Mixing With Compression - Parallel Compression - TheRecordingRevolution.com

[@LaszloHarsanyi_SoundTube]

Paralell compression is the heaviest and most powerful weaponry in a musician's arsenal, gotta learn this folks!!!

[@ryanj96]

Is it just me or does anyone else do what he says on your track and get really upset that it sounds incredibly better...? Thank you so much, Graham! You've taken my mixing to a whole new level!

[@wagnernoise]

I do this all the time for drums. I also do the same with the entire mix (without the drums) and blend it with the more dinamic mix, I really like this approach. Thanks for these videos Graham! Cheers

[@hendrosupriyanto3024]

These courses are the best and the simplest yet very helpful i've ever watch. thank you so much!!

[@dinomedanhodzic]

Parallel compression is definitely one of the most important tools for a good rock/metal drum mix. I usually use 2-3 parallel busses with different characters. Also using some sort of saturation/clipper on the master drum bus to get more headroom is a good idea if loudness is your goal.

[@SheaMasonMusic]

Always the best tips and tricks here! Thanks again man. My mixing skills have dramatically increased because of your videos.

[@sarahtonin4649]

I love it on drums, it's amazing how little of it you need to blend in for a pretty dramatic effect. Interestingly, the guy on Sonic Scoop says if you don't use a very fast attack, and boost the highs and lows, you "defeat the whole purpose" of parallel compression. That seems a bit pendantic to me. I go with whatever sounds best. :-)

[@Leezythegifted]

just tried it on one of my own hiphop tracks and it sounds awesome!

[@chasy7731]

Great tutorial that clearly explained the concepts I've already heard but still confused me. A lot thanks~

[@holotropik]

I came across this a few months ago. Man it made a huge difference to my sound! Love it! ;-)

[@ChrisRodriquez]

Really great video Graham! I've done this for so long on my mixes without knowing the why, just that it sounds really good. You explain things really well.

[@ChrisRodriquez]

oh, also should throw a saturation plugin on the track right after the compressor and go nuts! Get it really crazy sounding!

[@rookd1137]

Awesome video as always Graham!!

[@JamesonTabor]

Amazing video man! Thank you for your super informative series. I really appreciate it bud.

[@darkeco]

Absolutely trying this right now! Will let you know how it goes!

[@niloalmero]

2 years later .........

[@parthsant3026]

Graham is the best!

[@_thaaatguy]

Hey Graham! Great series man, I love your videos! Could you do a video about tracking with compressión? Do you compress when tracking? Thanks a lot and have a great day.

[@KianSparkes]

Cheers Graham, more superb advice and fun! Peace ;)

[@RosarioBellassai]

You're are great teacher! Thanks!

[@Stratomacaster]

Will the last video in the series be side-chaining? (e.g. maneuvering the bass line with the kick drum) If not... maybe part 8?

[@uguroktem8143]

Graham has that exact video in his list though. I watched it a few days ago and he perfectly explained how to do the side-chain there. Cheers buddy :)

[@hiphopteknition]

Great video!

[@SoundArtsOnline]

Outstanding video. Thank you! Your link at this time for Compression7 doesn't seem to be working. I get as far as entering my email address, then just get a spinning wheel. I'd love the list. Will keep trying or email you. Thanks again!

[@abhchow]

When you send a track, will it send before the inserts or after them?

[@amado5490]

Are the Kicks and Drums fully routed to the bus channels DRUMS and P Drums? In Logic there's a knob that's visible on the mixing panel telling you how much of the individual tracks are being sent to every bus. I don't see that here, so I wonder if the tracks Kicks and Drums are fully sent, or whether there's some blend going on. I just can't seem to get the right "paralleled" sound.

[@michalwlodarski9292]

Grate video. But.. hmm.. What about phase problem after using PARALLEL EQ (especialy hpass filter)?

[@stephenfell4338]

Do you still keep on the initial added compression​ on the raw original tracks or not?

[@arrik1337]

Probably a stupid question, but wouldn't this be quite the same as fiddling with the "mix" knob in your compression plugin? Because even if you don't touch the original track, simply putting the copy on top of it will take away/add from/to the space. The last thing, the dialing in is pretty much just dialing up the mix knob, no? You might need to use a bit more make up gain to achieve the same, but it seems like parallel compression can all happen on one track, without duplicates, no?

[@ternitamas]

awesome!!

[@t.farris1755]

How did you get the flashing circle around the mouse pointer?

[@Petar90]

Do you send that P drums track to the DRUMS bus too or you leave it like that?

[@yamansitar6153]

can you use the SSL G MASTER on the drums buss and on the vocal buss and the guitar buss etc ,,, and then on the master buss ,,,thanks

[@RunawayTV]

why is it when i do parallel compression on my vocals my vocals start to phase? can someone help?

[@Petar90]

invert the polarity to be the same

[@RunawayTV]

what does that mean?

[@Petar90]

type phase issues on youtube and check it. Its easy

[@lamachineamixer]

If it phases, it's because your software doesn't compensate the plugin delay properly or (if you are on Pro Tools) it's because you didn't turn on the "delay compensation" option (under : Options).

[@hoodoriginmusic4061]

Can you create a video on mixing and mastering a rap track.

[@wickstorm_records]

It sounds better because it gets louder. Just turn up the volume fader

[@GITMmusic]

Markiso Wickstorm in this case maybe, but what your are generally aiming to do with parallel compression is either expand and compliment the transients of the original track, or add more compression and punch to the attack without having it effect the transients. Parallel compression and turning up the volume fader are extremely different things!

[@peanutbutteronmyguitar7005]

the a/b wasn't that useful because what it also did was increase the volume. Louder almost always sounds better

[@ChrisRodriquez]

true, it was louder but if you really listen in the drums are gaining "weight" by blending it in. Graham is pretty subtle with it but in the full mix you can really hear how it makes them cut a little better.

[@peanutbutteronmyguitar7005]

I know that this is what it is supposed to be doing. I only sad that the A/B could have been done better. Maybe with a total Volume of both (the normal and the compressed) against another Track with only the volume increased.

[@GARRYESHEPARDJrCtpsalmist]

[e-mail] I gotta say been practicing your videos and really getting results especially the 1 you did on stacking compression of. the vocals. Did it this Moring was super happy lol vocals give me th4 most trouble

[@dh1163]

Read up on Michael Brauer.

[@matthewtoomer2181]

hmmm i used a mobile daw to make my kick never tried this thanks graham. Im sure it will give me punch i want for my trance tracks

[@Titlerfowl]

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