We need a new multi-band compressor.
A 16-band version of the Quantum would make things much easier for producers on AT (in terms of getting the perfect sound).
Reasons for a 16-band Quantum:
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More control
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More freq. range
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Ability for higher fidelity audio
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smaller EQ chains
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I'll dispute a few of your points off the bat, bud.
More control - yes, but is this necessary?
Higher fidelity audio - doesn't come from more bands in a multiband comp.
More freq. range. - Depends what you mean; if you mean it will cover more frequencies, then no. The same frequncies will be covered, just by more bands. If you mean there will be more frequency ranges covered by their own band, then yes. Again, is this necessary?
Smaller EQ chains. - not sure why EQ is mentioned when this is about compression?
A typical MBComp has 3 bands, some go up to 5. The reason for this is pretty much that you just don't need more than that because you're going to very quickly start over-compressing things and ruining the mix. At a mastering level, Izotope recommends as few bands as possible, and despite being able to add more to their Ozone Dynamics plugin, I will avoid using more than three bands.
Everyone seems to love OTT, right? That's based on a preset for the Mulitband Compressor in Ableton which was called OTT. That comp has three bands.
More bands also increases the chance of phasing issues.
A multi-band compressor can be used for EQ depending on the technique you use to do it.
More control - there should be increments between each band so you can fine tune the spaces in between if needed.
Nevermind I think I figured out how to get more range
not really; something like oeksound's soothe2 or soundtheory's gullfoss would be more convenient, and even then that would be more taxing on computational resources, especially for a browser-based application, and harder to create for the developers
Noted, thanks