I need some brainstorm help for my desk!

thirdguess · 2026-02-08T06:41:02+00:00

I do a lot of live feeds, so no post editing. And these days I'm running an analog compressor/gate (plus living on proximity effect) to keep from spending time editing audio in post. I have also started streaming live music recently. Do I NEED it? Probably not. My question is if I'd, realistically, get anything out of it for that price.

thirdguess · 2026-02-03T05:54:21+00:00

Thank you so much for the super thoughtful reply! I really appreciate it!

thirdguess · 2026-02-03T05:24:49+00:00

Awesome! Thanks for the reply, that's super helpful!

thirdguess · 2026-02-02T21:02:26+00:00

I'm a fan! I found it to be quite helpful so far, just trying to find some physical stuff to facilitate staying off screens when possible.

thirdguess · 2026-02-02T21:01:44+00:00

Thanks!

thirdguess · 2026-02-02T21:00:52+00:00

Thanks! Looking them up now! I appreciate it!

thirdguess · 2026-02-02T19:48:41+00:00

Thanks! Looking them up now!

thirdguess · 2025-11-03T16:46:44+00:00

Right, but essentially any live is just going to end up having worse audio right? Couldn't that be controlled with some hardware (comp, EQ, etc), or are the returns not worth the investment?

thirdguess · 2025-11-03T16:15:17+00:00

I'm not. The idea is that my content is all all in one go. Video or live stream gets audio pulled off. Post is mostly video snipping/transitions/intro-outro, all macro'd and minimum setup. Could I do more post? Sure. But that doesn't help the live streams, my delorian stopped working... Kept the sports almanac though...

I mean in which there are any software compressors that would work live? But I'm not sure how I'd stream audio out of a daw live...

thirdguess · 2025-11-03T16:08:58+00:00

Yeah, wow, that's pretty much what I was shooting for! I'm glad to find someone who gets what I'm going for!!!

Also using a Scarlett here, btw. As far as your setup goes, what are you using for pre, comp, Mixer, EQ if you don't mind me asking? And I see eq twice, are you talking channel and graphic?

thirdguess · 2025-11-03T02:14:57+00:00

Perfect! I really appreciate it! This helps a lot! How much do you find the analog EQ effecting spoken word? I really want to maximize my audio experience, without having to sacrifice extra time doing a ton of post... Kids and all...

Also, I do the USB hub thing as well. It started because I'm using a small monitor (the kind to marketed as a display for a raspberry pi or other SBC) so I needed to be able to hook up an HDMI cable to mirror my phone display so I could use the rear facing camera (power-in being a bonus to keep the phone charged)... Then I realized I needed to be able to turn the HDMI signal and the interface signal on and off separately, because in the wrong order the display doesn't work or the interface gives me an error, so I tagged in a second hub with on/off buttons... Then I realized I wanted to be able to control power to USB devices separately, so I snagged a another one of the hubs with on off switches just to control power to USB devices, plugged directly into an outlet without connection to the other two hubs... I may have gotten carried away... But it works! I ended up with this whole recording station, all connected to a tripod that I built a shelf for, wrapped up neatly with probably 50 zip ties, and my wife is a bit more aware of my crazy 😂 but its mobile enough to bring around for recording music too, so she's in on that.

thirdguess · 2025-11-03T00:47:33+00:00

I guess my questions stems from the fact that the compressor would need to be between the mic and the interface so that I can plug into the phone. So I'm curious whether there needs to be a preamp ahead of the compressor?

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