Having a compressor starting point is a great idea.

My workflow and thoughts on compression are exactly like Herb's. I'll add that for short passages with loudness/softness issues I'll most often manually adjust the vocals note-by-note with Melodyne. It's more surgical and I generally like the results better than compressing the entire track.


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Presonus Studio One
ASUS I9-12900K DAW, 32 GB RAM
Presonus Faderport 16
Too many guitars (is that a thing?)