How many of you are actual factual compression scientists and have a cogent understanding of all the underworkings of compression etc - and how many just spin the knobs and see what happens? I tend to just jack the input and crank up the ratio or blindly play around.
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Broadly speaking, I end up doing one of two things with compression The Smack or The Squash.
The Smack: Increase dynamic range. Medium attack and short release. Let through an attack transient, and squash the sound down shortly afterwards (emphasising the 'Smack 'portion of a percussive sound). Great for making sounds 'pop out'.
The Squash: Short attack medium release. To tame dynamically frisky signals.
i'm totally with mormo. i've really started to start using less compression but use it in those two instances... to kind of rephrase the above:
1- the dynamics are to large or unwanted, i.e. a singer doesn't back away from the mic when they yell.
2- i want more snap on a sound, i.e. a snare drum doesn't jump out like it want it to. (compression with larger attack)
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