Advanced Techniques with Ableton Glue Compressor

[@PeterKitay]

After the countless hours I’ve spent watching production tutorials, this is probably the one thats had the biggest and most immediate improvement on the quality of my work. Excellent video 👍

[@creatorsremose]

I watched dozens of mixing videos and this must be the most impactful by far. Only now I realized how many things I did wrong but more importantly, I learned why. Subbed. Thank you!

[@omstheband]

You’re the man! Your videos are always so specific, easy to understand and immediately applicable. I’m honestly shocked how rare it is to find good, educational content on Ableton. Thank you for this! highly considering trying out your course. All the best

[@fabianwolf6849]

I knew everything you explained until 9:53 and there's still almost half the video left and I know you gonna blow my mind somewhere during these few minutes. I just love your content and your way of teaching. ❤

[@SeedtoStage]

Thanks!

[@fabianwolf6849]

My pleasure! ❤ Also follow-up: Mind was blown, cuz I finally understood/ was able to hear what this whole "glue" thing is about. I mean... I got where we aiming in other people's content, but... your examples where just more up my alley, I guess? 😅 And - going all out "wall of text"-mode - to answer the question at the end of the video (and create a little more interactivity for the alg-o-ribbidy): I love to use Ableton's Glue Compressor as a Limiter and I always start with the "Mastering - Gentle Limiter" preset, cuz it's pretty close to what I want it to do, most of the time. I don't use it on the Master Bus as a Limiter, tho. But I'll try using it there for some sweet parallel deliciousness, as you mentioned in the vid. Thanks for the inspiration! ❤

[@ryoshamo]

I use this on everything. Single channel, group, master, sidechain... the lot. It's so much better than the other standard compressor.

[@aleatoriac7356]

The track used in the middle section to demonstrate sidechain compression is awesome.

[@nicolaslobrot993]

Man you bring so much clarity to such abstraction. Great teacher !

[@Jeancbricevila]

🎉good content!!!! Thank you so much! Keep creating content like this with ableton stock plugins and explaining like this one where it come from!! I almost spend money in another plugin! Thank you! Here is you like and your comment!

[@cinex5114]

Best glue compressor video out there...Also worth to mention is the nice saturation you get out of that thing...remember...it adds up in a whole mix and all instances bring saturation goodness to the track

[@dylanreed4146]

The reverb glue was a protip for SURE. Nice to here that Papadosio vibe making an appearance in one of your tutorials :)

[@Rawrtato]

I actually cannot believe what I didn’t know about compressors until I watched this just now. I don’t think I understood their point conceptually at all. Thank you so much for making this video-you’re awesome!!

[@Dremix73]

Great video. Switched over from FL to Live and having a blast.

[@stelthtenau]

Traitor 😂

[@Dremix73]

@@stelthtenau Yeah I know but they promised audio warping back in 2021 I think and now we still don't have it. And all they say is they are rewriting the mixer engine and playlist so I will not wait for that any more. I still love FL but at the moment I actually enjoy Ableton Live a lot.

[@uitarelight5832]

Man same 😂

[@dehazesings]

Same here! Loving it

[@clpaschke]

Your Organization in Ableton looks top notch. I am referring to all the folders you have WITH emojis attached, Filters, Distortions, really like the Homies 🍄. Have you ever done a video on your organization practices and workflow? Thanks for another great vid!

[@roccsterx]

Super great tutorial as always, really gave me some more insight in using Glue Compressor in Ableton :) Cheers mate!

[@SonicDephect]

Great video! I use this in similar way on almost every bus as a final bus clipper with the soft clip setting enabled the range that is zero so there’s no compression and I use a utility to push the track into the clipper on the front side and a utility on the backside at equal gain to create unity. It works really well for transparent clipping of micro, transient and adds a ton of punch and color to the overall track when it’s done repeatedly throughout the mix..

[@tommypifke4888]

always been a big fan and bought all your courses excpet for pigments. But i highley recommend the classes. it changed the game for me

This is exactly what I needed at the right time based on my level of experience and understanding. Having applied these concepts to a tune I'm mixing this has already gotten me the extra 10% I was looking for. Saving this for future reference.

[@fakshen1973]

I added this tutorial to my browser tabs. It's important enough to watch a few times... not just once.

[@coryjenkins622]

Fantastic dive into glue. Really well developed and explained.

[@blakecasimir]

A lot of excellent tips here, can easily be applied to other comps. However one thing you didn't cover was clip. Activating soft clipping and pushing the make up gain purposefully to push a sound into that soft clipping can introduce some great sounding and very useful saturation.

[@bjorn2970]

Great vid! You really explain things in a way that's easy to understand. Thankyou.

[@ramoniak6]

Loved the tutorial, even for an advanced producer it was a nice kind of fresh-up. I understand this video isn't a Glue Compressor deep dive, but I was hoping you would also explain the soft clip and range knob.

[@simple-human-being]

This is such a clear and useful video, thanks for another great tutorial!

[@samuelcox5301]

The Stay Puft Marshmellow Man interlude killed me.

[@daynemin]

Rip

[@OskarSylwester]

Very good video - highly informative. Just dense, clear and straight to the point, great

[@ChumpyDumps]

Advanced you say 🤩

[@H1kari_1]

Getting (back) into DAWs I am and especially new to Ableton but this awesome change of the bass sound was really unexpected for me. I always though you should do this stuff directly in the synth itself.

[@SeedtoStage]

IMO "always" is a word that rarely applies mixing. Every sound is different, there for every approach should be nuanced based on what is heard and what the desired result is.

[@WDIPJordi]

Really enjoyed this, thanks so much!

[@WompRok]

Always learn something new from you

[@MRGO0OSE]

Goated video I really dont use Glue Compressor enough. Been on a big Vulf Compressor kick lately but sometimes that's a bit much

[@nicktew-music]

Love your channel

[@BraveSirSausage]

Great job here

[@michaelsmith473]

Cool tune

[@GraeboProductions]

Ssl G ?! that explains why , when I took the glue off a master and switched to izo for a.limiter. the mix became noticibly cleaner and clearer. I do use it for instruments tho... I like your videos. I have been watching them as, for having switched to using ableton from pro tools . Thanks

[@trippstreehouse]

24:50 thank you, i was hoping you'd do this.

[@wiggesobk]

Great video. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Have you ever used that that soft clip function too?

[@mage2k]

This was a great high-level tour of what a compressor can do. I especially like that you demonstrate tasks instead of just explains controls. But as a demo of what makes the *Glue* compressor itself great I’m not seeing it. Functionality-wise you can do everything you showed here with the stock compressor, so what makes the glue compressor (and/or the SSL board compressor it is modeled on) different/special? Outside of vague statements like, “People love it!” or “It just gives it a great sound!” can you show and demonstrate what it does differently?

[@Darushiokan]

Very nice video. Do you use oversampling (hi quality) mode on glue?

[@FriendlyMarlo]

Stupid question incoming, I feel like I'm missing one big part of this at the beginning when you described the impact of the compressor around 2:23. If the transients are puncher (louder) and the sustain is louder what is getting reduced?

[@SeedtoStage]

No stupid questions! While the compressor is reducing the signal in certain areas, I’m adding makeup gain. Therefore emphasizing the areas where the compressor isn’t reducing. Therefore there is the attack (the portion of a sound that happens before the compressor can get to it), and the release (the portion of the sound after the compressor applied its envelope.

[@Vingul]

1:20 wow, somehow I haven't realised this, lol -- just looking at what appears to be the average. I always just listen and compare wet/dry. Which is probably best anyway, but just ballparking it first is nice.

[@NiElsir]

Curious about these " 🍄Homies " 😃

[@remyvegamedia]

I've done 20 years of "self-learnng" and being mentored little by little, but I need to take your course, man. Do you offer supplemental one on one on top of courses?

[@jimkatamusic]

Never mix drums without it!

[@OskarSylwester]

true story

[@jeromeRioux-nk5tb]

Can you share the link at 0:41 with the list and pictures of all the plugins ? 💪🙏

[@justinrobinson1162]

These are stock ableton plugins he’s showing

[@COSMALofficial]

are you wearing hifiman headphones? if so how do you like them? I'm trying to upgrade from my dt990 pros and im considering either the sennheiser hd6xx or audeze mm100, but i keep seeing good things about hifiman!

[@SeedtoStage]

The HIFIMAN are stupid good for how cheap they are. These are the original ananda ones. I also use corrective EQ and a little crossfeed to EQ them to the harman target curve via the EQ on my rme interface. Look into planar magnetic phones. They are great for low end extension and snappy transient response. I still greatly prefer speakers but yeah these are great.

[@DeejayRach0]

Niceeee Videeooo

[@supermodal]

What is the advantage of using the glue compressor over the normal compressor for sidechaining?

[@SeedtoStage]

The normal compressor has variable controls instead of stepped for attack / release etc, more features like lookahead, and is very clean, as in, it doesnt really have a character or a sound. The glue compressor has more character aka saturation and a quirkly smooth forgiving quality to it. Both are great for different purposes. For most sidechain stuff is probably better to use the standard compressor.

[@WACkZerden]

theyve also added oversampling toggle

[@gagaxueguzheng]

Watching this on my PC with crappy speakers is like the meme where the woman looks at the two images and it says "corporate needs you to identify the difference between this picture and this picture" "they're the same picture". I need my headphones, otherwise it all sounds more or less the same.

[@Erald]

What's your opinion on people saying that you shouldn't have more than 3db gain reduction especially in plug-ins?

[@SeedtoStage]

Classic case of whack internet advice. You can have as much gain reduction as sounds good to you. Likely this -3db is referring to limiters where making a limiter work hard tends to make it sounds less transparent but sometimes you want things to not be transparent. Avoid all rules in audio and listen.

[@synthesizedpdx]

How long is the duration of a transient of something like a snare drum?

[@SeedtoStage]

Depends on the drum / sample!

[@Guntherthefool]

🔥

[@unduloid]

I don't know. Bitwig's Compressor+ is also pretty good.

[@wesmincic6462]

I feel like i should have paid to watch this.

[@julianp4787]

Very good video indeed Thanks