This is the most helpful thing I've ever seen on UA-cam. The info specific to Studio One's stock compressor was great, but the way you explained compression and sidechaining was a revelation for me. Thank you!
As a new user of StudioOne (about six weeks now), a newbie to home recording, I thank you for posting this video, which explained very clearly how to use the Compressor itself. It also would have been helpful if you had started the video by showing where you find the Compressor within StudioOne, and also show how you "tell" the Compressor just to compress one particular track, vs how you "tell" it to compress the whole song (all the tracks). StudioOne seems to be a very powerful program but I find it confusing and hard to learn. Again, thanks for posting this video. If I can find the Compressor, I will follow the steps you showed in this video.
Wow... FINALLY (excuse the caps) a straight forward video explaining compression at its most basic level. Every other video I've seen on youTube on compression has been way to complex. I've been mixing my own material for a couple of years now and have never used compression because I couldn't understand the fundamental underlying concepts. Your video takes out the guesswork. Even the explanation of side-chaining made immediate sense. I think you have just changed my life. Thank you!
One again, an awesome presentation and user friendly explanations. Hat's off to you. As mentioned many times below, I finally understand how and why to use compression.
Thank you, Mike. I didn't even know any of this ''compression'' etc existed . . . my learning curve is steep; but, you are . . . . . . lowering the threshold Lol!
I took my first engineering course in 1983. I'd kind of started using compression by habit, similar settings and concepts. I always thought of a compressor as a volume controller vs. a volume reducer, which is probably a semantics game, This was a great refresher course in the basics and I can already envision creative applications. While the tutorial was specific to Studio One, the explanation applies to any compressor. I'm now a subscriber.
Is this compressor in every studio one version? I have Studio One 5 Artist ? Only just got it when I bought a faderport. Been using Luna. Seems like a little bit of a learning curve.
Very good explanation- brought up some interesting points! One question is related to bass and if you are using a bass compressor pedal also! How do you account for the two processes?
This is the best, in my opinion, explanation of the Compression plug in I have seen after several years trying to find something to better explain how this affects your signal. Thanks so much for posting!
Excellent video, great detail. Ofcourse I'm looking to find out how to determine what my settings for threshold, ratio, attack, release, etc is. This is the closest thing to it. Thank you!
Very good video. For me it's not so hard to understand how cpmpressor works in itself. What is hard is how to apply it on different instuments. I usually resort to presets for eg. kick drum, snare drum and bass because of my limited experience
I'm 52 and entering year two of an Audio and Music Production course as a mature student. I didn't even know what compression was 7 years ago! I only knew it was a scary technical thing that I should avoid! And up until this video I thought it was that thing that made your songs sound punchy. I guess it kind of is but not because it hires up volume but allows you to hire up volume later on. I'll need to watch this video at least twice more but I feel like It gave a great grounding on compression for newbies. One thing is for sure. No matter your age or experience, you will never stop learning.
What an excellent, clear and helpful video!! I cannot think of a better way to describe the function and operation of the Studio One stock compressor. This not only saved a lot of time, it also gave me a good understanding of how a compressor works and without despairing with too much physics. Thanks man!
The whole idea with compression is to achieve a consistent dB track signal, in two ways: 1) reducing high volume peaks above the average dB level 2) boosting a signal that is below the average dB It is done by utilizing the "threshold" to initiate ratio compression or gain thru attack/release.
I keep getting clipping I have tried to use the compression on the master input and not the tracks as they seam ok , trying to make it louder but it's pumping in and out,
Really great vid! Is there a way to see what the compressor is doing to the wave in real time? Or should you just duplicate a track and apply it and bounce it to see the effect the compressor has on the wave? I'm so used to working on audacity where everything is destructive but I got used to a visual way of mixing.
This is the best explanation of Compression that I have heard yet, and I've listened to hours of them.....Thanks! Look forward to more of your explanations.
Hi Mike, thanks for this video, especially for explaining sidechain compression. Nice feature in Studio One to pick the sidechain input from the plugin! Does CbB offer something similar or do you always have to set up the send to the plugin manually?
in cakewalk can you show how to easily chop up samples for export to be used in an external sampler..?..im told it can be done with audio snap or some other options in cakewalk... i have some audio tracks of percussive sounds i would like to use on my sampler.
I only record one month out of the year, usually, so I am always forgetting how compression works. This was an amazing video. I am going to bookmark it. Thanks again for the help and I will be back in a few months for a refresher I am sure!
The native Compressor has a filter section, but it gets disabled whenever you choose external sidechain source. Is there some way to prevent that? For example I like to only use "clicky" part of kick for ducking the bass, so in other DAWs (or VST compressors) I can usually high-pass the sidechain input to focus on the click. I can't seem to do that with native Compressor - any tips on that, other than duplicating the kick track or sending it through a quiet bus and using that as a sidechain source? Hopefully this is gonna get fixed in v5. We'll see tomorrow :) :D
LOL - what makes you so confident about V5 :) (but I hope so). Thinking out loud while I eat my dinner here. I know its a little complex but do a send from the Kick, to a bus. Have a high pass filter on that bus, and use that buss as the sidechain input. Make sense?
@@CreativeSauce Haven't you seen their latest tweets & videos? V5 reveal tomorrow is a given. Probably also a new, bigger Atom SQ with clip launching stuff (Ableton recently added support for such product from Presonus) :)
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This is the most helpful thing I've ever seen on UA-cam. The info specific to Studio One's stock compressor was great, but the way you explained compression and sidechaining was a revelation for me. Thank you!
Oh man, thank you so much. That made my day :)
I can say exactly the same!
One of the best explanations there is on UA-cam for compression.
Thanks Ashley!
This explanation of compression makes more sense to me than any I have seen so far. Thanks for keeping it so simple for the benefit of us newbies!
I've watched a ton of videos, and this is the first one that explained sidechain compression from within the plugin. Huge.
Cheers Greg, I hope to dedicate a whole video to that at some point!
As a new user of StudioOne (about six weeks now), a newbie to home recording, I thank you for posting this video, which explained very clearly how to use the Compressor itself. It also would have been helpful if you had started the video by showing where you find the Compressor within StudioOne, and also show how you "tell" the Compressor just to compress one particular track, vs how you "tell" it to compress the whole song (all the tracks). StudioOne seems to be a very powerful program but I find it confusing and hard to learn. Again, thanks for posting this video. If I can find the Compressor, I will follow the steps you showed in this video.
Thank you for makin this video. Most detailed video i have seen so far on compressor.
Wow... FINALLY (excuse the caps) a straight forward video explaining compression at its most basic level. Every other video I've seen on youTube on compression has been way to complex. I've been mixing my own material for a couple of years now and have never used compression because I couldn't understand the fundamental underlying concepts. Your video takes out the guesswork. Even the explanation of side-chaining made immediate sense. I think you have just changed my life. Thank you!
First time i understood how compression works!
One again, an awesome presentation and user friendly explanations. Hat's off to you. As mentioned many times below, I finally understand how and why to use compression.
What an excellent, dead-on useful video on compression. Thank you so much!
Thank you, Mike. I didn't even know any of this ''compression'' etc existed . . . my learning curve is steep; but, you are . . . . . . lowering the threshold Lol!
I took my first engineering course in 1983. I'd kind of started using compression by habit, similar settings and concepts. I always thought of a compressor as a volume controller vs. a volume reducer, which is probably a semantics game, This was a great refresher course in the basics and I can already envision creative applications. While the tutorial was specific to Studio One, the explanation applies to any compressor. I'm now a subscriber.
You're great, one of the best instruction videos I've seen! Thanks!
Thanks for making something complex easier to understand! Great tutorial!
Is this compressor in every studio one version? I have Studio One 5 Artist ? Only just got it when I bought a faderport. Been using Luna. Seems like a little bit of a learning curve.
The best of the best thank you King
Very good explanation- brought up some interesting points!
One question is related to bass and if you are using a bass compressor pedal also! How do you account for the two processes?
This is the best, in my opinion, explanation of the Compression plug in I have seen after several years trying to find something to better explain how this affects your signal. Thanks so much for posting!
Excellent video, great detail. Ofcourse I'm looking to find out how to determine what my settings for threshold, ratio, attack, release, etc is. This is the closest thing to it. Thank you!
Very good video. For me it's not so hard to understand how cpmpressor works in itself. What is hard is how to apply it on different instuments. I usually resort to presets for eg. kick drum, snare drum and bass because of my limited experience
I'm 52 and entering year two of an Audio and Music Production course as a mature student. I didn't even know what compression was 7 years ago! I only knew it was a scary technical thing that I should avoid! And up until this video I thought it was that thing that made your songs sound punchy. I guess it kind of is but not because it hires up volume but allows you to hire up volume later on. I'll need to watch this video at least twice more but I feel like It gave a great grounding on compression for newbies. One thing is for sure. No matter your age or experience, you will never stop learning.
Check out CZ "Tri Polar" on UA-cam and let me know what yall think about the compression.
Amazing teaching of compression! So easy to understand very interesting and sweet voice. Thanks a lot
What an excellent, clear and helpful video!! I cannot think of a better way to describe the function and operation of the Studio One stock compressor. This not only saved a lot of time, it also gave me a good understanding of how a compressor works and without despairing with too much physics. Thanks man!
Fundamental video of how to use a compressor. Respect mate!
Great video. But! It would be mush easier if you used a mixed song and then showed how the compressor works 🙏🏼
The whole idea with compression is to achieve a consistent dB track signal, in two ways:
1) reducing high volume peaks above the average dB level
2) boosting a signal that is below the average dB
It is done by utilizing the "threshold" to initiate ratio compression or gain thru attack/release.
Very Well done. Starting to make more sense.....Thanks
One of the best Comp explanations I’ve ever heard. 👍🏽
So to activate sidechain in a VO+music, I add a compressor to the music track and send it to the VO track?
That side chain trick with the kick was awesome. Very cool. Thanks bro. 😊
Great video!! Do you have more videos explaining vocal mixing with plugins like this one?
Very well explained, very useful, many thanks
I keep getting clipping I have tried to use the compression on the master input and not the tracks as they seam ok , trying to make it louder but it's pumping in and out,
Thanks for this! Much appreciated!
I was wondering what version of Studio One is it that you're working on in this video?
Thanks, Mike. I use Cakewalk but this really cleared things up for me. Kind of "Compressed" my mind!
Haha - good to hear! Thank you.
Exactly what I was going to say!
How do I load it into the track to use it? I have the "Artist" version.
Really great vid! Is there a way to see what the compressor is doing to the wave in real time? Or should you just duplicate a track and apply it and bounce it to see the effect the compressor has on the wave? I'm so used to working on audacity where everything is destructive but I got used to a visual way of mixing.
I'm afraid the solution you suggest, whilst a bit clunky, is the one I also use! Maybe V5?
The most interested topic in this Video was the side chain concept
I am writing so many notes haha Will have a play in Studio one now. Just subscribed!
Very helpful and well explained💪💪
Awesome! Thank you so very much!
Is it good on Busses? Does it glue sounds pretty good?
Excellent!!! Lots of thanks!!!!
Thank you man you're amazing
This was very helpful.
excellent Mike, thanks
I agreed you are a great teacher
Brilliant, Spot on!
really appreciate your efforts. The way you explain things is just amazing. Keep up Sir.
Well explained 😍
Thankyou very much.
Expecting more from you 🥰
Thank you.
This is the best explanation of Compression that I have heard yet, and I've listened to hours of them.....Thanks! Look forward to more of your explanations.
Thank you Mike! Great as always and really helpful! Your Channel is one of the best in all recording-questions!
I've watched alot of compression videos this one is by far the best explanation I've heard! Thank you.
Awesome!!!!
I want to use the compressor to subtly improve the sound of a violin and piano recording. What should I pay attention to with classic recordings?
Really informative, thank you sir!
My pleasure, thank you :)
very helpful after years of only dealing with stomp box compressors
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Thank you!
How do you set your threshold for respective instruments and sounds? Like whats the general recommended thresh for diff instruments
You explain so this so well I need more teaching from you sir, new sub here👍🏽😊
Great job man,
Made all this sound easy for beginners like me!!
Best compressor explanation for studio one I’ve seen . Thank you
Hi Mike, thanks for this video, especially for explaining sidechain compression. Nice feature in Studio One to pick the sidechain input from the plugin! Does CbB offer something similar or do you always have to set up the send to the plugin manually?
That was the best and easiest to follow tutorial on how a compressor works... after tears and years of trying to get me head around it..
Another awesome video Mike on StudioOne Co,p & Sidechain
in cakewalk can you show how to easily chop up samples for export to be used in an external sampler..?..im told it can be done with audio snap or some other options in cakewalk... i have some audio tracks of percussive sounds i would like to use on my sampler.
I only record one month out of the year, usually, so I am always forgetting how compression works. This was an amazing video. I am going to bookmark it. Thanks again for the help and I will be back in a few months for a refresher I am sure!
You are a great teacher Mike! Thanks very much for this excellent tutorial.
Superb and informative video. Thank you.
Clearest explanation I've heard yet. Thank you!
The native Compressor has a filter section, but it gets disabled whenever you choose external sidechain source. Is there some way to prevent that? For example I like to only use "clicky" part of kick for ducking the bass, so in other DAWs (or VST compressors) I can usually high-pass the sidechain input to focus on the click. I can't seem to do that with native Compressor - any tips on that, other than duplicating the kick track or sending it through a quiet bus and using that as a sidechain source?
Hopefully this is gonna get fixed in v5. We'll see tomorrow :) :D
BTW, great video as always :)
LOL - what makes you so confident about V5 :) (but I hope so). Thinking out loud while I eat my dinner here. I know its a little complex but do a send from the Kick, to a bus. Have a high pass filter on that bus, and use that buss as the sidechain input. Make sense?
@@CreativeSauce Haven't you seen their latest tweets & videos? V5 reveal tomorrow is a given. Probably also a new, bigger Atom SQ with clip launching stuff (Ableton recently added support for such product from Presonus) :)
@@CreativeSauce You'll have to update your video - new Compressor now can apply filtering to external sidechain source :)
Glad ive found this..Studio One
Amazing, thank you!
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