RecordingJedi
New member
Hello. My first post.
It has always been my thought, as well as many other engineers, that compression is an effect that should be used in small amounts. That it is something that kills the vibrancy and life of a signal.
I only use it when I have to.
But...
I was checking out this guy’s mastering website, and he said that compression was HIS MOST POWERFUL EFFECT TO SHAPE SOUND. he then said that through using this he could play a major part in exactly how you would want your recording to sound.
Along with EQ, of course. But compression is supposedly his main, best weapon in making a recording sound "near 100 percent" better.
I have also seen some posts here how compression supposedly helps make signals more present. and fatter waveforms, too... waveforms that somehow are much more full than just taking an EQ to them?
My recordings sound a little too... I don’t know. The sounds are very good, solid, but don’t sound as pro as something on the radio. I have it all EQed right, reverb. It’s pretty close. But perhaps better compression knowledge is the missing key?
So I guess I’m asking those of you who use it as a serious aid to shape the sound of a mix, to maybe tell what kind of settings you use on certain instruments [snare, kick, bass, guitar, vocal] to really change them, and describe what those settings do to the sound of them.
It has always been my thought, as well as many other engineers, that compression is an effect that should be used in small amounts. That it is something that kills the vibrancy and life of a signal.
I only use it when I have to.
But...
I was checking out this guy’s mastering website, and he said that compression was HIS MOST POWERFUL EFFECT TO SHAPE SOUND. he then said that through using this he could play a major part in exactly how you would want your recording to sound.
Along with EQ, of course. But compression is supposedly his main, best weapon in making a recording sound "near 100 percent" better.
I have also seen some posts here how compression supposedly helps make signals more present. and fatter waveforms, too... waveforms that somehow are much more full than just taking an EQ to them?
My recordings sound a little too... I don’t know. The sounds are very good, solid, but don’t sound as pro as something on the radio. I have it all EQed right, reverb. It’s pretty close. But perhaps better compression knowledge is the missing key?
So I guess I’m asking those of you who use it as a serious aid to shape the sound of a mix, to maybe tell what kind of settings you use on certain instruments [snare, kick, bass, guitar, vocal] to really change them, and describe what those settings do to the sound of them.