Compressor

I’m mainly doing this cause there are more downloads than educating and when I read manuals of programs I don’t really understand it my self till I research about it, plus I sore some dude who uses presets when mixing to mastering and that got me thinking!. How about I share my knowledge with RH.

I’ll be starting with a compressor; you probably used it before but now I’m really show you how it really works, in the process try to eliminate some Jargon as much as possible.

What the fuck is a compressor: I call it an invisible effect that tames peaks meaning controlling dynamics signal or make it more powerful. Let’s get a few things out of the way so I can show you how to work.

Threshold- is the point in the audio you want the compressor start doing its thing. Where you want the compressor to reduce the sharp peak.

Ratio- this determines the amount of compression that will occur (HUH? WTF! ) Check, if the setting goes like 2:1 (when you got 1:1 nothing happens) means if the input is rises to 2dB above threshold, the output level will increase by 1dB.

Attack- determines how quickly the volume is reduced when the input exceeds the threshold.

Release- determines how quickly the volume returns normal after being reduced.

Make Up Gain- After applying all the above ya’ll will realise you lose some volume so the make up gain “makes up” for the gain you lost.

Hard/ soft Knee- Hard knee is the compression created by you, soft knee its when the compression slowly increases the ratio until it reaches the compression you created.

Shit Lets Apply This So You Can Get A Full Understanding.


Open Cubase or Nuendo add a track and import wave file, kick drum so we can experiment on it, then click on it, the press shift-G to loop it or play it over and over.
OR
Open Reason, add murder backwards (redrum) create only the kick and loop it.



Cubase/Nuendo- go to insert on the track that has the kick audio and add Waves C1 Com (Direct X- Waves- Other- C1 Com

Reason- click on the Redrum then create the M Class Compressor

Then this is what you gonna do, play the kick then set the Threshold to -25dB nothing is going to happen remember what I said about the ratio being on 1:1, now you turn or put the ratio to 4:1 ( Why 4:1, Its just a basic structure I use to start off). You will start seeing a red meter going down meaning the compressor is kicking in (hope you noticed the volume lowed a lil). Check the meter or light that’s going down which negative number does it end ( I need it to be at -6 cause that’s that is the amount of dBs I want to lose, if its way over -10, I’ma need you to decrease the ratio and watch the red light go back in or decrease the threshold till the red light is at -6 dB.

Now go to make up gain and pick it up the volume or make up gain to 6dB. do you hear the difference? If not On Reason the on-off switch put it on bypass then on again. Nuendo/Cubase on the insert there’s a blue light on top of where you inserted C1 com, click the blue light and it will turn orange, keep clicking it till you here the difference.

Now Attack- just increase the attack, you will start to notice the impact is more and power of the kick rises the more you increase also the kick is cut short. What really happens is that the attack is where the compressor starts to kick in, so if its at 0ms means it starts with the original audio signal., if you increase it you make the compressor start where the kick drum is most powerful, if you do it too much it will sound like you starting it where it ends or finishes(like I said). Look for where it sounds good for you ( you can apply this to many other instruments or use it in mastering, listen to any snare on any Dr Dre Beat to hear the impact.

Release is just what the word says how you want the compressor to release the whole process I just went through with you.

by Spn Davillain

u welcome to disagree

Hope This Shit Is Clear

If Ya'll Understand Or Like This Shit I'ma Update It

Update 15 August 2008

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How To Use EQ

I can’t believe I know about balancing but I can’t even balance my own life (What’s the point).
Check this:

EQ (equalizer) is a fancy way of saying tone control, mainly I would say you use it to change the tone and balance of sounds and frequencies.

Look at any mixer there are mainly three knobs and on top its written EQ (High, Mid and Low) which boost or cut that type of sound you don’t want.
Let me make an example of how these frequencies are represented or type of instrument falls where:
High (Cymbals)
Mid (snare)
Low (Bass)

I’ll be only be talking about EQ when you use it on your software, first thing you must look at you insert or add an EQ is that it must be 20Hz to 20Khz (20Hz to 20Khz its frequencies which can be heard by a human ear) and we got 3 types of EQ:

Graphic- Each volume on it can be turned up and down by using the volume sliders.

Parametric- With this you can control the range of frequencies, gives you the control over the width of the frequency range being manipulated ( Reason’s M-class Equalizer and on Waves Plug-in is the Q8).

Rolloff- A Rolloff EQ turns down the volume of low or high frequencies ( I mostly I use this by making someone sound as if his on the phone by removing the low frequencies.

You probably didn’t understand non of this, so lets put this to work.

Firstly open Reason, add Murder backwards (redrum) insert a snare then play it (loop it), click on the redrum and create the M-class Equalizer under it. I want it routed straight on the redrum, it would be nicer if you knew how to wire Reason.



Cubase/Nuendo- add an audio track mono or stereo, then import Vocals only to the track. Then click on the track, u will see there is an “e” click on it, you will see a parametric EQ. Don’t forget to switch them on. If it doesn’t show press F3 you will definitely see the “e” on the mixer on the track you added.



Basic Knobs from top to bottom on both Reason And Cubase/Nuendo:

1st This Knob you choose the frequency you going to be working with.

2nd knob is the gain, volume control of the frequency you selected.

3rd Bandwidth, which area you want to cover. “Q” stands for Quality, they say its put there because the word bandwidth couldn’t fit on the equipment.

So here is what you do, its going to depend only on your listening skill:

Play what you added, switch on the first the EQ on the first line which is you r low frequency, turn the gain up by only 6dB then go to your “Q” knob or the bottom knob and turn it till it looks like a strange like triangle, then move the strange like triangle with you first knob (frequency knob), it will be moving left to right as it move should be able to hear that the sound is changing, if you move it slowly you mite even find a spot where there vocals or snare sounds clear or where they got a lot of Ssssssss sounds. You can also turn down the gain -6dB and you will hear it cut down some sounds (which you will use in future to cut out sound which you don’t like in a sound).

Also got a great shortcut to some Eq’ing check the attachment.

Equalization Doc

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check the sig,

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Huh?......lol

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