How to add compression on input

[Nico5]

I wholeheartedly agree with everything @raino said in his reply above mine.

Especially:

@raino

There is nothing compressing on the way in can accomplish that you can’t do after recording

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Now for my additional 2 cents questioning the wisdom and/or motivation of some tutorials.

@ohnow

add compression “on the way in”.

Without seeing a link to an article that says that, I assume it means having a hardware compressor hooked up between the mic and the audio interface.

If the website in question is by (or sponsored by) a hardware compressor manufacturer, then you might understand why they might be motivated to say that