Anatomy of sound and rhythm
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Dynamics and density
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Compressor
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Cheat sheet
Practice
Bypass
Vocal: singing
Gaps
×1
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Inspector
A ready-made example setting to start with. Press Play, switch Bypass on and off and hear the difference. The graph marks what the compressor did.
Loud
−8.1 → −22.1
Quiet
−17.7 → −24.7
Spread
9.6 → 2.6 dB
Min. gap
215 ms
Release = 215 ms
before
after
threshold
attack
release
Attack: the start of the sound passes
The first ~55 ms of every phrase pass with almost no reduction.
2 more
Threshold
−24.0 dB
a bit low?
compression
4.0 : 1
Attack
10 ms
Release
150 ms
Makeup
0.0 dB
A → B
A
B
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