With it being one of the most commonly and practically used audio effects, I’ve talked A LOT about compression here on Music Guy Mixing. One of the most often misunderstood but impactful parameters in all of mixing is the music compression ratio on that compressor, so let’s talk about what this does and give a […]
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When you take vocals out of the controlled environment of the studio (home or otherwise) and put them on a live stage, you introduce a lot of curve balls. Wilder dynamics, microphone bleed, feedback, it’s all there. As such, we can’t use the same compression settings for vocals we would in the studio. With that
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The vocal bus can be used to make macro level adjustments to your vocals with a single effect. Arguably the most effective and practical effect to use here is vocal bus compression, so let’s talk the best settings to help create cohesion between all of your vocals. Vocal Bus Compression There are many types of
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Vocals are the focal point moreso with rap than arguably any other genre. The entire song revolves around that vocal and, as such, rap vocals are meant to be at the forefront of the mix. We can keep that vocal on top of the beat and instrumental through compression, so let’s talk how to compress
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Ableton Live’s compressor is one of their best stock plugins even though it hasn’t changed much in the two decades or so since the first edition of the DAW came out. In this tutorial I’m going to cover each parameter on the Ableton Live compressor as well as the best settings to use for each.
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