Are You Using This Compression Trick? - Upwards Compression Tutorial
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- What is upwards compression? It's a relatively unknown trick you might be missing from your mixing and mastering tool kit. In this video, I introduce upwards compression and share some free plugins to help you use this technique.
It's good for:
Boosting the quiet parts of an audio signal without squashing the punchy transients.
Bringing more "room" or "ambience" forward in recordings.
Reducing the dynamic range of an audio signal.
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Bro, you are one of the most intelligent people out there explaining plugins and just mixing.. Wow man.. Thank you so much for another amazing tutorial..
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Upwards compression is not the same as expansion. I cover this at the end of the video but I will likely make a further video to clear this topic up. It’s clear that many have been taught expansion and compression wrong, as they are almost the opposite of each other.
Remember that this can be used on vocals, drums, synths etc. Try it out and hear the results! Thanks for watching :)
we on a date or sumn? what's with this romantic lighting lol. Thanks for the knowledge youve really helped my talent this past year
Can this be used as gain automation for vocals to get consistent signal before mixing?
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Perfect I was just talking about this.
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OTT BAABBYYY
Would it be good to consider Waves' f6 dynamic eq as a sort of multiband compression? To be honest, especially with its decent sale price and overall ease of use, it's become one of my favorite plugins to use for multiple purposes including mid-side eq-ing
This concept of upwards compression is something I’ve needed and to find out the stuff I have already does that is a relief.
Before this video, I only knew that OTT is only about playing with the depth knob. But now, I got the full information to do further experiments with other knobs along with the depth knob. Thank You for this tip 👍🏻
Same, I never knew you could adjust the threshold! 🔥
@@Makker_1 yeah... This is such a great way. 🔥
Without knowing what I was doing, I used upward compression in a live church setting today. Lesson learned in the mix: it was easier to balance vocals to music tracks, but I had to watch out for gain jumps thanks to the higher sensitivity to feedback in the room. Thanks for helping me to understand why it worked AND why it’s a tricky beast in a live enclosed setting.
I watched this video as part of a playlist I made of videos from this channel that are all about audio engineering, or rather, a mix of videos from In The Mix about Mixing... it's my "In The Mix mix mix!"
Showing it with the negative ratio inside the compressor really was the key to understand how it works🙌You have a great talent to explain things, thanks for teaching 🙏
This is something I've been wondering about for years. I didn't even think it was possible. Thank you for this video.
Same here mate
Without a doubt you are the best. Finding your channel has been a blessing. I`ve learned a lot.
Thanks Dan!
I've been "messing with" my DAW (FL) for years and I still have so much to learn! Thanks for this interesting new addition to my knowledge!
It's endless! Super endless 😊
Well said with that last bit about transient processors being a more efficient tool than compressors in a lot of instances
Thanks to you I found two free plugins that have helped me so much in my mastering, god bless you!
Your channel is a library of information. Thank you very much, much respect from Türkiye.
This is the first video I've watched while wearing my studio headphones. I can actually hear what you're talking about now! Another great video, keep it up.
It's pretty amazing how every single one of your videos teaches me something new and extremely useful that I didn't know. Clicking one of your videos is a 100% guarantee to become a little smarter
Thank you for this! Found this video at the perfect time. Was mastering and one song called for exactly this and i found my ozone compressor had this feature.
Worked like a charm!
Upwards compression has really changed my mixes and masters. Great video. Not much out there about it that I've come across.
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Been wondering about this, glad to know it's a thing!
Thanks for this. I’ve often wondered why transient designers don’t get more attention, so was glad to see you mentioning them at the end.
Me too! I think because they are simple and effect they don’t get mentioned very often. There is no real secret or special technique to apply and they usually sound great with little skill!
finally learned what the upwd and dnwd parameters do in OTT lol. thanks Michael!
Videos can be timeless. This is still very helpful. Much appreciated. BTW, I subscribed because of this.
I actually used this technique in the past. I love that I'm not the only one doing it.
Just a quick piece of advice for a lot of people. I'm not saying Nova is the all in one tool but if you need to practice compressing, use Nova and see how your audio is being treated with it's RTA capabilities
I’ve also heard it described as low-level compression and I’ve had good luck with it on synth lines. I used Waves MV2 for this and I know Waves has been contentious over the years, I think this is a plug-in that is solid in concept and layout. It does exactly what it does and nothing more.
Klanghelm, of course. Kings of sc filtering. Great box, glad you highlighted it. Great video!
Amazing tutotial, thing is that OTT changes the phase specially on Drums,that's why need to be careful with compressor on Drums cuz they usually changes the phase. rest of tutorial great.
The way you structure your videos is so amazing. Thanks for sharing more knowledge with us. As a beginner, these are gems
Bro you really explaing those plugins very . thanks ,I understand your tutorials easily . keep it up..! I know and understand fl through your tutorials . thanks
15 haters..smh..I thought your video, and your delivery , is quite helpful..keep the videos coming..THANK YOU!!
This is exactly what I needed right now thanks bro I have these plugins too so this is awesome!
Thank you Michael, I didnt know a compressor can do this until i saw this video. All thanks to your insta story update.
Nicely explained thank you. This is the first video of yours I've watched and I have to say I was immediately drawn in by your presentation and the general sound quality, the latter is kind of important if you're teaching audio production
Upwards Compression, I use it while using OTT!! I love it. It anyhow makes the sound louder 😂
Ott is multiband compander
Ott creates tons of problems though so you shouldn't really use it
OTT is good for sound design not mixing. It causes major phase issues
TDR Nova is mind blowing. Came to know about it from this channel only and my god, as Michael said, no mix goes without it!
Awesome plug-in
thanks lad, appreciate the tutorial.
Thanks Nick
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Upward compression on transients only is really good it’s make your mixes sound alive bubbly
Great tutorial! Thank you very much for the high-quality content :)
Your videos are just solidly and consistently awesome and delightful!
You are the perfect teacher. Thank you Sir ☺️
This is something I've been doing for quite a while out of sheer ignorance - it just seemed to work, so I didn't really think about it.
Awesome production/design tip. And the expansion info helped too. TYVM Michael! Your channel's "look" is great, btw.
Your teaching means a lot for me and helped me a looooooot💗💗💗
Thanks! I'm happy to help.
Finally!! I'm finding a way to do this! Thanks man
You are one of my top teachers. Thank you. Please keep updating us......Ooo...by the way, I really like the beat!! Maybe I'll use it... hahahaha.... Thanks again!!!
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Thanks Michael for bringing up new topics.
may seem strange but can you make a video on Treating room mics for drums and how you treat them from OH to front mic full mic room in a mix? thanks
Plz try upward Compression with same plugins on vocals also , That will be very helpful ❣️
Thank you very much Michael! You are right that this is a uncharted territory, not known so much. I admit that I have started to use recently and benefit from all these. Thank you again!
I was carefully watching your maximus tutorial and then this video comes up...
I will save this for later ❤️
I love your videos so much....😍😍actually I'm nothing without you...I'm just a beginner and learned in pro just from you to how to make music just like a music production. Without you I will be dead....can I expect getting a heart from you🤗🥺Pls..
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Your drums sounded good
Very helpful thanks Michael!!
Thank you for explaining this concept in simple and understandable way.
Thank you!
You provide usefull tips and technique and easily understood ,,thank you so much michael
Your videos are my favourite time of my life. 🤙🏻
My understanding of the DC1A3 is that the Negative button introduces a negative compression ratio. This is used for pumping effects but it's not upwards compression. A similar feature is found on Elysia's mpressor. There are actually very few compressors that allow upwards compression - the Flux compressors are one example but they call it "DeExpansion".
Great explanation of these topic and yes highly unused techniques for sure!
As usual brilliant content Michael thankyou for all the efforts you put into these videos. 👍
Hey man thanks for the last video it was supper helpful at the perfect timing.
Great video, I never tried to go below 1:1 on a compressor. Is there any difference between this technique and parallel compression? Both achieve kinda the same thing, right?
super ! Many thanks - really clear and useful
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I’ve been waiting for this exact video. Thanks!
Waves MV2 is great for this. A technique I use daily. Thanks dude.
You can do upward compression with fruity limiter too. Just turn the ratio and knee knob (mainly ratio) to the left hand side and adjust the threshold knob. Cheerio!
You should do a video on upwards compression vs upwards expansion
These are essentially the two main features of Boost by UrsaDSP. The focus control on that is an upwards limiter and the emphasis control is a transient processor / enhancer.
Using a proper lookahead upward limiter and transient processor is a great alternative to traditional downward limiters if you want to control the volume and the character separately.
Thanks for sharing!
Excellent video!
Thanks for the insights on this topic. I’ve been looking for some alternatives to the upward compressor I use in Reason. I’ll have to try these.
Hi very useful tutorial. it seems like a magic when you can increase the impact of the sound without hitting the treaded top "zero" level
Thanks i really needed this Michael
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The key to mixing is just turning up OTT on every noise in the mix 💯
Useful information.Thanks!
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Liked the video! Is it the same to increase the volume and then regularly compress it?
Next great and usefull video! Thank You:)
Great video. Well explained! Thanks! Have a great day! ;-)
9:00 > It's a really sensitive plugin...
Could that be because it is meant for -18 db ?
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> Renaissance compressor by waves is insane when it comes
to upward compression.
> There is a free VST version too > Bakuage BasicComp VST.
It kinda works like a sustainer. Great on Guitars (think AndySummers) and drumloops.
Haven't tried it on full mixes, though Renaissance compressor even
works on mixes :-)
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Cool topic. thumbs up.
Waves MV2 also does this.......Thanks, Great video
Bro... Can you please make a video on spacing and giving individual room to each instrument.
Good stuff!
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After watching ur insta status I realised u sound way different without this mic, anyways thanks for the great content man 👍
He sounds the same, the quality is just better with this mic lol
@@Nomisuryoutube there's proximity effect in this one
I like to use parallel compression on my percussion as a way to do upward compression. Put heavy downward compression on one channel with a super high ratio and no compression on the other channel (ok technically you still put a compression plugin on it so the latency matches between channels but just leave the threshold at 0 dB so nothing gets compressed) and then mix the volume levels to find the best sound.
I love the sound of the kick! What name or description should I be looking for to find similar sounding kick drums?
I use upward compression so much that it creates trails of audio at the end of the sample. Then I flatten the audio and trim what's extra. Makes things sound thiq.
hey, I think that you use Neutron compressor as an upward expander and not as an upward compressor...
btw, the basic use of an upward expander is to increase dynamic above threshold (invert of a classic downward compressor).
But upward compressor makes everything BELOW the threshold become louder.
So the quieter parts are levelled up with an upward comp.
It could be used to raise the ambience.
Or with a range set, only raise the quiet syllables of a vocal, but not the back ground noise...
Very interesting video, thank you very much.