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Mastering compression settings
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Mastering compression settings

#AudiotentTip 183. Mastering Compression.Sometimes 0.5 or 1db of compression is all you need to glue your mix together. Subtlety often works best when it comes to mastering.

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Compression for tone

#AudiotentTip 163. Compression for tone.When EQ doesn’t work, try reaching out for a compressor. As well as altering the dynamics, a compressor can also shape the tone of the sound. This is especia...

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Parallel snare compression

#AudiotentTip 152. Parallel Snare Compression.One way to increase the room of your snare drum is to use a fast parallel compression. An 1176 type compressor works great for this. Place the 1176 on ...

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How to use a compressor sidechain filter

#AudiotentTip 102. Compressor Sidechain Filter.When applying compression on bass heavy material or across a final mix, try enabling the sidechain high pass filter. This will stop the compressor fro...

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Multiband compressor on bass

#AudiotentTip 84. Multiband compressor on bass.People tend to use multi-band compression with all the bands enabled. However that’s not always necessary. The best example being the bass.Try using j...

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Serial Compression

#AudiotentTip 58. Serial compression.Try using a few compressors in series (one after another), to combine the strengths of each. E.g. No.1 for character & No.2 for clean dynamic shaping.

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How To Compress Snare Drums

#AudiotentTip 59. Compression for snares.To simulate a snare drum being hit harder add a compressor with a slow attack and fast release. The more you compress the more punch you gain.

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How To Achieve A Louder Final Mix

#AudiotentTip 39. How to achieve a louder final mix.Compress in small stages, e.g. individual channels, groups and master bus, instead of heavily compressing the master on it's own. This will help ...

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Mastering Compressor Sidechain Filter

‪#‎AudiotentTip‬ 102. Compressor Sidechain Filter.When applying compression on bass heavy material or across a final mix, try enabling the sidechain high pass filter. This will stop the compressor ...