Vocal compression is one thing I get a lot of questions about. In this video I talk through vocal compression and how to dial in the Compression Ratio, Threshold, Knee, Attack Time, Hold Time, Release Time and Makeup Gain.


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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:28 Example Audio Pre Compression
01:11 Introducing Compression
03:05 Compression Threshold
03:50 Compression Ratio
05:24 Compression Knee
06:37 Compressor Attack
07:21 Compression Hold
08:16 Compression Release
08:41 Initial Settings for a Compressor
09:09 Setting Compression Attack Time
12:30 Setting Compression Release Time
15:14 Setting Compression Ratio
17:28 Setting Compression Threshold
18:51 Setting Compression Makeup Gain
20:57 Listening to Pre and Post Compression
22:32 Adding compression to Vocal 2
24:22 Listing to both vocals pre and post compression
27:19 Be Careful of Feedback
28:13 Final Thoughts on Compression