Join Brian Lee White for an in-depth discussion in this video Utilizing compression ratios, part of Audio Foundations: Compression and Dynamic Processing.
We now know that a compressor's threshold determines the point at which the…compressor activates, but how much the signal is actually compressed is…controlled by a parameter called ratio.…A compressor's ratio control determines how much any signal over the threshold…is attenuated and is generally expressed as a larger number over one, for example, 4:1.…Many times compressors will express the threshold and ratio relationship using…an X-Y graph called a transfer curve.…A transfer curve graph plots the signal's input into the compressor on the X…axis and the signal's output on the Y axis, so you can easily trace different…scenarios just by following the line.…
The kink in the line, called the knee, is the point at which the compressor's…response becomes nonlinear.…That is to say, the input and the output do not match because the compressor is…now reducing the gain of any signals over the threshold by the amount defined by the ratio.…A ratio of 1:1 means no compression takes place, and lower ratios may be barely visible.…
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1/10/2014Released
12/22/2011- Measuring amplitude
- Understanding dynamic range
- Introducing compressors
- Utilizing compression ratios
- Applying attack and release
- Evening out a vocal performance with compression
- Adding punch and sustain to drums
- Using compression presets intelligently
- How to record with compression
- Solving common mix problems with limiters
- De-essing a vocal track
- Using gates and expanders
- Controlling frequency content with multiband compressors
- Using sidechains creatively
- Keying gates and compressors
- Fixing overcompressed tracks
- Using mixbus compression
- Working with parallel compression
- Compression and limiting best practices
Skill Level Appropriate for all
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 40s
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1. Audio Dynamics
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What is amplitude?1m 51s
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Measuring amplitude1m 57s
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What is dynamic range?4m 8s
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2. Compressors
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Introducing compressors1m 45s
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Understanding threshold1m 29s
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Applying attack and release5m 22s
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3. Limiters
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Introducing limiters1m 59s
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Types of limiters4m 16s
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4. Special Dynamics Processors
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5. Advanced Topics
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Conclusion
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Goodbye14s
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An Interview with the Author
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