Sorry for the late response- question: when using valve compressors or even 
software versions do you generally compress the drum track as a whole or the 
individual elements (kick, then snare, etc.).  Or compress the samples?  Or 
all of the above?  :-)

>From: ayan pal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>Subject: [dnb-prod] Re: valve sound - serious answer... really
>Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2002 12:43:39 -0500
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>the valve (vacuum tube) sound you speak of are the harmonics and distortion
>caused by the use of tubes in audio gear. before the popularization of
>solid state cuircuitry in modern electronics, tubes were prevealant in
>almost all electronics. however, tubes are expensive, fragile and more and
>more scarce in production. audiophiles still swear by them because for the
>"warm" tone they produce - when over-driven they create a very cool
>sounding distortion and overtones, unlike digital audio which when
>overdriven sounds like pure hell. so there is no single sound that you can
>apply to your audio to give it the characteristic valve tone - each piece
>of valve gear has its own character. but people have written software to
>emulate the treatment of sound running through tube gear.. check out
>T-Racks or the PSP Vintage Warmer.
>
>ayan
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>
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>>Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 7:18 AM
>>Subject: [dnb-prod] Re: valve sound
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>> >
>> > > does anyone know where i can find a copy of the valve
>> > sound? not the
>> > > song but the actual sound that is used to warm up valve
>> > amps.
>> >
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