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Compressing the acoustic guitars - Pro Tools Tutorial
From the course: Audio Mixing Bootcamp
Compressing the acoustic guitars
Acoustic guitars generally have a lot of dynamic range, which means that they require some compression to keep the sound even in the mix. In this video I am going to show you how to set up the compressor to keep that signal steady, and to keep everything even in the mix. So the first thing to realize is that acoustic instruments are usually a lot more dynamic than electric instruments, so they have to be controlled more, and that's why we use a compressor. The other thing to remember is the more wild the peaks the higher the compression ratio should be, just like we did on other instruments. So let's have a listen in the track without a compressor and you can hear how sometimes you hear it really well and other times it drops out in the track. (music playing) Now, one of the things to realize about an acoustic guitar that strums like this, it's almost a rhythm instrument sometimes because it's pushing the track along. Just have a quick listen without the acoustic and listen to the…
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Understanding compressor parameters3m 42s
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Setting up the compressor14m 45s
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Compressing the drums7m 53s
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Compressing the room mics4m 9s
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Compressing the bass5m 24s
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Using the New York compression trick4m 23s
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Compressing the clean electric guitars4m 40s
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Compressing the distorted electric guitars4m 48s
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Compressing the acoustic guitars8m 7s
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Compressing the piano6m 35s
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Compressing the electric keyboards4m 32s
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Compressing the vocals4m 34s
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Compressing the horns3m 55s
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