Make Better Production Decisions with Gain Compensation

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This is huge

[@ELPHNT]

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Brilliant!

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[@locksh]

Astounding, this has got to be the greatest production lesson I got recently. Your methods of presentations are so incredibly clean and easy to understand, it really doesn't get much better than this. Thank you very much.

[@DamnItsRussian]

dude i’m just gonna say as the guy that see’s successful producers projects, this is ass and very old to be applicable in modern productions people are way ahead now

[@DamnItsRussian]

just saved you a year realizing this isn’t gonna work yw

[@glasscage1123]

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[@twobs6027]

I've been producing for years at a fairly average level - transcending amateur into professional has always been a dream of mine, and because of your videos I believe I'm getting closer. I cannot thank you enough, ELPHNT. Your videos are criminally underwatched, and very few (if any) compare to your quality of content. I'm no poet, so I do not know how express gratitude eloquently, but know in time I'm going to spend so much damn money on your website. I encourage others who have been inspired by ELPHNT to do the same, and support this incredible producer. Love from Australia.

[@ELPHNT]

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[@sirwanmusic]

Can someone send me this please. I can’t download. Not available in my country 😢 here is my email> [e-mail]. Id much appreciate it

[@fasm147]

Finally some valuable content that is not something everybody is doing other and other. Thank you so much for sharing!

[@profet1385]

basically this

[@dubbee2295]

yes,we need more plug-in that help us understand in a better way dynamics. Music is movement(not in a dancefloor oriented meaning),so overcomprossed music is not really Music.

[@ivandesiatov8842]

over ..

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[@Auriculum]

Great tip, thanks! Ableton should really consider hiring you to do their video tutorials. Not only you always give us solid information, but present them in a very professional and nice paced way. Keep up the wonderful work. Cheers!

[@audioreakt]

That's such a great tool ! I used to put an Utility after an effect to do gain compensation manually and group it with the device to switch on/off to see how it really affect the sound. This gonna save me a lot of time and struggle ! Let's hope in the future Ableton will add a Gain Compensation switch in all of their tool. Thank you so much for sharing, great work as usual !

[@ELPHNT]

I use to do that too 🤣 No more! 🙌🏻

[@Jafurr]

Came here because of All you need is live, and didn't regret it, amazing stuff, and will surely help my production process 😍 thanks for sharing your knowledge

[@fridayishighday8016]

My favorite Audio Engineering Nerds lmao

[@pecapanjama]

@@ELPHNT same :D

[@AFRoSHEENT3ARCMICHAEL69]

I bought a 5,000 software compressor and it's the best one in the existence of digital compression.

[@AvithOrtega]

Finally somebody showed this issue in an easy way to understand for the novices. I knew about the importance of matching the loudness of your effects, but many people still not realizing how biased they are being at applying effects and not knowing exactly what they are doing, most of the time for worse due to the diminished dynamic range.

[@yourtypebeat]

Game changing, especially when it came to hearing what the compressor does. THANK YOU !!!

[@5meohd]

Downvotes? Really? Why? Such an amazing video.

[@allehooop]

This tool can save you hours of confusion and really understand how an fx really works 😊 always wanted to find something like this.. 🙏🏼 thanks

[@jives.]

Bro your videos are literally perfect.

[@ELPHNT]

Thanks 😊

[@Seanrayamusic]

I have to say, the maker of this m4l device has been super responsive and on it with updates. So happy I donated some money to him as this developer definitely deserves it.

[@ELPHNT]

I know right! It's so great that he's been so on it with updates 😃

[@rohinagrawal9727]

thank you. im a young producer and i dont have money. i was looking for a gain compensation plugin like this one but it costed money. thank you for allowing us to get this for free. you are a hero.

[@themarcos150591]

I miss so much the Point Blank module "Intro To Music Production" only because of you, your perfect way of speaking and teaching. Thank you for this plugin man! A heaven sent.

[@PabloOrtegaMusic]

Seriously, this is beyond awesome! I have just tested, I think my mixing is seriously gonna improve because of this!

[@JoshuaDb_The_Witness]

Been at this for years- even went audio engineering school, and this never occurred to me.... thank you!

[@nobbystyles4807]

years ive been messing with ableton and i never knew this.... this channel is miles more useful than 99 percent of stuff out there

[@mihovil5806]

This souldnt be free... Huge respect for sharing this man!!! 😀

[@Poldoore]

Man, this is such a simple yet eye-opening device. Loving this.

[@eph_kni]

love this! but if you'd like more control, I think it's worth mentioning the GOAT of overlooked devices, Utility. Using your eyes on the meter, you can set the amount of gain after an effect using utility. This is also helpful for spatial/stereo effects as utility has a built in m/s control. of course, there's pro's and con's to anything, and the biggest pro of the Gain Compensation device is it allows you the producer to focus on the effect and not the level, leaving you to focus on the most important part, the feeling. Seriously, big thank you to LAEX and you, elphnt, for your incredible contributions to the live community.

[@ELPHNT]

+1 for Utility. Super useful tool. I guess the benefit of the Max device is it does it automatically for you, almost like an invisible hand on the volume control so you can focus on what you're adjusting. If you've got a MIDI controller where you can be adjusting the effect with one hand and the volume on a Utility with the other then for sure, Utility is perfect 👌

[@anthonymmeek]

This video is gold. This channel is super gold.

[@novakattila]

Use LUFS meter before/after processing each channel. Always A-B test what you did. LUFS is better because it follows an equal loudness curve, so follows how you perceive sound rather than simply peak/RMS metering.

[@calliope_x3]

you know you've been a producer for too long when you hear A and B and go "oh, B's just turned up a little more" immediately

[@mazisilas7974]

This is really another level. omg wow. no handwaving, no jargon. love love love

[@bbxdesign]

It might not mean much but what I really like is how, when A/B testing (no compression vs compression for example), you stop speaking and play both loops twice, instead of once. This makes a lot of difference to me because you can hear the transition from A to B but also from B to A. And hearing it twice allows me to focus on hearing the difference. So many KZbin videos get this wrong and speak during the A/B testing phase. Your way of doing it is perfect and you did it all through the video.

[@mrcalvin6881]

Wow i feel special realizing that B wasn’t necessary “better” but louder lol

[@olic9461]

Thought the same thing! Haha

[@Gio-vf5kv]

@Nonsense-Mediated Decay your high

Yeaaahh!!! Definitely!

[@skatechatham]

I just want to thank you for this eye opener. I’ve been making music since the Amiga days and things only got more difficult around 10 years ago when every tutorial surfaced showing people slap compressors all over everything. For the last 8 or so years i have never been happy with my mixes either because of over eqing to compensate a bad room or doing dumb compression or tube saturation to make everything overly loud. I have a treated room now, hd600 headphones and took all the compressors off, making better choices of drum samples & synth patches instead. My main focus is tone and composition now, not volume!

[@skatechatham]

I also removed all spectrum analyzers from my projects too and i just mix with my ears and reference tracks now

[@sammyretro3902]

New to the channel your content is light years ahead of most. Glad to have found you. Gain compensation is making me go through all my plugins again and re thinking. Than you.

[@maxprof12]

THIS IS GENIUSSSSSSS! I am sorry for being that emotional, but thank you so much for sharing such an important thing!

[@prophismusic]

I originally didn't realize you were talking about an existing device here, and thought this video was just covering a general topic. This M4L Device (pair) is extremely useful and your channel deserves more followers so I'm going to be recommending you to the homies.

[@jinjagaming1719]

I have no idea how this channel or video popped up in my feed but this is so big I immediately subbed to your channel and downloaded. BIG love

[@TheProduca]

The way you show examples in order to bring across a point is fantastic. Production quality of your videos is amazing, keep up the great work! Already learned a few new things that I knew about, but never actually applied in my workflow until now! :)

[@ELPHNT]

Thanks! 😊

[@gab_gallard]

This has been one of my biggest complaints against Live's built-in effects for years. Thanks for addressing this issue, Tom! It looks amazing.

[@ELPHNT]

I have to give all credit to the developer LAEX (maxforlive.com/profile/user/LAEX) for their excellent work!

[@PirateRadioNYC]

Need to start using this on every single channel. Thank you for this!

[@CupoChinoMusic]

now that drum beat is stuck in my head

[@RaphyJmusic]

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[@mxncrvlmnnts]

Best lesson on compression ever !!

[@pura_boda]

Great!! I always asked in every sound course if there was any plugin or max4live processor that makes that automatic gain compensation!! Finally someone made it! Yeeeeeeeeessssss!!!! Thanks for sharing the info!

[@nausmusic]

Super Nice, many thanks for this eye opener!!

[@tsongyt7539]

This guys deserves more views!!

[@stephanosphilippou1300]

How would you one be able to do this for every single effect ? Your video is concise, informative, and its just what youtube education is lacking in general. You just made the world just a lil bit better.

[@kurdonoid]

Finding this channel is one of the great things I've done today!

[@mfarshidfar]

Thanks for this valuable tutorial. Very handy plugin.

[@DBLRxyz]

the max4live device you linked for stock ableton def makes my life easier thank you.

[@hallmarcmusic]

Awesome tutorial. Thank you!

[@Lothyde]

I did this manually by adjusting my post gain to match the volume of the original sound, this method could save me a few minutes

[@Voorneman]

Yeah I'm thinking about doing the same, since I can't use Max for Live devices with Live Standard. You gotta just earballing it right?

[@JadeEyeland]

The editing and graphics and narration on this os excellent. Definitely looking forward to more of this content!

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purchased right away!!! this thing is SACRED.

[@harsha_sree_t]

Honestly, mind blown!!

[@dubbee2295]

this is the only way to really understand and use compression in the right way! Excellent job!

[@AltusNoumena]

You are one of the very best out there giving us all ableton advice. Thank you!

[@devalah]

Pure Gold! Just as your video production and teaching! Thank you!

[@on_certainty]

coming back a few months later to say this is maybe the most useful max device besides lfo [edit] plus i use it more than lfo, it's my most used device!

[@NiElsir]

This is something I was only looking for recently - I tend to manually drop loudness analysis after chains to do this manually. But It is a tedious process to re-tweak after every adjustment. I will try this out. Many thanks for putting it before my eyes !

[@ELPHNT]

This will definitely save you a ton of time!

[@NiElsir]

@@ELPHNT Have it installed already : ) Thanks for the heads up. Looking forward to giving this a go. I only purchased your Notepad extension for Maxforlive too yesterday - Love that one already! The notes feature in Ableton was far too poor. Big Respect! Ni

[@skyhighcreations3509]

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[@Albertmars32]

u should make a separate playlist of how you make ur videos and designs

[@kowi333]

So freaking awesome and handy! You got my subscription!

[@mariamcgrath2473]

I'm so glad to see a video explain this throughly.

[@Gounesh]

Can’t get enough of this man’s content.. Who are you and where did you get all this knowlage man..

[@alexphilipp]

Huge Thank Guys for promotion!

[@tonyrustlips]

such a great explination. i had no idea about any of these concepts before ty

[@redmax11]

never learned so much in a video this short, thank you

Wow that's awesome! I really understand the changes on the sound after the effects right now! Thank you so much!

[@trancodingertranscodinger387]

Great. Always good and helpful videos!

[@shualiko]

Amazing tool, and as always - you're videos are priceless!

[@supernatural802]

subscribed. quality content on this channel. ive already learned about a ton of great max4live plugs i would of overlooked. so thanks!

[@ceciliafbrown373]

Thanks for the assist!

[@MidnightRabbit]

Thanks for sharing this. ✌️🐰

[@frippeno9930]

Downloaded the max plugin the second I finished the video. This will help improve my workflow immensely. I often find myself doing this kind of thing manually to not get caught in a loudness civil war on my song; being able to just drag this over and do it is going to help a lot.

[@dot.initial]

wow ! this is insane !! thanks for sharing :) also all the other new videos are top !

[@delusionalweb7870]

It makes the difference now.... I'm really happy with Live 10 atm

[@dankefurnichts]

This should be added to the standard plugins from live! you do a very good job man :) i found i always very disturbing to compensate the volumes all the time manual and by ear / eye. So thank you for that

[@RaphyJmusic]

Danke Für Nichts agreed that it should be standard 👌

[@DoctorErgot]

INCREDIBLY USEFUL STUFF!!

[@vertecsrecordings]

This is really a brilliant video. Thanks for giving this insight. VERY helpful!

[@Seanrayamusic]

Great information for people to learn. Can't say how many times I've seen someone use the stock Ableton compressor and not actually compress anything and just have the makeup gain make it louder. That being said, I wish the m4l plugin used lufs and not rms. A great plugin I've used for years that also does this and many other things well is NuGen Audio's Mastercheck Pro.

[@ELPHNT]

I'll have to check that one out! Thanks for the heads up.

[@Seanrayamusic]

@@ELPHNT "I added LUFS metering, and increased number of routing channel to 30." The plug-in Dev read my mind! This just became a no brainer. So glad I donated!

[@CounternoiseMusic]

Massively under-subbed channel, but at least I did my bit! Thanks for your content!

[@vikkipark7616]

i been wondering about this for years now someone finally demythify it thank you man

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Wonderfull!!! Thank you for sharing such a thing... Im defnetly subscribing...

[@ghostdog_ninja]

your stuff is so awesome!! thanks for your great input!!

[@telatsipahioglu821]

As others have said, one of best tutorials I've ever seen. But lately the only one that's really taught me something that will help me in my production. Thank you and I guess I had you followed for a reason (;

[@joshskarzenski731]

I could also see it be super helpful with distortion and/or saturation plugins to see their effect.

[@mukinha]

This is super useful, thanks a lot brother, your channel is a jewel.

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Love this KZbin channel so much.

[@BurritoBrooks]

Yo! I just learned a lot 😂. THANK YOU!

[@PUSH4LIFE]

Awesome video Elphnt! Keep 'em coming :D

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Thank you for this phenomenal video

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[@ELPHNT]

Good thing it's free 😉

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ELPHNT I meant insta-donate.😄

[@TheAudioJourney]

This is a game-changer! Thank you for sharing. Also love the production on your videos.

[@ancestralvision]

wow thxxx! elphnt classy as always

[@Bolle128]

now that is quite something. Having worked a lot with Ableton's build-in FX, I never realized how much of what I change is effectively just more details due to higher volume :O

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Your content is as sleek as Ableton. Keep up the good work!

[@samuelnaesen1176]

Glad to see you back bro!

[@goodpal7444]

This is fantastic. I've long used the on off comparison to attempt an a/b. This is going to save so much time.

[@SoundsBy80K]

one of the best free m4l tool ever.

[@jasongravely7217]

After watching this awesome vid, I was about to ask if you’re an Ableton Certified Trainer. Of course you are 😎 thank you for sharing your knowledge!

[@Erdling123]

Awesome, thanks for the advice!!!

[@richardvilla2746]

I just A/B the sound with the compressor on and of to hear the difference. 🙏

[@AlanFullmer]

Who downvotes this?? Seriously 😐 great info!

[@AlanFullmer]

Theo Stene and?

[@AlanFullmer]

You mean there’s more useless information yet to come? Hopefully it you weren’t up all night thinking about it.

[@Audiorial]

really lovely, thanks to Ableton' site, I didn't know of your very cool tube! And these 2 devices are dope!