How To HEAR COMPRESSION - Music Production

[@slapsilla7858]

can I just say how much I value him showing what compression actually sounds like rather than telling me how to turn knobs and examine waveforms.

[@bruellbart2380]

This!

[@idontknow-xf8uk]

Thank you so much Your channel is the best and so helpful

[@CPMusic254]

He explains and shows how and why, others just make you cram values that you don't get explanations on why. hes just awesome.

[@Questary]

@@idontknow-xf8uk his channel is very Helpful

[@Questary]

@@bruellbart2380 Indeed

[@Azerothz3on]

Can't believe all these Michael's videos are for free.... thanks Michael.

[@Questary]

Yah If I Was Him People Would Be Paying 50 Dollars For one Word I Said If I was Micheal lol

[@Windklang705]

yeah Michael is insanely generous

[@brushot]

Well there is ads

[@brushot]

But that's okay

[@_XRMissie]

One thing I do love about all these tools, is that if you REALLY wanted to, you could just do all this stuff manually through automation, even if it'll take until the heat death of the universe. I'm glad you mentioned that at 7:47. Folks, don't be afraid to push a compressor harder either. There's a time and a place to crush the life out of dynamics, but most importantly... If it sounds good to you in the context of the mix and the genre, keep it.

[@Questary]

Yah I Could Not Have Said It Better Myself

[@ericmaher4756]

A combination of both with local compression or even locally adjusting volume on the most extreme spots would also maximize the naturalness of the sound when that’s what you’re looking for.

[@_XRMissie]

@@ericmaher4756 This, exactly this. Nothing can beat a human touch when it comes to music dynamics. Sure, put in a compressor to squish the sound a bit, but in sections of a song where you need those dynamics, a simple automated volume adjust before the compression stage (with perhaps a makeup gain stage after compression) will do wonders.

[@azomyte]

This guy could talk complete gibberish but his voice would still make me feel like everything's gonna be ok

[@pastorkspeaks]

FACTS!!! LOL

[@Mr.Cactoos.]

coz he know how to compress his audio.. :P

[@ar_snl]

Seriously.

[@Memper]

He could literally tell you he's gonna murder ya but still feel like everythings gonna be ok lol

[@vfxgolden]

FR LMFAO

[@bernardmenigon3162]

I was surprised when I realised you actually made me close my eyes for a few seconds. Very relaxing experience in these days of computer dominance.

[@pheenix5653]

I really need this because I just put OTT on everything

[@yony_music]

lol😂

[@raxi9619]

Oh no. It's spreading!

[@JanithHarinda]

You are a Dubstep Guy

[@radioptix4305]

No bad thing!

[@mythism3467]

OTT is a compressor that just glues up the dynamic range and doesn't sound good on drums

[@dd23537]

6:56 Micheal: "Getting this to sit, IN THE MIX..." 😉🤣

[@manishmaity]

This person is the best mentor I swear. Have been following these two guys since there were maybe 200 300 followers in this channel. The best thing is - The neat way Michael puts up things. The cleanliness & attention to details is what I simply admire the most. If you like things clean, this is the best place to learn. ** Honestly I can already visualise where this channel is going go down the line. Just don't know when I can be back in music with so much passion & break this pattern of traditional 9 to 5 job Anyways, Loads and loads of love ♥️ God bless

[@Questary]

He Is And I Should Just Say This Micheal Deserves 10 Million Subs

[@Windklang705]

It's amazing to see people who have been sticking around from the very beginning! Do you know there is an established community Michael built on Discord? If you are interested, you can find Michael's invite link on his video about free instrument plugins from June 20th. Id love to meet u there

[@normallochie7390]

It took me at least four or five separate views of this video over the course of a few weeks to actually hear the difference but now it's so obvious. I can't wait to use this in my mixes, thanks so much.

[@thomasshaw3760]

I was in a trap of looking at the needle more than listening to the result. Meters are useful, but they can tie you to the 'rules' too tightly and mixing by eye instead of ear. I think when I started, I was struggling to hear what compression was really doing, but then did some research and a whole lot of listening, and the results are all the better for it. Glad to hear you're hearing progress. Nice listening exercise and great channel 👍

[@YouTubeHandlesAreMoronic]

Very helpful presentation. What strikes me is that, like an overly-amplified speaking voice, an overly-compressed speaking voice becomes less engaging, and easier to "tune out" or ignore. For me, the organic rise and fall in human speech draws me in.

[@eusebioraulucsantos9139]

This is actually the first video that i watched on "how to hear compression" that actually uses compression in the context of the mix, thank you for that!

[@collinreagan9473]

I was literally just looking for a video like this. What amazing timing

[@perfectpitch2506]

Me 2.Looks like god tells him on the next topic for the video😂😂

[@Questary]

Nice

[@unquieteagle4953]

Me too

[@Windklang705]

It was requested a lot - I think it's amazing how he comes back to the actual needs of his community. He really cares for us

[@minershurman]

Finally after 6 years of self learning someone explains things like their should be. Thank you for you work❤

[@erichschlender857]

IMO you do a better job of explaining how compression works than any other video I’ve found on KZbin. Thanks!!

[@valleysoundboy]

These brilliant tutorials are helping me get much better results. Your skills as a teacher are pretty incredible. Thanks man.

[@mikehynz]

From one teacher to another, you are a very good teacher. Thanks

[@Windklang705]

From a third teacher: I agree.

[@joeyrabz1616]

You are amazing Michael... I've always heard people explain concepts of tuning music but never really grasped what knobs I needed to tweak to get a certain sound and feel.. I just got it now. Again man🙏 thank you. I recommend you to people.

[@phadrus]

This is one of the best compression tutorials on the Internet. Great job and I come back and listen to this every once in a while to tune my ears better.

[@inthemix]

Thanks Chris! When you start applying it to your own tracks, it'll probably all make a lot more sense :)

[@dimitriskovaios]

I am really glad that in your two videos about compression, you don't talk about gain automation of the tracks! Fixing bits of a recorded take feels more like an actual performance enhanced with processors. Why keep a really bad take and turn it into something completely different after all? Very nice and informative videos about compression, thank you for sharing!

[@wethemprod]

Who needs mixing courses, Michael is the mixing engineer we all needed.

[@frubo_ssg]

One of the best audio channels on YT I found within >1 year of searching - profound and easily understandable explained. Thank you so much Michael for sharing your nowledge with us.

[@eggladoid2215]

Damn that lofi was so chill 😍 i love longer videos like these

[@Questary]

Yes These Longer Videos Of is Actually Are Very Fun To Listen To

[@sidvicious332]

Rendering it to make a visual is brilliant.

[@ammartarakji8553]

This tutorial came at the right time. I did a DJ set today, then processed it before uploading, but I think I ruined some of the parts completely. This is definitely a necessary video to understand compression and make better music in the future.. Thank you! 🙏🏼

[@Matell]

I love how you explain mixing, it's not overwhelming for me

[@Windklang705]

I love how over time with all your videos and explanations I have learnt to hear a lot of stuff without actually doing production myself. This helps me a lot to communicate with my collaboration partners since I can feedback our own collaboration better as well as understand what absolutely amazing skill set they need to do what they do.

[@4.0.4]

Thanks for making a large difference to show what to hear for, and still say it's ok if we can't hear the difference. This really cleared up what to hear for, and made me feel a bit less dumb!

[@perfectpitch2506]

Never clicked faster in life Edit:Today I was looking for how to hear compression and set your ears for hearing mixing! Thanks Mike❤❤

[@Fatfingertunes]

Always so helpful... I've always been so heavy handed with compression, not really understanding fully the more subtle aspects. Thanks again, my friends think I'm a genius.

[@petersim6725]

So great to see you working with IL now, well deserved!

[@Windklang705]

agreed!

[@idanshilv3565]

Finally understood compression and how to hear it, thanks Michael!

[@Windklang705]

Congratulations! Now we gonna hear u compress stuff

[@pixelmusic3121]

In the mix is such a great channel Where you get the secrets which other producers don't disclose

[@pedalo_beatz446]

Please don't laugh at this lol !!! : I was watching the video on my laptop & at some point I paused it,came back & I pressed [ CTRL + S ] to save the project !!! 'Cause my brain saw a project that needed to be saved loll ...Completely forgot that,I was on KZbin....

[@Windklang705]

Lol brains do what brains do XD

[@2ero2nin3]

happens to me alot lately; i ctrl+s allthetime no matter what im doing :D

[@pastorkspeaks]

Lol!!! Sorry i had to laugh because it's true lol

[@FortuneBeatz]

I save even when I'm out my daw hahahahah

[@aldistoteles2919]

Hahahaha

[@SilentTravelers]

Dude, this is so good! Thank you for the thorough explanations and using examples that can be heard easily! For anyone that is completely new to compression or just trying to further your understanding of compression, I highly recommend you watch this video! Really gets into the nitty gritty details while keeping things so simple and easy to follow.

[@Questary]

I Wish he Had Around 10 Million Subscribers Because Honestly People Need To Know What he is Explaining

[@Windklang705]

@@Questary Quality over Quantity - that's Michael

[@beepst]

To me it's much easier to notice it with instruments than with vocals. The guitar example was great.

[@briankingart]

Very worthwhile time spent here, learning compression. Thanks, Michael, again!

[@lieutenantpepper2734]

Thank you for making us better engineers everyday

[@Windklang705]

true words!

[@NoisieBastrdd]

i find compression to be the most challenging aspect of music production. Your videos are helping so so much you have no idea. From the bottom of my heart, thank you Mike

[@contraslaps]

This is the best explanation I've ever encountered on compression in my 10 years of producing/watching tutorials. Thank you for being so thorough and spreading your knowledge!

[@avamomoh]

Holy smokes, I already knew compression but this is the best explanation for compression on the internet. And you should put that in the title

[@Nawer_Rapter]

I spent like an entire day rumbling around videos about compression and -now- I understand what it actually does in the hear side I really tought I was going to struggle with this one sound topic but you made just the thing I needed thanks a lot, you're really helpful, in all your vids

[@inthemix]

You’re not alone in finding it confusing. It really is challenging to hear and more importantly know if you are making a positive difference or simply changing the sound! It’ll get easier in time, I assure you :)

[@stupidrainbo]

OMG I want to hear the end product so bad, that guitar track added so much emotion to the track, and the tape slowing effect between measures was just *mwah*. Everytime you played it I just closed my eyes and shook my head like "damn, it's so good"

[@inthemix]

Thank you! This piece was really fun to produce, it all just happened in one evening. I’m going to try and find the project or remake it after reading your comment :)

[@stupidrainbo]

@@inthemix Hell yes!

[@geoffdavis9681]

This is the best explanation of compression I've heard. Thanks Michael!

[@Robay146]

Great topic selection Mike.

[@charleswhitacre8802]

I was just looking this up and now the best mixing tut series posts a video about it! Hell yeah!

[@Windklang705]

It was requested a lot in the past. Michael is listening close to the communities needs

[@DEADLINETV]

Very clear and helpful! I have to admit, when you turned of all the effects for the guitar it actually added in a nice way to the overall LoFi feel of the track. Felt like you were just sitting there playing guitar in the window sill on a rainy day.

[@inthemix]

Yeah I think retaining some of the dynamics does certainly sound better!

[@livera.6346]

Yesterday I asked what does compression sound like and now u came in clutch 💪🏼💪🏼

[@iamdannywyatt]

Here’s a thing to remember, though: if you can actually “hear” the compression, you’re doing it wrong 😉Unless you’re going for an artistic vibe, if you know what I mean

[@chrisricetopher21]

This stuff is invaluable. 100% my new favorite channel…. And I watch an ungodly amount of other people’s content lol

[@mitch60mccoy]

Wow. Thank you for making compression use in both vocals and instruments (guitar) so clear! The video was a bit long, but it needed to be. Great verbal, visual, and audio descriptions to make it very understandable. Well done! I've been struggling to understand compression, but after watching your video, I think I really understand the big picture for the first time. And I also appreciated your approach to making each track or instrument work within the context of the total recording. Great, great video! Thank you again.

[@JuergenFrey]

I produce music since years, but for the first time I can understand some very important things much better. And the lack of understanding was not, because I didn't look for education in this area before. But your tutorials are outstanding. Thank you so much!

[@appltron1827]

I literally get so hyped every time you upload. Thank you so much for all you do for us ❤️

[@Questary]

I Too Feel That Hype And Amusement

[@Windklang705]

And he is doing so much more! If you wanna connect with Michael and his community more, I'd love to invite you over to his Discord Server where the community is vividly engaging. If you are interested you can find an official invite on Michael's video on free Instrument plugins from June 20th. I would love to meet you there.

[@h.x.e.official]

Thank you Michael, your videos have been really good and informatical for learning. I just signed a release for my track in a record label, which is amazing because I just started and bought FL studio on April 2020 :) I have studied a lot from your videos. Even my genre is different, your channel provides valuable information for all who are interested of music producing.

[@Questary]

I Listened To You Speak And Explain How to Listen To Compression And It Helped Me Son Much With My Instrumentals, they No More sound Like Some OverHead Beats That an Make our ears Bleed, Even Though You Explain To Us How To Hear It But It Helped Me Know How To Compress And Make My Music Sound Like Music Thank You So Much Micheal God Bless You Man! Micheal You totally Deserve each And Every Subscriber You Get, And I Am One Of Them To Let You Know Because Not Only Did I Sub but I Am Officially A Fan Boy, I Will Do What It Takes to Make Sure People Know more About You, The Get Information From The Music You Make And They Truly Realise That Music is More Than Just Beats Put Together Its Art That A Person Like You Can Explain I Wish i Could Meet up With You In Real Life And Steal Your Knowledge From your Brain because As A Teenager My Music Does Not Compare to Anything You Are Making Literally my Music On My Channel is Just Absolute Rubbish, But As I Learn from you In The Course Of 2 months I Finally Can Say You Are A Music KING In MY World #Inthemix

[@WhoIsQuestary]

Good

[@zaneleafellowgirl5701]

Good to Know He also Helps me

[@abashwevibes3217]

yah He Helped ME As Well

[@crimecoastparadise9856]

Yah He helped ME Make Proper Music

[@rockstarsouth5648]

Yah I Heard our Music It Sounds Amazing

[@thorstenkellner]

Needed this one. Love your calming way to explain! ❤️

[@Questary]

He Explains Very Calmly And It Makes Me Know That He Knows What he Is Doing

[@ЭдуардКушнарёв-п6п]

Thank you Michael. First class master class! Your lessons teach me everytime.

[@Postinit]

All these Ear training videos are really great keep up the good work Michael :)

[@elliottheal4776]

Dude this humbles me so much

[@laurynadel8782]

thank you so much for your videos!!! this is the first channel I've stumbled upon that actually explains things in ways where I can absorb the information as a concept :') you are empowering your viewers by imparting such knowledge!! other videos just tell me how to turn knobs and stuff like that. but after watching your videos I feel a lot more confident in my understanding and I'm excited to try this in different ways. THANK YOU A MILLION TIMES ❤️

[@laurynadel8782]

like I can't believe this is for free. im gonna cry hahaha

[@inthemix]

Thanks Lauryn! That is my intention so I'm glad it's working :)

[@zelenyy4960]

Amazing work. This was so easy to follow along to. Thank you

[@Questary]

yah And I Am So greatful To Know A Lot About This That there are people like him on earth

[@nour7light]

Thanks man I finally understood that compression is a more simple way of volume automation.

[@terrybarnett4109]

Fantastic video...thank you. You have simplified something that is so often presented in ways that the effect on the audio is hard to discern. Much appreciated.

[@camilocastillon]

Thanks, I'm currently working on a track that needs a fine compressing and this tutorial helped a lot and clears out some confusions. ❤

[@Beckousticstrings]

Lovely explanations. Thanks Michael!

[@Questary]

He is A Legend

[@yony_music]

Great Video! I already knew how to hear compression before watching this video, but the way you explained it is just amazing! Compression in probably the hardest effect to hear, and I remember when I started out about 4 years ago I had no clue of how to hear compression and when to use it, so I just ended up not using it at all. I think this video will help a lot of producers and especially beginners out there!

[@Windklang705]

Yes I feel like by watching/listening to all of Michael's videos my ears have been trained a lot already, but this specific training is even more particular to train your ears.

[@PevsnerOG]

This video was very clear and helpful. Your descriptions of what to listen out for were so good I could clearly hear the differences even on my mobile. Thanks.

[@jimcassler]

This is very useful and helpful, truly gives me an understanding both visually and sonically what compression does!

[@auralsunrays9229]

Another great video! Nice loop you made there. The way you make seeing and hearing compression possible here should be very useful for many. For me personally, compression was the most difficult effect to fully understand and hear properly when i started to get into professional music production.

[@architectofathanasia]

Perhaps it's because I have a better understanding of compression (or at least I think I do...) after a couple years of music production but I'd say this is one of the best explanations of compression I've seen. Great video, Michael!

[@Windklang705]

Michael is a legend.

[@dougietrueman]

Excellent tutorial. Really learned a lot from that! Thanks.

[@LenyLmt]

This is perfect tutorial Michael I struggle with my compression and sometimes I don't even know what's causing the clipping but this video has just pointed out alot to me

[@theriddick2735]

I always struggled to grasp shat the attack and release of compression was for but this has really helped me understand what they're for. Huge thanks for the tutorial.

[@Shaedytm]

Great job Michael. I have been waiting for a video like this especially after watching your video on compression. Keep up the good work :)

[@xathomir]

I was just looking for a video on compression and you posted this! Thank you!

[@Windklang705]

It's been so highly requested

[@MarkeziProducer]

the difference between you and other youtubers is that you explain the logic behind and trying to make the other producers smarter while the other ones just turning knobs for views

[@CPMusic254]

So basically you just see through my mind and do what am struggling with, I cant explain how thankful I am. Much love from KENYA. I will appreciate if you do a tutorial of how to mix vocals and make them sound/blend well. How you explain things is what all my teachers lacked

[@Questary]

Dude He Explained A Lot Of Things I needed to Know About Compression

[@Windklang705]

Hey hey, feel free to drop your suggestion again over at Michael's InTheMix Discord Server where we have a video-suggestions channel where Michael is regularly reading all the community suggestions

[@CPMusic254]

@@Windklang705 I signed up on that platform but to be honest I keep forgetting about it. I don't really know how it works but will try it

[@kshitijbansod]

This man is a legend, thanks a lottt. I really mean it.

[@daemilee1497]

finally found the tutorials I needed! :D I was able to engage training my ears because of this, and the ways you use words to describe a certain sounds made me understand this course more

[@randomuser66438]

You have amazing skills. It's a joy to learn from the best! Thank you!

[@santosh_and_music]

Thank you so much....need a full video on mixing .. so that we can know what to do at start and how to make everything bonded and when to take care of phase issues.. so that we can follow same path while doing any song

[@santosh_and_music]

Questary He has short quick videos and mixing breakdowns.. but a longer video on mixing starting from zero “volume balance” and sequentially talking about next problem and a plugin to solve it.. explaining the steps we can follow for a complete mix.. you know what i mean!

[@raghuveerrintu]

Hey Micheal I have been following you guys from years and I really love how you guys mastered the art of making music.i have been through your progression and I really love the videos you made on how did your filmed your song "Sparks",how you have build your studio yourself from scratch..etc, But am really Sad that None of the videos are available now. Those videos inspired me to step into making Music. Please make all of them available Brother.

[@tusharjamwal]

Something that helped me a lot is messing around with envelopes on synths to develop an ear for what the attack and release does because the compressor is essentially shaping the envelope of the sound you are putting it on. The key difference is that the synth envelope starts when it receives the "note on" signal and it moves immediately to the release portion of the envelope when it encounters the "note off" signal. With a compressor that is not the case.

[@peterlepahin]

I thought I saw all of your videos already, but I've just discovered a few I missed, including this gem! Thank you for the great examples and all these tutorials, they are fantastic!

[@mshl114]

I was literally about to search for this ..... When I stumbled upon ur vid in my home page!!!

[@Questary]

He Is Someone We Should Respect

[@gabrielcorrea2247]

Thanks for this video! All your videos are extremely good, literally ALL of them. :)

[@Windklang705]

Agreed omg XD

[@StanislawHalasa684]

This is very good video Thank you,

[@navrasicsi]

Very good explanation. If I understood it correctly, then there must be lots of compression on the radio announcers' voice.

[@DJRSILVAPT]

I have been loving all your content! Thank you so much for sharing all your knowledge.

[@mike201914]

this is the type of video i have been searching for. what am i actually trying to hear when compressing vocals.

[@marufhasan4530]

Thank You Homie❤ In the mix❤

[@irakli-giorgibutsinashvili7774]

I think, that's my first comment on youtube video in my whole life and i just wanted to tell you - Thank you so much!

[@buzlanes]

Just looked 5 minutes ago on your channel and bam now new video 😄

[@yony_music]

magic✨

[@Windklang705]

Always a treat xD

[@victorravn3075]

About the transients, if i have issues with transients, say, i want the transient but i dont want it too loud, i add a 2nd compressor with a different threshold that only works on the transients and then have very very short attack so i can easily control the exact volume of the transients without over compressing the rest of the sound.

[@solomonsodipe6669]

This was so amazing dude. I finally get it now. I didnt really care about compression or knew how it worked really. I thought it was just some jargon that the pros use to show off 😂😂. i can definitely get my instruments to sit IN THE MIX now😂

[@Lional111]

Bro your videos are always amazing! Thank you for all the good things you've done❤

[@ogcubaa7180]

very helpfull!😌✊🏽 Thank you

[@deepact8187]

thanks, man! now I'm understanding compression

[@zeratul600]

you're a genius, thank you so much for this really detailed video, this thing lets you learn so much, I will not be hearing music the same way from now on

[@jackbaird3916]

Thank you so much for this!

[@MEnne12719]

Thanks for this tutorial! Now i finally understand how to set compression in my tracks

[@pushumonster]

Thank you so much for this ear training ! I really struggle at hearing the changes a mix can make so it's very helpful