Hello there and friendly greetings! AH! Now I finally understood what the heck a compressor is and how to use it! (when you talk about neighbours.... I can't help but consider mine and their immense patience!)
"They'll throw all sorts of curse words at you, for example ..." Thought we were going to get some examples of curses 😁 I like this neighbour analogy ...
for the custom compressor I would recommend to use, if you want to use the fundamental modules, to use the envelope generator (slew limiters also work fine), so you can also adjust the attack and release, than invert the envelope (eg. mix module) and offset it with the rescale module. there are many ways and many many modules (as you know)...
Hi! Thank you so much for your video! How do you know the difference between compression being needed or simply the individual audio levels of each track needing adjustment? Let's say, for example, this is an end of chain compressor. How do I know if I need to attenuate one or more audio levels or if I should just apply compression to the mix? I have the Messor and am very new to mixing, mastering and compression. I got it mostly for ducking audio to a kick track. But I know it does more.
Great question! Balancing levels is always the first thing I'll do, and probably way more important than compression. It can work two ways though, as a way to control micro-dynamics, so to even out all individual notes so none of them stick out. Or you can use it on a macro level to control the overall dynamics of a track and smooth out the variations between drop, breakdown, intros, and outros. The less dynamic a signal is from the start, the less compression you'll need, as over compressing can make it flat. Just a hint of compression will be enough most times, and sometimes you can use a bit of compression just for the color it brings. Hope that helps!
I had not previously made the connection that compression can be used to lift the subtle details in recordings. Thank you!
Hello there and friendly greetings!
AH! Now I finally understood what the heck a compressor is and how to use it!
(when you talk about neighbours.... I can't help but consider mine and their immense patience!)
Awesome, glad that helped. Sorry neighbours! 😄
"They'll throw all sorts of curse words at you, for example ..."
Thought we were going to get some examples of curses 😁
I like this neighbour analogy ...
Haha, nah UA-cam will kick me off the platform 😄
Loud and Clear !
nice
omfg, the metaphor
for the custom compressor I would recommend to use, if you want to use the fundamental modules, to use the envelope generator (slew limiters also work fine), so you can also adjust the attack and release, than invert the envelope (eg. mix module) and offset it with the rescale module. there are many ways and many many modules (as you know)...
Yeh that's a nice addition 👍
man thank you! best video about compression
Glad you liked it! :)
Brilliant!
crazy ... thank U!
Hi! Thank you so much for your video!
How do you know the difference between compression being needed or simply the individual audio levels of each track needing adjustment?
Let's say, for example, this is an end of chain compressor. How do I know if I need to attenuate one or more audio levels or if I should just apply compression to the mix?
I have the Messor and am very new to mixing, mastering and compression. I got it mostly for ducking audio to a kick track. But I know it does more.
Great question! Balancing levels is always the first thing I'll do, and probably way more important than compression. It can work two ways though, as a way to control micro-dynamics, so to even out all individual notes so none of them stick out. Or you can use it on a macro level to control the overall dynamics of a track and smooth out the variations between drop, breakdown, intros, and outros.
The less dynamic a signal is from the start, the less compression you'll need, as over compressing can make it flat. Just a hint of compression will be enough most times, and sometimes you can use a bit of compression just for the color it brings. Hope that helps!
I'm re "no bypass button" all modules have a bypass option via right click. Not all developers implement it properly, but the VCV ones do, naturally.
How did I miss that? Haha. You'll learn new things everyday 😄