Compression for BEGINNERS (Garageband and more)

[@pwnisher]

That visual was what i needed. Thanks man!

[@revevague6256]

Glad it helped!

[@markcook4783]

Good video great job at clearly speaking. I love how it literally says "really good compressor" on the compressor

[@revevague6256]

Thanks. The RNC is a fantastic compressor if you’re looking for hardware. Highly recommend.

[@drumlck]

Fantastic work man.

[@revevague6256]

Thanks!

[@lichichen940]

nice video! could you please also do a Full demo on the Insert function of the FMR RNC?

[@revevague6256]

Thanks, but I don’t have any hardware that would connect to the insert at the moment. Try FMRs website, they’ve got a great PDF manual to help. Good luck.

[@bacrispy]

I needed this video 😢

[@revevague6256]

Thanks

[@peerlangenheimmusic]

Love that video! You explained everything so well. I wouldn’t consider myself a complete beginner when it comes to compression, but your video breaks down the concept in such a creative and easy to understand way that I also learned a lot. Also still obsessed over your sets. I‘m not a huge fan of de-essers (or of strong compression for vocals, so that fits well together haha), but if I were to use one, the logical thing for me would be to put it in front of the compressor, probably also the EQ. The compressor makes everything louder, so if there are no disturbing s-sounds to begin with, the compressor wouldn‘t be able to bring them out, right? But I‘m not so experienced in using de-essers, would love to hear your reason for putting it behind the compressor!

[@revevague6256]

Thanks! This one was a lot of work but turned out to be really fun. I think I prefer the de-esser after the compression because I like to find the sound I’m after with EQ and compression and then make subtle changes from there. Compression will exaggerate sibilants for sure but you could totally put a de-esser before the compressor as well. I think if that gets you the sound you’re after than go for it. The GarageBand de-esser isn’t great; I prefer the Logic De-esser2 or Waves De-esser set to 4.8k but for this video I wanted to use stock plugins in GarageBand. Thanks again!

[@drumlck]

Would love a video breaking down which instruments work best for each ratio.

[@revevague6256]

A good idea. It can be tough to outline some hard and fast rules but I usually like three ratios: 2:1 for subtle work (just tickle the gain reduction; could be useful if overheads need a little control; but you're a super consistent player so I would avoid touching them), 4:1 for normal work on sources like voice, kick, snare (a couple db here and there, play with attack and release to find what you like. Personally can't stand pumping/obvious compression), 10:1 and above for heavy duty compression/sound effects (think a super compressed room mic). I think on an 1176 8:1 or 12:1 would be closest choice here.

[@frubo_ssg]

Nicely explanied!

[@revevague6256]

Thanks, this one was fun!

[@ernestdaniels1671]

How do you have your FMR RNC 1773 connected to your audio interface? I just ordered one and then I saw there was much confusion concerning if the outputs were TRS or TS. I see yours is working , therefore you must know.

[@revevague6256]

The outputs of my interface are TRS however I use short TS (unbalanced cables) to hook up the FMR RNC both input and output.

[@ernestdaniels1671]

Thanks, it arrived late last night and it worked great. First I used all TS cables and connected it to my Audio Interface I/O and I was able to use it. I then decided to read the manual and it stated that the two outputs on the FMR 1173 are balanced so I connected it to my Focusrite 18i20 Outs 7/8 .The two inputs on the FMR 1173 are TS, so I used 2 unbalanced cable and plugged them into my 18i20 7/8 ins and it worked great.

[@revevague6256]

Happy to hear!

[@JesusSanchez-pz1ii]

Super nice No use why

[@revevague6256]

"super nice" is a cool button on this compressor but I didn't use it because most compressors don't have that feature. I wanted this video to be very simple for beginners.

[@JesusSanchez-pz1ii]

@@revevague6256 thanks bro good day