by andychap » Sat May 06, 2006 8:13 pm
It's difficult to say what it is. Is it a vocal you are recording, if so I use compressor settings of:
Ratio 2 - 2.5 ( I never go over 2.5)
Attack 25 - 35
Release 330 - 350
Threshold - minus 10 (to start with)
Gate - minus 30
Make up gain needs about 1.5 - 2 dB to bring the levels back up.
Obviously settings will vary from one piece of eqpt to another but your settings do seem a bit high to me.