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Understanding Make-Up Gain Regardless of what compressor you’re using, almost all of them have some form of make-up gain control. This will usually be called ‘gain’, ‘output’, ‘output gain’ or […]

Understanding the knee setting on a compressor In this article, we’ll learn how to use the knee setting on a compressor. Alongside the other settings which control the way your […]

Understanding the compressor release setting The compressor release setting allows you to control how quickly or slowly a signal rises back up to its original level after the compressor has […]

Understanding the compressor attack setting The compressor attack setting lets you control how quickly the compressor turns a signal down when it overshoots the threshold. The attack time is defined […]

Understanding the audio compressor ratio setting One of the most common processes that producers carry out on their mixes is compression. To get the very best results from a compressor, […]

Getting to grips with the compressor threshold setting In order to get the very best from your audio compressor, you need to understand what each of a compressor’s settings does. […]

Audio Compression Explained: What is an audio compressor? A compressor is a plugin or a piece of hardware that reduces the dynamic range of an audio signal. In most applications, […]