compression wet/dry why?

[feyshay]

Please explain something. Some compressors allow you to mix wet and dry signals. I don't understand why you would want to do this or why this would be advantageous over just compressing the whole signal. (I'm talking about clean compression--not distorted type.)
Thanks for helping to clarify.

[M'Snah]

Mixing a heavily compressed signal with the dry signal is called New York compression, which gives you a much more powerful sound that doesn't really sound compressed. etc etc.

[torhan]

Mixing a heavily compressed signal with the dry signal is called New York compression, which gives you a much more powerful sound that doesn't really sound compressed. etc etc.

Hehe...was just reading about this trick in the "Mixing Engineer's Handbook."

[feyshay]

I guess I'm used to the all-or-none compression with most guitar pedals. (I run into the front of the amp, not into an effects return.) I'll give it more of a try.

[M'Snah]

Mixing a heavily compressed signal with the dry signal is called New York compression, which gives you a much more powerful sound that doesn't really sound compressed. etc etc.

Hehe...was just reading about this trick in the "Mixing Engineer's Handbok."

page 52.

[griffin]

Parallel compression is what i know it as. It allows you to compress with little or no effect on transient peaks.

[AndrewSimon]

It's like having and eating your cake.
Sometimes it works great other times it doesn't.
I like to do this with FX's as well. (chorus, flanger and so on)