Compression Explained In 1 Minute!
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This 1 minute tutorial worth than a 14 minutes video I saw 😂
After seeing comments I’m gonna make a full length video on compression soon - when do use it, how to change settings for different sounds, etc. thanks for watching 🙌🏼
Great video!
Please do it with the PRO C2!!!!1
Love fabfilters
This would be very useful. Love your content mate. Really helped with my production.
Can you do a full length, I do sound for 3 years and this really helpful to explain to others
you should watch how Ian Kirkpatrick explain compression! hahaha. 👍
Great example. Don't forget the most important tip for this: don't overthink it, it might seem daunting at first having so many knobs that can be precisely set, but these don't matter that much. If it sounds okay and gets the job done, it's good
Lol - this advice is terrible and useless. 😆 How do you expect to get good results when you don’t “think” about how to achieve it? Also, some compression tasks require technical precision or at least intent. Great results don’t just magically occur, certainly not repeatedly.
@@jaydekaytv he probably means don’t worry about moving the knobs at infinitesimal intervals trying to get it absolutely perfect.
@@jaydekaytv they specifically said, "dont *over* think it"
they didnt say to just not think about it at all
So I don’t touch the gain nob till I’m done ?
@@jaydekaytvdweeb
That’s the original (1) use for compression. In addition, it is used to (2) modify transients and to (3) create pumping effects that can make different elements interact musically with each other.
I use it on hats when making lofi beats to leave a silent pump between each note, it takes tweaking but instantly makes your head nod when you find the sweet spot. Usually it’s almost non existent where the sweet spot lies, less is more.
Hey smarty pants, the original use for audio compression was to prevent over-modulation in radio signals during transmission. Have a good one.
@@jaydekaytv …original use in music production. Thanks for your sharing your thoughts
@@cjgoeson You're welcome for the info.
Best compression tutorial ever, in 1 minute!
Now upward compression :) Great job
I appreciate you please don’t stop being amazing!
Been producing for two years and this still helped me greatly. ESP the knee part
5 years later I understand compression. Thank you
what a legend. mate, you just explained something perfectly that i have not been able to understand for the 3 years i have been producing. i now understand it enough to work it out myself, thank you! getting a sub from me.
Incredible value and content in 1min, awesome effort! Keep going
Keep it up Z, your vids are great 👍
You honestly the real MVP 🙏🏽
hands down the best compression summary I've ever seen
!! thanks!
Dunno how many compression vids I've watched and you did it bro in 1 min not 45 nice one.
This video was amazing, thank you!
Thanks Big Z! love this tutorials!
That ratio example was perfect
FANTASTIC
Actually the best compression explanation I’ve seen…so many people over complicate it and I lose track of what they’re talking about. Super helpful, thanks!
imagine a 10hr free masterclass on compression. available on TH-cam 😏🫡
Love your videos, brother! Really informative
Fanks👻 That’s one of the best and simplest explanations I’ve seen in years.
U changin the game with these shorts g
These 1 minute shorts I’ve been watching are more useful than the obnoxious 3 hour long BS music tutorials all over the internet. Thank you for actually just explaining in English instead of using a bunch of jargon that no beginner can understand.
Amazing video. Thanks for this!
Very well done!
Thank you so much, I appreciate it. In fact, we appreciate it
Thank you! Very well taught!
Thanks so much
Excellent simplification
Thanks man 🙏
Best video explaining compression
2 YEARS FRIKING 2 WHOLE YEARS AHHHHHHH
thx man for 2 years i didn't really understand compression and was using a limiter and a gain knob
Makes sense 👏
Awesome job
Thank you bro 🙏
Literally the best video ever🤦🏿♂️
fabulous
You are a God send for Logic users
very helpful thanks
That was really nice
EPIC! ❤️🌞🥁
Thank you bro
As always an amazing tip!!!
Nicee very helpful man thanks
this video is really helpful
Respect
Best explanation I have seen 🤠
Great explanation in under a minute!
One of the vest explanations ice seen!
The compression video I've ever seen. Thank you so much. Compression is like the clitoris. Idk how to work it lmao
Lol u have no clue how bad I needed this
This is good
Thanks so much... It really made my day
This vid earned my subscription
Wow, an easy to understand video. Thanks bro
Thanks Sherlock
Thank u
Thanks. Now I understood what knee is for.
F***ing amazing video!! Thanks!
Thank you and then i need same type of video in logic Pro x expander
You are a a god. Also, the child of Owen Wilson and Matthew Mcfayden
Thanks for the tutorial. I always used compressor for instruments that are like -34 decibels and you can barely hear them. Now that I successfully know how to use a compressor, it’s time to not use any effects whatsoever because I’m lazy.
I might get that and replace fruity limiter it looks similar but more straight forward
Woaa 👏👏👏 bravo
I now also understand how sidechaining works
💯
Brooo 🤯
U my mans bro. 😂❤
Damn
You said that with a hard knee the compressor reacts "immediately" but this is misleading. Response time is controlled by the attack setting.
What you should have said is that with a hard knee compression occurs only when the signal fully crosses the threshold, whereas with a soft knee compression occurs gradually as the signal approaches the threshold.
Great vid really too to visually see what compression is doing. The way I think of it is you're basically reducing the dynamic range of a sound, is that right?
Depends on how you're using it. It's even, dareisay, most commonly used to increase the prominence of the transient (the loudest usually really short point in a percussive sound). That's due to an auditory illusion that makes things sound louder if they decay faster. Also, although reducing dynamic range with compression is useful, if you have really big, long transients, you're better off with a limiter, as those usually have the ability to analyze the sound before it plays, to be able to get the entire sound reduced, rather than what's after the transient.
So what’s the difference between knee and attack?
what's the difference between attack and knee?
How is KNEE any different from ATTACK ??
Still can’t understand in what situations you have to use compression.
For me it’s just a thing that makes my mix sound louder
Groove. For me, compression is all about breathing some rhythm and life into drums.
It’s a complex thing to truly learn when u do or don’t need compression, and what it is. For me it took me a while to understand it completely and when to use it and to be able to HEAR when u need it and when it’s being applied. For example, u can create transients on sounds that might not be very punchy but setting the attack slower and having a fair amount of compression, that will allow the transient to go through FIRST then compress the rest of the signal. There’s soooo many other things. Another example of a situation is on an instrument buss. Maybe u have a synth buss with 3 synths going to it but all and fairly different volumes, u can then apply a nice compressor to that buss and slowly compress the sounds TOGETHER so they sound like they’re coming from the same place and similar in volumes. Honestly man learning compression completely and learning to apply it is critical imo.
@@stevenhlushak8429 yo bro, thanks for writing this comment, do you maybe have more examples?
@@bjarneb8966
Sure. On vocals a lighter compressor is used. Like say the singer is singing a normal volume then suddenly makes a loud sound, you put a conpressor to even the loudness. So you can use a compressor to stabilize volume or to shape drum sounds to make them punchier.
I dont really understand why do I need attack and release since it is copressing/keeping sound to the line of threshold.
Im in the habit of throwing compression on every instrument and then the final mix over all. Good or bad?
I don’t know when to use it
When a sound is too jumpy, like say a vocal is normal but then jumps in volume, you put a compressor to even out the dynamics. Comps can also be used to shape drum sound like snare or kicks.
Hi. Is there any free software that can compress PC audio output in real time?
I use compression to tame the harsh peaks of the audio
Isnt that the point of a limiter
@@Chasemoney316 you know what your absolutely right sir!!!!!
Nois
The scrunched nose is what sells me. I’m like, “he’s trustworthy. “
Which program is this?
Where were you in 1990 when I needed you?
If you want to know when to compress a sound turn up the volume a bit a loud and if there a moment where you get that loud peak and freak you out (you get suddenly scared) boom compress it and make it even 😂 that’s how I see it
At a 1:1 ratio, you're compressing 1db per db over the threshold.
There's no compressing on 1:1.
Kinda like making a messy sandwich even by squishing it with your hand.🤔🤔🤓
Wow, Thanks producer Peyton Manning !
Could you recreate the "build" and "drop" from 0.32 + about 1min forward of this old Trentemøller - Moan track? He has such a unique style.
th-cam.com/video/BD4Gre-mODw/w-d-xo.html
i still dont understand it :((
Huh
i'm so stupid 😭😭 it's still difficult for me
Same lol
Stil don't understand
You explained the results but not how it actually works. No ratios. No physics of sound. No interpretation of the sound.
Nice, but why are you wet around your mouth?