But not every sound needs to be compressed. You aren't doing yourself any favors throwing compression on tracks that already sound fine.
Do you need to tame the attack of the transients? All of these questions have different compression answers depending on what you're trying to accomplish. So ...
A compressor should not be used when it's not needed. Any musical element that needs a compressor gets a compressor. Here's what a compressor does, in 2 ...
This week: What is Compression?
To understand compression, you need to know what transients are. Transients are the initial high-energy moments of a certain sound in your waveform. These ...
Generally you should record and mix at appropriate levels so that you don't need to do any peak reduction to prevent distortion. Compressors ...
None of my tracks ever "need" compression. If the track is clipping, turn it down. However, a lot of my tracks get compresison because it just ...
If something has a dynamic range that's too wide for the context of the mix, compress it. I'd argue that if you need a compressor on every track, ...
To understand ratio, we first need to understand what a compressor
Learn how to use compression to tame transients, highlight transients, and create ... Perhaps your snare track “bites” too hard, or the bass you're processing has too much “slap.