Audio Production Level 2 - Compressors

This course: Audio Production Level 2 - Compressors makes compressor theory understandable, and gives many practical aural examples and comparisons (Compressor On, compared with Compressor Off) as well as useful visuals. All the identical audio and plugins used in this course are available for you to download, making the examples very straightforward to follow. Instead of just giving specific 'general' settings for compressing different instruments and sounds, this course provides you with the knowledge so that you can work out your own settings for any given situation.

It gives a solid grounding in understanding why you are doing what you are doing, moving forward to a new level in the use of compression. The Sections:Ratio - What it is, Ratio range, Gain Reduction and dynamic range. What ratio to use, and how much gain reduction to apply and why.

working out the dynamic range. Opening and setting up the CompressorAttack & Release - Setting up Attack and Release, how the attack and release controls affect the audio, setting the threshold, adjusting the makeup gain, the reason why the longest release settings are not useful, different results with different compressors. Side Chain - How to set up side chain compression and how it works, accessing the side chain of the compressor, setting the threshold effectively, adjusting the release, looking at block diagrams to understand the route the audio takes, adding an EQ to change what the side chain hears, how to engage the preview filter, how to create a band pass filter using the high pass and low pass controls and what it's doingRMS Compression v Peak Compression - What the Peak Compressor deals with, what it does and what it's good for controlling, what RMS means, what it does and what it's good for controlling, looking at the time reference, looking at the Master VU Settings metering for Peak compression and RMS compression, and an explanation of the window size.

Parallel Compression - A demonstration of parallel compression in action Looking at three methods for applying parallel compression. Looking at the parallel compressor settings, two points about parallel compression to be aware of, a demonstration on where parallel compression doesn't work, whether to use Peak or RMS compressors for Parallel Compression, the four main controls on the compressor and their use within Parallel Compression. Parallel compression in the context of a full mixMixbus Compression - The two accepted and different ways to set up your Mixbus Compression.