How many times have you found yourself asking things like “this snare needs more character and weight” or “it’s not punchy enough…”? Maybe someone told you those are things you can get with compression, right? So you started tweaking your plugin and, after a while, discovered you were nowhere close to the sound you had …
Getting a nice sound out of our drums is one of the most complex tasks we have to deal with while mixing. Many elements, many microphones, many variables…If you don’t get it right starting it out with a good approach, you will get anything good out of your beat. Your mix will sound weak and …
In Part 1 and Part 2 of this short series, we touched on the role of compression and all the basic parameters you need to know to start dealing with compression and unlock its full potential. In this last part, I want to give you a step-by-step guide you may use to start setting up a compressor. If …
In Part 1 of this short series, we made up some clarity on what is the role of the compressor and some of its parameters. Today I want to give you the missing points to be able to make use of compression with confidence. Read on… Attack Time Question: “How fast will the compressor react …
When we hear about compressors for the first time, we think at something with some kind of “dark magic” in it, something that will make our mixes and tones better somehow, no matter the source or the settings. We don’t know how to actually use it and this will lead us to put it on …