Not to be confused with the standard compression you want from your compressor most of the time, upward compression is the much more obscure and somewhat nebulous cousin to downward compression. Let’s talk what is upward compression, more specifically WHEN you’d want to upward compress in your mix, and offer some plugin options (including a […]
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Compression on vocals is a tightrope as you want to use enough to keep the vocals present but at the same time you don’t want to OVER compress them to squeeze all the life and expression out of them. Here are good compression settings for vocals I rely on as a starting point every time
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Acoustic guitar sits somewhere in the middle of an average mix in terms of its dynamic range relative to other common instruments. It’s certainly not to the level of bass or vocals, but the subtle dynamics of an arpeggiated part (finger or plectrum picked) or simply a track whose dynamics rise and fall from section
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One of the most dynamic types of audio in any mix, meaning audio with a wide difference between the quietest and loudest, is the vocal. This comes by virtue of how vocal performances are recorded or better said delivered as the level of the recording will vary with the energy and emotion from one section
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One of the more nebulous parameters on a compressor is its knee. While it’s adjusted in decibels, this affects the shape of the curve, and compressor knees are generally described as a hard knee or a soft knee. Let’s compare the two, identify what they both are, and which you should favor in different situations.
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