at approximately 150ms. Set the output at 12:00 to the 0db mark the go about 1/8 turn clockwise to +5 or so. I prefer the hard knee and peak settings but either will work. As long as you don't let the preamp peak you will have a nice improvement in your vocal sound even with this unit. This is a very mild setting. You shouldn't see any compression happening until they start belting it out and then it will start smoothing the peaks. If you need to tame the peaks a little more you can either go down on the threshold a little or go up to 4:1 on the ratio or both. Again make sure your preamp gain is not clipping. [/QUOTE]

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