The Secret Audio Sauce No One Ever Told You About

[@tombuck]

Thank you again for all the help! This really helped me to understand the nuances of compression.

[@meonlylouder]

So glad it helped! You already sound (and look) great. Any refinements to your compression settings are just icing on the cake. 😁

[@RobKristjansson]

Thanks for this. I was immediately playing with the compressor settings in my mixer/interface as I was watching!

[@meonlylouder]

I love it! Turning those knobs to try things out is how we improve our sound. 😁

[@DannyBrownPodcasts]

Great video, Marcus, and always good to get the Buckisms on show, too. :)

[@meonlylouder]

Thanks Danny!

[@tombuck]

"Buckisms" does sound a bit like a medical condition. 😁

[@DannyBrownPodcasts]

@@tombuck It's good for what ails ya!

[@lee.isaac.richard]

Man this was the perfect answer to the perfect question… literally spent 8hrs the other day fiddling around to find out what you explained in less than 10m 👏🏼props

[@BlackPodcastersAssociation]

thank you. this helped me to understand ratio/attack & release better.

[@BlackPodcastersAssociation]

how do you determine when you want a punchy or smooth sound? Is that a preference of the editor/engineer?

[@meonlylouder]

@@BlackPodcastersAssociationIt’s definitely a personal preference. I let the content dictate whether it needs more energy or needs to be smoother and laid back. I personally almost always go with punchier and more energetic for speech since we don’t want to put people to sleep with a “sound pillow.” 😁

[@BlackPodcastersAssociation]

@@meonlylouder gotcha. I'm going to be paying attention to this more when I listen to people's content. Thank you as always!

[@PureGlide]

Very useful, thank you!

[@JeremyLeech]

Its my boy Tom! He's the man!

[@EarthworksAudio]

He sure is!

[@jumabannister]

Grabbed my headphones as instructed! Very good. Great refresher as I get into editing my podcast.

[@Zenvo-uu9tm]

Actually the compression starts instantly when threshold is exceeded, the attack settings tell the compressor how much time to achieve full range compression, a curve steepness rather than a time delay (Also with softer knees compression starts gradually even when signal approaching threshold) i.e. soft knee, relatively fast attack and slow release = smooth envelope riding Thanks for video

[@savethefails]

i came here to say the same thing. 99% of people who explain compression completely misunderstand atk/rls and why it's actually critical. I thought it was funny because he said "To really use a compressor like the pros do we need attack and release..." then immediately stated its mechanic incorrectly. to be fair, I've heard him speak before and he really is a solid engineer. but it just always irks me when pros get that one aspect of compression wrong over and over and over again.