GLUEY COMPRESSION | How To Use A Mix Bus Compressor

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Have you wondered how to get that finished gluey compressed sound where all the parts just sound stick together...today I’ll take you through the basics of using a classic ssl style compressor which is the default mix bus compressor.
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This has confirmed I knew this years ago about ssl comps but was doubting myself/ wasn’t sure if being that subtle, was the way. Thanks Streaky 👍

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[@amberwoodstudio]

I did this with my psp mastering compressor and the mix improvement when I listened back in the car was amazing. Definitely gives the mix a more polished sound. Thanks for sharing

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[@charlieoconnor]

Loved this! Super helpful watching you do it in real time. Great explanation of something I've never totally understood. Can you make more videos on other types of/ways in which you use a compressor?

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The tip with sidechain highpassing at 150-160Hz compression is excellent! That's what I was missing since I started a month ago! 😀One year with such pros and I'll be a pro myself! 😀

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[@JoeySchmidt74]

It's interesting to hear professionals in the industry who used to not know how compressors worked. I used to have a neighbour who kept harassing me for EQ and compression tips while he was doing his masters degree. I'm only HND level educated in audio production, but it was jarring that I knew more than someone doing their masters. Turns out it's quite common for folk to get into the industry and learn as they work rather than going in fully versed in how it all works. For the record, I'm not claiming to know it all, everyday is a learning experience and that X/Y graph was, by far, the easiest method I've ever seen on how to visualise how a compressor works. I know how compression works by ear, but this just visualised it brilliantly. Cheers man

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[@saturdaynightfeverDJshows]

Nice video, in my recent attempts I probably compressed to much mainly because I'm trying to make it pump. Even do I like the pump it was a struggle to get a good sound on this new compressor I'm using. After watching this I'm definitely gonna do less reduction, it makes sense to me. thanks for uploading this.

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Great explanation! Subtle but effective compression

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Very nice glue compression tutorial. You know it's going to be good when we're starting off in the coffee shop.

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[@elijahmant2855]

Greetings, Streaky. Thanks for this Video. It's took a long time for me to Learn compressor settings, Specially Master Buss wise. Watching your Video helps me in Feeling much more Confident on the Settings, and Why. Excellent Man.

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I'm new at this and you explained it very well. Now I understand it. Thanks

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Andy Wallace uses 4:1, as does Tom Lord-Alge. So I guess it's a matter of taste!

[@Keroser1983]

@@AndreiSora I am not pro at all but I think we should not be sticking to the numbers or lists etc ( including muyself ). The ultimate goal is important. You want to '' glue a mix '', if 10:1 is working for you than go for it :)) Recently I trying to focus on my ears rather than given numbers etc.

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If I’m not mistaken cla has his red set at 1.5

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@@Keroser1983 Lately although it's a taboo in music world... I started using presets more and more. Since over time u develop a liking of certain sound signature and that basically becomes your "flavour" so on som individual tracks I still tune in compression, eq, saturation, etc. But on buses I have my presets and I just mix my sound into that bus. If for example I have too much highs in one sound il rather go cut that one track... Then go and boost other ten to get that top end. If u look at CLA studio... Most of his analog gear is preset and he just pushes audio thru.

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Thank you for this video, I bought this TRack Max a couple of years ago and used it a few years ago and haven't used it much because I've been off and on learning to use the Compressor off and on slowly. I have focused on using the stock Logic Pro X plug-ins but the compressor has always had me a bit confused all these years.

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I finally understood how to use mix bus compression. Thanks, sir!

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Great stuff here streaky. Just wanted to let you know weve been applying tons of your production techniques to our tracks.

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The room and those speakers look beautiful Streaky! Appreciate your expertise. Would like to hear your views on proper frequency shaping (Low cut . High cut etc) in mastering.

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Nice and clear tutorial.... thank you. 😎

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Great stuff. First time here. Well-explained. 👍🏾

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Really good video, not many go so in-depth. mostly considering this is about mastering.

[@GeoZero]

Great video. I was surprised to see release set to 0.1. I usually use or see other use Auto. Would love to hear more about that or a follow up video. Thanks for the great content as always.

[@craigerwin4007]

I used to use "auto" all the time, but after trying a faster set release you can really hear a noticeable difference in punch and clarity, sometimes a faster release can add too much high end energy "treble harsh" so the mix may have to be adjusted.

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Good video. I would suggest to dive deeper into compression. Do you ever use things like parallel compression ? Do you sometimes chain a couple of compressors ? Or you like to keep it simple ?

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the topic with bass compression is sth you should consider to show, there is not much about out here. Thank you for your incredible knowledge

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I love how Streaky talks in such extreme terms when in actual fact to most of us it's fairly subtle differences 😂

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When working in the minutia one must imagine everything in extreme proportion

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@haer vo - let's hear your mastering efforts, just to be fair, of course. Also clearly your education didn't involve the basics like correct spelling (yes, even if English is your second language after German or whatever).

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@haer vo I think he just gets self conscious and forgets stuff. Like sometimes it seems like he accidentally brings up a topic and he hasn’t refreshed his memory on lately (like at the start of this vid) and then dodges it haha which I think is nice cause I do that in every day life! :) He Human, and no doubt great at mastering.

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Loving this video and the Sade-esque vibe to this song

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[@nectariosm]

A good starting point for release times (on continuously variable compressors that are not scaled like this SSL emulation) is to do this simple math: 60000/BPM. The result is the 1/4 length of the track in ms, so for a 4/4 dance tune, its the time from one kick to the next. Then depending on the track and what you're aiming for try half of that (1/8) or divide the result by 4 times to get the 1/16 length. So effectively the compression follows the track BPM. So just listen, tweak, listen, etc.

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Proper knowledge 👍

[@RaduJon]

Same concept used in reverb predelay, delay etc

[@nectariosm]

@@RaduJon yes but most people don't think about this stuff much, simply because delay plugs (and some reverbs with pre delay times), have a sync button that calculates this for them, whereas compressors (the ones I've used anyway), don't. So just putting this simple math here for people to try out.

[@RaduJon]

nektar what compressors do you use if I may ask? Sounds like you’re doing analog. I do hybrid as well

[@nectariosm]

@@RaduJon Actually for mastering I am completely in the box because I prefer the flexibility/recall of plug ins and prefer to steer clear from the crazy expenses of analog mastering. For mixing I still mostly use plug ins, I just track through some cheap 1176/LA-2A Klark Teknik clones.

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[@MrMikomi]

I would never have thought to apply that small, almost miniscule, amount of gain reduction. Interesting. Thanks for the video.

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Thank you Streaky!!