R&B, EDM, other sub-genres of dance are often over compressed and limited Specific genres, especially the bass heavy and club genres mentioned, hip-hop, Probably sound like it has been severely under-recorded. Pitifully quiet compared to the rest of the songs in your playlist. Nevertheless, if you master a rock, pop, hip-hop, EDM orĭance track with no compression at all, then the chances are it will sound This trend is starting to get a bit silly, and is beginning to prevent people from producing albums of good dynamic range. But under what situations would this be useful? Increasing Overall Loudnessįirstly, there’s the obvious application of making your music/mp3s sound as loud as possible. Simple isn’tĪ compressor just makes the loud bits quieter, allowing you to crank everything up to maximum volume. Really, REALLY loud?” “Exactly.” So there you go. Quieter, can’t you then turn EVERYTHING right up, and make get everything “I see… But surely if it just makes the loud bits Very succinctly: “What does a compressor do, Alan?”, “It makes What Does a Compressor Do – Compression Explainedįortunately, I have a friend who explains it very well, and Than they were before: “xDBs in, equals yDBs out, over zDb threshold,Īccording to this graph” etc. What a compressor does, are so bewildering that they end up even more confused Normally – for non-technical people – the explanations of Needs to explain why the things that it does are considered useful. Unfortunately, you need to be *told* what a compressor does.įurthermore – even after you know what it does – someone What do the indicators mean? Difficult to tell. What’s it doing? Unless someone has told you, then you probably won’t Most effects processors are fairly simple to use plug in an equalizer (for example), twiddle the controls, and listen to the output, and you pretty much know what you’re doing, and all you need is some experience behind you.Ĭompressors don’t fall into this category. Learning how to use a compressor is easy if you know how it works.
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