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Is compression necessary for live sound?

That's what I'm afraid of, jimbob. My limited mixing experience has only had me contending with single knob comps on each channel. My singer has one of those tc helicon pedals that has built in compression that he uses every so often. Maybe I should ask him to break it back out?


Thanks for the discussion, everyone. I have a series of shows coming up in the next few weeks where we'll find out for sure.