In this free tutorial video from pureMix, Fab Dupont guides you through what to listen to when using compression. It will also help you sharpen your critical listening skills.
Chapters:
- 00:00 - Start
- 01:12 - Example 1 : Riding VS Compressor
- 06:00 - Example 2 : Softening the Peaks
- 06:51 - Example 3 : Bringing Up the Ghost Notes
- 07:46 - Example 4 : Changing the Tone
- 08:34 - Example 5 : Changing the Tone (again)
- 09:34 - The Sound of Older Recordings
- 10:06 - Example 6 : Tape Machine
Fab goes over the history of compression and plays examples of different instruments (vocals, snare, kick) with and without compression, including laying some drums off to tape. He covers...
- Compression principles
- Compression history
- Vocals thru UAD LA2
- Different snare compression sounds
- Bass drum compression
- Full drumset and bass to tape
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