Compression Attack Explained | Controlling a Compressor

What Is Attack In Compression?

When you add compression to a track in your mix, your compression plugin will give you control over a bunch of different parameters. Those include the threshold, ratio, attack, release, knee, and gain. Controlling these parameters allows you to tailor the compression to each signal so that you get the results you want from your compressor.

In this video, we’ll break down the compression attack setting, so that you understand what the attack parameter does and how it affects your signals.

Check out the video here.