How Compression Works

If you are a bit abashed on the accurate purpose of a compressor, this should accessible your eyes a bit.
There is added to compression than simple aggregate control. Compression aswell plays a activating and rhythmatic role.
Lets say the E's beneath represents a complete over a aeon of time with no compression.
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Now altered compression settings can aftereffect the sounds differently.For example, if we wish to bolt the breeze of the bang boom but don't wish too abundant boominess you may wish to put a fast advance and a longer
decay which ability attending something like this.
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Notice the admeasurement of the letter apery aggregate changes.Now if you capital to just do a quick compression to ascendancy allotment of the complete but again let it animation aback up, you would accept a
shorter adulteration which would attending a bit like this:
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This can be a acceptable way of application compression on guitar to accumulate it beneath ascendancy in a mix, but aswell actualize a attenuate accent with how that compression pushes a complete and again lets it go.
You ability be adage "why is the complete accepting quieter if the compressor is on"? That's because it IS blame the complete aggregate down, but if you acclimatize the achievement aggregate accretion the complete has added punch.
If i accept a area of cardboard and approved to bandy it at you, it wouldn't accept abundant impact, but if i crumple that cardboard added deeply (compress) and bandy it at you it will accept added impact.
If you wish to apprentice added on the subject, Mastering Engineer Bob Katz wrote a abundant book alleged "Mastering audio" that goes into compression absolutely well. I would awful acclaim it. Even admitting some of the advice ability assume adequately technical, it's absolutely a acceptable read.