What Even IS Compression? - How to Use Audio Compression Properly
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- Опубліковано 1 лип 2024
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When most people use audio compression in music production, they tend to throw it on everything, crank up the output, and call it a day. This is not how compression was meant to be used. In this video, we learn how to use compression properly, the difference between different kinds of compressors, and how to not make your compressors totally suck.
Compressors used in this video:
Waves C1 graphic compressor
LA2A Compressor
Universal Audio (UAD) 1176
Honestly thats it.
Timestamps:
1. Intro 0:00
2. THIS is compression: 0:37
3. Types of compressors: 2:36
4. Anatomy of compressors: 3:25
5. How to actually use one: 5:08
6. A warning: 8:21
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As someone who's watched a lot of explainer videos on basic principles like EQ, compression, etc., you consistently get more information across in fewer words than others.
As an amateur home musician, these are invalvuable resources.
Best explanation on compressors for us laymen....specially on the anatomy. It was easy to understand.
I subscribed to your channel
Thank you so much! Means a lot, I tried to make it as clear as I could :)
I am neither an audio engineer nor a musician, but a mere hobbyist streamer, who is invested in audio engineering. But this was so easy to understand and down to the point, that I will point people towards your video as a reference for people who ask me about compression!
Ah thank you so much!! I really try and break things down into the clearest terms possibly, glad you enjoyed it :)
2:01 yoooo so that's how they do those transitions from like music sounding foreign and then suddenly it's present.
You're my number one AUDIO guy! U da truth, man 🔥🙏🧙♂️
You made this so much easier to understand compared to anyone else. Extremely underrated channel!! I wish you the very best.
Thank you Luis :)
This was extremely helpful and very easy to understand. You have a great way of explaining.
Thank you!
I'm trying to improve at recording vocal covers and this was easy to understand. If you made a beginner/intro to mixing vocals vid I would give it a serious listen. Thank you!
Dude yes! I was thinking about doing that for the next video, I definitely will now :)
@@AudioHaze please! I would also appreciate a beginner tutorial for mixing vocals from start to end (especially hip-hop vocals). Thanks for your educational videos, they're really interesting to watch! I actually understand and remember most of the stuff after watching:)
Notably, there IS actually a place for smashing with a compressor, and that is on the room when mixing drums for some genres.
True! Also great to blend in on a parallel compression channel
At 0:45 I believe you meant to say "Now with the UNCOMPRESSED one -The bright pink one..." Had me trippin for a minute...
subbed, nice tutorial
This video is helpful in giving understanding of compression. I noticed that while you were setting the threshhold you kept calling it ratio.
Thank you! And sorry about this, I'll have to check back, I may have very well mixed up my words a few times
What are we refering to when we increase the make gain, as you said "just as loud as it was before" how do we now the volume before ? Outpout bar or comp/exp ?
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You have a great way of teaching and explaining. And I great voice, too! Have you thought of making ASMR? 😃 I'm slowly trying to learn what I can to improve my audio and your videos are helping me so much! Thanks!
I'm glad I could help! haha I've never though about it no, who knows :) If you're interested in audio and ASMR I've seen some cool ones that use two microphones panned to stereo to represent the human ear, could be cool!
@@AudioHaze yes! That's my next purchase plan. I found your channel researching microphones. A lot of ASMR channels use two NT1s to get binaural audio.
@@ASMRSoundWaves Ah I didn't know that! Thats perfect then, you could also use something like DearVR (which is free!) to get into spatial audio, which would realllyyyy make the whole experience feel like a 3D environment.
@@AudioHaze Oh! That sounds awesome, I'll look it up, thanks!
thanks
You're welcome :)
Yeah man😊 layman's terms.😁👍🏼
I think at 6:30 you meant to say "if I take my THRESHOLD down to really low like this..." Not Ratio...? I mean, you're pulling the ratio down with the threshold (that's my understanding, at least), so I guess what you said kind of makes sense?? It's just that you see the actually threshold meter change when you move it down and you don't see the ratio change, so yeah... It was a little confusing to me -Wording it that way...
I use aggressive air compressors on all my tracks
really good for that light and airy tone ya know?
What is a damn "knee"?
Thank you man.
Thanks for watching :)