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Audio Compression : The Complete Course

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About Audio Compression : The Complete Course

Presentation of the course

Dynamics

Why compress?

Threshold and Ratio

Attack and Release

Gain reduction and makeup gain

Examples in action

The types of compressors

Compressors with fixed controls

Automatic controls

Sidechain compression

Compressors with High Pass filter

Multiband compression

Limiters and clippers

Parallel compression

Compression in series

Glue compression

Compressing vocals

Compressing drums

Compressing bass

Compressing the other instruments

Compressing the Mixbus

What You Will Learn?

  • Compressors are the most misunderstood and mysterious audio mixing tools. But, without them, none of your favourite songs would sound like they sound..
  • For production, recording, mixing or mastering, it's essentiel, even mandatory to understand and know how to use compression to reach professional and high quality results..
  • We'll see together everything we need to know about compressors :.
  • We start from the basics with the fundamental concept of dynamic range around which compression is based,.
  • We'll see then how to set up compressors with a focus on the different controls to see how they work and how to set them properly,.
  • The third part will make us dive into the different types of compressors and the advanced controls and concepts,.
  • And finally we'll end with a series of popular techniques used by the greatest mixing engineers..
  • The goal of this course is to make you perfectly comfortable with the universe of compression..
  • So you'll be able to :.
  • Navigate comfortably in any compressor, modern or vintage,.
  • Choose the right type of compressor for your need,.
  • Choose the right settings to get the result you're looking for,.
  • Know when and why use compression.
  • Compression is an art that takes time to be fully mastered. So take your time on each lesson, practice a lot and you'll be able to use compression like a pro..