Mixing & Mastering

Make up gain

What Is Compressor Makeup Gain, Input & Output Gain?

When using a compressor, makeup gain helps you mitigate the difference in volume caused by the gain reduction (or increase) during compression. Compressor makeup gain lets us keep a healthy signal flow throughout our mixes and masters, so today we’ll learn how to use this compression setting in depth, why we need it, and how …

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vari-mu tube compression

What Is An Vari-Mu (Tube) Compressor? How Does It Work? And What Should You Use It On?

While compression is fundamentally the process of balancing the loudest and softest parts of an audio signal, different types of compressors operate in different ways. The majority of the plugin emulations present in today’s DAWs are based on the five main types of audio compressor circuitry. The Vari-Mu compressor is one of the less well-known …

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compressor knee

What Is Knee In Compression? (Music Producers Guide)

Knee compression is one of the trickiest things to understand about the functioning of compressors. It can make or break the dynamic range of a track but once you understand how it works, makes a dramatic difference in the sound of your mixes and masters. In this article we’ll explain this crucial compression setting so, …

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Optical Compressor

What Is An Optical Compressor? (With Mixing Tips & Sound Examples)

Compression is the process of reducing the dynamic range, and evening out the loudest and softest elements of an audio signal. However, different types of compressors work in different ways. The five main types of audio compressor circuitries serve as the basis for the majority of the plugin emulations found in today’s DAWs. One of the most widely …

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vca compressor

What Is VCA Compression? How Does It Work? And How To Use It?

While compression can simply be understood as the process of evening out the loudest and softest parts of an audio signal, different types of compressors work differently. Everyday plugin emulations that we use in our DAWs are primarily modeled on the five main types of audio compressor circuitries. One of the most widely used types is VCA compressors. VCA, …

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