A Hard Day's Night

A great tutorial on Compression from over at audiotuts.com
Great for those of you out there who seek to understand compression a little better. Got keep those mixes sounding on point!

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How Set Up a Compressor

1. Whether you’re using a hardware compressor or a plug-in, setting up works the same way. Insert the compressor on the channel you want to compress.

2. Adjust the threshold until the peaks in the signal are pushing over the threshold and triggering the compressor. Unless, of course, you really want to clamp something—like a live bass maybe—in this case it can work to make it push over the threshold all the time.

3. Set the Ratio to suit the material. Bass guitars sound good at 4:1, drums at 2:1, vocals also at 2:1 and electric guitars anywhere from 2:1 to 6:1.