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Paul,
I have never been in broadcast but have dealt with live sound for many years.
For Karaoke I use basic Alesis and DBX units, For live sound I am still using Presonus 88's, in the studio I am using TL Audio and Art tube compressors.
Settings really depend on what I am doing, for Karaoke vocals I generally run 0 to +2 DB Threshold, 4:1 Ratio on a soft knee setting with a fairly slow attack (about 50MS) and a quick release 30 - 35MS. Very little if any pumping can be heard but it still clamps the screamers enough to level them out with the mix.
Thunder - Let's say you're sailing along with your good singers - how
much limiting is your compressor doing at that point ? Then comes
Mr. or Ms. bigshot screaming into the mic. - how much limiting is the
compressor doing at that point ?
And the other thing - in addition to the limiting, how much clipping is
your processor doing........ IMHO clipping is the worst enemy of good
audio...
Thanks for your input on this - I'm afraid I misdirected from the original
question about using feedback eliminators - which as you can see
are a personal choice - I choose to use!