Dumbest question about compression and eq but plz I could never understand..plz help
1) People say compression makes sound tight , is the inconsistency in dynamic range understood or audible ...... ?
I don't hear that much of difference in lower and higher volumes of voices or instruments sometimes , and even if I hear that softness and loudness of singing or sounds I love it ,it's what we call "feel"....so I compress only because I read and see that it has to be done .... sometimes rather than being able to make some anticipated change in dynamic tightness, all I can hear is change in the tone or volume ....but till date the question lingers,....do we really need to compress everything ......
a)should a sound be compressed even if the need to compress it is not audible ?
b)What will go wrong if we keep it as it is ?
c)Should a difference after compression audible in a very obvious way or we should just be happy that it is ultimately compressed ?
2) we take sounds from several sources and choose the best samples now a days, most have eq and compression and effects applied too sometimes ..... and then I am suggested to eq sounds.....I liked the tone that is why I selected it , then why do I have to eq it again .....? unless I want to cut down some muffled bass or hiss..... why is it customary to improve the already best sound ....all I can see is that you can sharpen a sound or make it clearer, but
a)How do I know what is that bench mark of clarity or sharpness or tonal optimization .....??
3)Sometimes after mixing my raw instruments the only thing that I feel the need to do is overall compression and increase in loudness and still it's fun to hear, but after trying all these compressions and this and that I lose all my analog and real feel .....so if I avoid that , do you think it would not be of professional standard.......
Plz help.
1) People say compression makes sound tight , is the inconsistency in dynamic range understood or audible ...... ?
I don't hear that much of difference in lower and higher volumes of voices or instruments sometimes , and even if I hear that softness and loudness of singing or sounds I love it ,it's what we call "feel"....so I compress only because I read and see that it has to be done .... sometimes rather than being able to make some anticipated change in dynamic tightness, all I can hear is change in the tone or volume ....but till date the question lingers,....do we really need to compress everything ......
a)should a sound be compressed even if the need to compress it is not audible ?
b)What will go wrong if we keep it as it is ?
c)Should a difference after compression audible in a very obvious way or we should just be happy that it is ultimately compressed ?
2) we take sounds from several sources and choose the best samples now a days, most have eq and compression and effects applied too sometimes ..... and then I am suggested to eq sounds.....I liked the tone that is why I selected it , then why do I have to eq it again .....? unless I want to cut down some muffled bass or hiss..... why is it customary to improve the already best sound ....all I can see is that you can sharpen a sound or make it clearer, but
a)How do I know what is that bench mark of clarity or sharpness or tonal optimization .....??
3)Sometimes after mixing my raw instruments the only thing that I feel the need to do is overall compression and increase in loudness and still it's fun to hear, but after trying all these compressions and this and that I lose all my analog and real feel .....so if I avoid that , do you think it would not be of professional standard.......
Plz help.