Compressors & Compression Masterclass 5 (Attack & Release 2)

[@davidrmouch267]

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[@Terbie36]

This definitely is the best video on compression on KZbin. You, sir, are a good samaritan.

[@yaqubaxamee9146]

I never watched such long tutorials .most of the time I find it too confuse so I stop watching but your videos are from another world ,I could watch all day .thanks man .

[@smpiggystudio]

There is one tutorial that after 4 years it remains 0 thumb down...really great video, thank you dancetech!

[@dap6575]

this is the best expliantion i've seen yet. not only is it easy and simple to understand but i know more then ive known and that after wachitng like 4 compressor videos. you truly have a talent for teaching. god bless

[@dancetech]

thanks mate

[@charliekey2979]

Now I finally got it! This is the best tutorial for compression ever! The scientific approach is the best way to fully understand any subject (at least for me), once you understand the compression behavior then you can effectively make the mental picture of the settings depending on the source (waveform). I Finally be able to effectively applied compression to my productions instead of wasting time using the empirical trial and error approach. However, with the scientific approach I won't need to spend a lot of time applying the right amount of compression. This was great thank you a lot!

[@chidinjoku1101]

You are a true MASTER. Audio engineering explanations at its best. Love your videos. Thanks a lot.

[@hootist]

possibly the best few hours Ive spent watching your series of excellent video tutorials ..... ever! Excellent teaching style! Thank you :)

[@DAPELON20]

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[@newguy6935]

One of the best explanations of compression I've ever seen.

[@stanf7862]

looked at several people mumbling about this. Thank you for this.

[@giantessmaria]

Wonderful! I am now able to visualize the actual process as a physical event rather than a bunch of vague parameters. Thank you so much sir. Well done!

[@ImaginaryAsh]

You have a talent for explaining things very clearly. Really helped me understand compression!

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[@originalbukasa]

Best teacher 👨‍🏫 ever You have changed my life with compression 😁😁 I big thanks 🙏🏽

[@mcoaguilameza]

La mejor explicación que he visto en youtube. ¡Muchas gracias!

[@HSet77]

Excellent. Especially illustrative of the pumping - or breathing - sound of compression.

[@LD-fk4nm]

Thank you for this video, I FINALLY understand attack & release. Your a life saver!!

[@dancetech]

cheers :)

[@moisinn5070]

perfect mate . watched the series on compression. needed a video just like this . thankyou so much mate!

[@markcox5385]

Great stuff - as always. I've not seen anyone explain this so clearly. Many thanks. Looking forward to future instalments.

[@dancetech]

thanks mate, i try to make stuff clear even though often it means longer videos that the usual youtube 5 minute jobs ;)

[@Joe-io6yb]

Incredibly insightful as always

[@rossfenmore4366]

Superb! Rather than just the definition of Attack & Release, now I can really see much more clearly why I’d set them fast or slow. Thanks again for these great in-depth tutorials.

[@dancetech]

thanks.

[@demochjinn1264]

My eyes just popped open when you played that track, Yes!...:)

[@ndemy-lambolendemy2502]

I have finally understand compressor. Thanks

[@dancetech]

cool, glad it was useful 👍

[@iamzebra8852]

Hey, first of all; thank you for amazing tutorials... I've been watching Console 1 and compression today and have to say I've learned more in a few hours than I ever though could be possible. I have one question concerning this section about attack & release. In you example you have a certain attack to keep the body of the kick for example and that I do understand. Then you have the release, but what I do not understand is where is the threshold in your example so when does the compressor "allow"" the release to begin? Isn't it so that it begins release when the audio sinks below the threshold and not before that? Maybe I just ask the wrong question, but thats so far the only thing that I do not "get":-) Thank you in advance. M

[@suryamoorthy4924]

excellent explanation so clear

[@marvin1574]

Amazing explaination!!Many Thanks!!Subscribed!!

[@docteurgreene]

VERY INTERESTING AND WELL EXPLAINED !

[@christygeorgemathews8194]

Great Explanation. Thankyou

[@carlosa.chacon985]

Thank God for 16:53 hehe.. awesome job! so... just to be clear... you say that "attack time" is the time it takes for the compressor to apply its target gain reduction?

[@mantravine]

thank u...world class tutorial

[@camilocastillon]

I've been doing it all wrong. Thank you for this tutorial

[@ColibrisMusicLive]

the best compressor lesson! thanks

[@Finlaydotwav]

Hey! What happens in the circumstance like above where say, a later snare drum - JUST before another kick drum, triggers the compressor to work? Is the release still coming up and therefore you'd lose a lot of the transient etc on the kick drum, or does it sort of go back to square one each time something surpasses the threshold? Thanks very much, helpful videos :)

[@dancetech]

if the release is set right (and often there is some compromise) then the comp wont recover between hits audibly, so all hits are happening when the comp hasn't fully recovered/released... but this just results in an 'even-ing out' of the sound.

[@toddlask]

totally great! im becoming less intimated by compression with each video!

[@dancetech]

:) thanks

[@notasmartcat1388]

Hey. So really like how thorough this whole series is, and I understand everything (I thought), but I'm hitting a snag here with some of the visualizations. The "envelope" image in Part 4 and how it then translates to the sound wave here is great. But the green backed sound wave with red envelope field with overlaid "envelope" here, that's not going to render the same as how the actual sound wave shape would look, right? The fact that a compressor is a "negative" creator and only turns things down is great, but that scooped envelope (happy face shape) would still be applying to a positive (frown face shape) volume wave. So that scoop in effect would actually be the theoretic difference in the shallowing of the frown face. No? These images just seem to contradict all the ones in the previous parts with the in/out spikes and the thres/ratio stuff. This makes it look like the volume gets lower than the threshold, not just brought down CLOSER to it. Does this make sense? Am I missing something?

[@raverone909]

"This makes it look like the volume gets lower than the threshold, not just brought down CLOSER to it." You're right, and I can see where the confusion might be. This visualization does make it look that way, but if you remember that he spoke of unity gain, which means the compressor will reduce the gain below unity gain, not below the threshold. As you said, it brings it closer to the threshold. Keep that in mind and that should help.

[@JamEZmusic86]

Wow! The attack and release is way more important than I first .thought lol. I'm motivated to try this out on a guitar recording, I've never had much luck using compression on acoustic and nylon guitar before I hope now I get better results. I'm confused a little though, if a compressor is always active, a signal never falls back below the threshold, does that mean the compressor is doing nothing? or does the dynamic range above the threshold make the compressor behave differently still? You are amazing for doing these videos by the way, nice one!

[@dancetech]

if the comp is active all the time then all the time dynamic range is being reduced. You can set the threshold "too low" on purpose so the signal is always over threshold & the comp is always working, just try it & see/listen, its all done by ear at the end of the day, but knowing what's going on helps.

[@JamEZmusic86]

Thanks so much for the reply, I'll be using the compressor more so now that I understand it a bit better. Subbed of course

[@ram7274]

Very nice tutorials. Thanks for your effort. I got one question, if there is no regular loud peaks (regular intervals) then how to measure what should be the release time, there may be kick spill after 200ms in the track, but after some time if the kick spill is after 150ms then how to determine what release we should keep so that next peak of kick is not compressed unnecessarily.

[@dancetech]

always use your ears when adjusting compressors. (I'm going to make this clear in a 'final summary & general chat' video then I get the series finished). Just adjust the release listening for any artefacts you don't want - but of course sometimes those artefacts can work rhythmically or otherwise, so again, always use your ears. In these tutorials when I explain about attack/release is just so people know what is happening, after that use your ears always.

[@ram7274]

Thanks so much. Yes, I understood that end of the day we have to use our ears. Waiting for your upcoming tutorials

[@LouisePlusOne]

Brilliant. Thanks. :)

[@fdhfdh3310]

Great tutorial, do you have one about threshold related to this ?

[@dancetech]

I've now added the full playlist link in the description on all the videos in the series, check that and you'll see the one on threshold etc

[@fdhfdh3310]

@@dancetech thanks so much. These tutorials really are the best ones for me.

[@hersheybell8444]

When you use a compressor in Logic Pro X, does the wave form actually change in the track? I record a lot of "live guitar" from my amp directly into Logic and have been starting to use the compressor more deliberately - should I be looking at the waveform itself to see the impact of the changes, or is it just listening to the solo track?

[@dancetech]

you would see the waveform change if for example you were playing some sort of plucked/plectrum'd licks with a clean setting at different loudnesses of hits, and after compressing you would see less dynamic range depending on how much compression you applied. With a hi-gain guitar you get almost no dynamic range anyways so you'd notice something different. Looking at the waveform is pointless anyways.

[@iamzebra8852]

Ok- Maybe I understand:-) I am just confused about why is the compressor reacting to the kick, but affecting the synth too..? I would understand if the kick would react since you've compressed that and the release is relative to it, but why is it affecting the synth..? If I look at the negative side of the audio it looks like it should keep compressing for longer (if it' s reacting/connected to the synth too) before it starts to release... well I'll watch more of your tutorials and maybe I get it. Thanks!!!!!

[@quistyquistsounds4841]

I was wondering if he was compressing the master bus instead of just each of the tracks on their own

[@Table-Top]

great video content. although the narration audio is quiet compared to the instrument audio. when you speak, I have to turn up the volume, when the drums come in, I have to turn down the audio.

[@sophymeas950]

excellent expaination

[@ndemy-lambolendemy2502]

You are a god

[@deadend9293]

thank you

[@motifstalin]

Very useful

[@Kenjikenification]

6:52 According to the illustration compressor begins to release when the signal is still loud enough. Why is that?

[@dancetech]

look at the sliver of the peak beginning which partly gets through. it;s way higher than the body of the wave that follows it. It's just that first peak that's triggering the compressor

[@Kenjikenification]

Thanks for answer. The point where compression work in full force is way lower than the waveform of synth. According to the gain reduction I imagine that Threshold set lower than the synth volume. So the synth must have been compressed.

[@dancetech]

don't get too hung up on the accuracy of my hand drawings. the synth isnt way lower than the reduced level btw, it's just getting ducked down enough that you hear it rise back up when the comp releases

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[@bill3837]

why combine synth and kik on same track??

[@dancetech]

the two are combined in any mix or you might want the kick to pump the synth for the effect