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edit approved Sep 21, 2015 at 15:38
Michael Hansen Buur
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Barry Brown
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Should I use a standalone compressor/gate or do it in post?

I'm recording screencasts and also dabbling in podcasting. I do video editing in Final Cut Pro X. My question is this:

Is it better to use a standalone insert compressor/limiter/gate or have FCPX do that work in post? I have a dbx 166xs compressor, but now I'm wondering if I should just record the audio without any processing and take advantage of the flexibility that FCPX provides for tuning the compression and gating later.