discover your compressor : super basic series - part 1

​what is compression?

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​Compression is like a finger on a volume control (fader).  

If a sound gets too loud, it can turn the volume down. 

If the sound is softer, it can bring up the volume. 

You can tell it to wait a few moments before it makes a volume adjustment. 

You can tell it to wait for a little bit after the sound passes before the volume will go back to where it was before. 

This is what the controls on a compressor do in a nutshell.

It's like an "invisible" finger on a volume control.
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Simple!
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Stay tuned tomorrow as we will work our way through each control on a compressor. We will start with the THRESHOLD control, and work our way through; day by day.

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