Don't get caught out by not fully understanding attack and release times - Demonstrated & explained
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- Опубліковано 19 лис 2022
- Mark breaks down exactly how to creating punch with the attack control, shape tone and create groove with the release control and use parallel compression to bring out details.
Mark Wingfield is a critically-acclaimed jazz mixing and mastering engineer. He has mixed or mastered three Downbeat Magazine Masterpiece Albums of the Year, two JazzWise Best Releases of the Year and three All About Jazz Best Albums of the Year. Jazz albums he has mixed or mastered have received more than 300 rave reviews worldwide. Mark mixes and masters at his UK based Heron Island Studio.
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27:09 "that's not all your doing..." I like that you say things like that. Shows you know more. Finished watching this now, and I've fiddled with- tried to understand compression for almost 10 years, and it's such a clever multi-use tool. Always discussed this topic with my teacher, and I been understanding compression for years, but there's bits and pieces you discover (from your video) or re-realize. Thank you for this content! Aight back to work
You have the kind of passion that gives me more passion for audio production
Cheers!
As an experienced Producer for more than 30 years I have to say: wonderful video. But compression can't be only explained in an "academic" way. You have to really get the feeling for compression. Compression has to cause feelings in your mind, your body. You really have to FEEL it ("makes me feel breathing", "oh no, I feel constricted", "you name it").
I absolutely agree, especially when it's in the context of a mix or on a stereo mix.
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This is one of, if not the best compression tutorials around. Always great to see your videos pop up on UA-cam. Looking forward to more compression ideas and more of these great tutorials.
Thanks!
this feels like a target to aim for as opposed to just randomly tweaking settings without really knowing WTH I am doing. I can't wait to get home and try this out... thank you!
This has to be the most informative explanation/demonstration of compression I've ever come across. Thank you!!! Now I just need to figure out how the compress all the other instruments...
Thank you for the tutorial. Well explained.
Compression is my weakest point in understanding production, and I really want to get this down to finally take myself to the next level. I appreciate this upload! Bookmarking this
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Excellent Tutorial! Thank you so much for your thorough explanation. Very useful! 👍✌
Great video! You really did a great run through the principles of compression, in a way that beginners and more experienced people can both benefit from.
Cheers!
The best music production channel on youtube. Period.
The gain staging video helped me a lot as well.
Cheers!
@@heronislandstudio8054 Please could you link the gain staging video? I can't find it. Cheers
Great demonstration on release, and nice visual representation in that compressor with the red & gray. The graphics at 7:45 and 16:00 were also really helpful.
Cheers!
brilliant! The best explanation of compression I've heard in my many years of working with sound. Thank you very much.
Superb video. Thanks.
It might be worth resizing the plug-in to best fit the screen if you do something like this again.
Cheers. Yes good point on the window size.
Dont het caught out putting a screen in front of the speaker membranes 🙊🙈 thanks for good content
Thanks Mark! Love your tutorials. I'm a jazz musician and relatively new to the world of mixing and mastering, and your videos have been monumental in my understanding of this subject. Following your suggestions and getting some of the plugins you've recommended has been extremely helpful and given me lots of confidence. I allows look forward to your videos!
I'm glad they're helpful, cheers!
besides Gregory's(Kush Audio) Take on compression, indeed.
Thanks!
thanks. yet again a very informative and direct lecture.
Cheers!
deeper and deeper in the compression stage : ) thank you very much! Always appreciating your videos. This one could also be tagged as "tutorial for Weiss DS1", because all other on UA-cam are not professional. Keep posting Mark!
Hi Mark. Thank you very much for this superb tutorial and your soothing voice.
Cheers!
Have you ever tried Kotelnikov GE (not the free one) by Tokyo Dawn? It has some unique features like FDR Frequency Dependant Ratio and multiple release stages, something called Inertia which is a kind of program dependant release character, etc. It really is very good. Thanks for the video.
Yes, that's another great compressor!
I never thought of the different snare parts or segments and how release can make those different segments shine, all though I did kind of noticed it I didn't really see it that way so clearly. Very cool insight, thank you so much! Really glad I found your channel, I'm a fan!
Thank you so much for the best video on compression I have seen. Followed along with my own snare track pausing as I went.
I would be interested to know if you know the DC8C compressor plugin.
You mentioned the control available on the Weiss and I feel that this may be comparable. Honestly this klanghelm comp often feels like driving a formula 1 car to the shops to buy dinner. But it’s a very interesting and well thought out unit.
Thanks again.
Keep rocking in the free world.
Fantastic video Mark, thanks for sharing!
Danke!
very helpful thanks so much
Super interesting
My dude, the best video about the subject. But one question regarding parallel compression. When i'm applying it to a drum bus, which part of the drum should be driving the compressor with it's transient, the Snare, the kick, the toms, the cymbals? Thank you for the amazing content.
Your channel is a real treasure. I want to hit the „thanks“ button but I cant find it... Stay safe and healthy.
Thanks! The button should be right below the video. Is it not there?
@@heronislandstudio8054 it was an issue on my iPhone. I can see it my Webbrowser ;)
Thank you Mark, informative and helpful. I hadn't quite grasped the fact you could enhance the different tonal tails of the snare by adjusting the release.
Also very useful to know that parellel compression can be made to accentuate ghost notes but not the main backbeat. I'd always had the basic notion that parallel compression just makes a sound more 'exciting'. This video has sharpened my understanding.
Would you consider doing more compression tutorials regarding other instruments? E.g. rhythm guitar, lead guitar, or maybe a guitar which changes all the time. Would you automate the compression to change throughout or keep it at one setting? I find your explanations just make sense!
Cheers :)
DS1-MK3 is really great, got it myself, did you try the new Pulsar Modular Abyss P11?
Thanks Mark for this great lesson! Do I get it right : "Release fast" on the Weiss DS1-MK3 is peak compression and "Release slow" is RMS compression?
I'd like to see the same on electric bass guitar
The graph at 7:45 states that "compression starts at this point." I've been told that this is not really so. Apparently compression starts immediately when the threshold is reached and arrives at its set maximum by the end of the attack period. I'd be interested to know whether this increase in compression follows a linear path or some other path.
The path through the attack phase varies depending on the compressor. Some might be completely linear but most wont be. It's that non-linearity that is part of the sound of a particular compressor.
@@heronislandstudio8054 Very interesting. Thank you.
How do you choose a precise release time- 300ms? By ear?
I use an app called MusicMath it gives you the ms from a temp or tap.
@@heronislandstudio8054 I understand the math for ms/bpm but how do you know the compressor’s release time?
@@crawlingman7003 Say the tempo is 120 bpm then an 1/8 note would be 250 ms, so you set the release to 250. Or you can try 500 ms for ¼ notes. That will get you in the ball park. You might need to make it slightly faster or slower to fine tune the groove.
@@heronislandstudio8054 I get that but my compressors don’t say ‘250’.
@@crawlingman7003 Some compressor's release is not linear enough for them to put an exact time on the control. That kind of compressor may not work well for creating a groove and might be better suited to other compression duties like smoothing out a sound where setting an exact release time is not important.
Amateur hobbyist mixer watching and your discussion on compression is great. However, a little more basic compressor would have been helpful. You’re moving around on 2-3 knobs on some of the samples is confusing. Release fast, slow, delay and no dB levels to see on the knobs as you turn is confusing. The display is somewhat helpful but don’t want to rely on it to see what’s going on. The instruction is great but I’m lost as to what you’re doing on such a complex unit.
Its using compression on a full track that throws me
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