Mastering Compression for Podcasting with ModComp by Apogee Digital (Visual Compressor)

To this day, I still get tons of questions about compression... What ratio should I use, what is attack time, how do I know if the release time is too short or too long, what is a knee, etc.
The reason I love ModComp by Apogee Digital SO much is because has multiple visualizers that will give you great insights as to what your compressor is actually doing, even if you're not super able to hear those fine details just yet.
In this video I go over the entire UI of ModComp and explore some of the parameters you can adjust with compression. We also listen to and view some side by side comparisons of each parameter.
Learn more about ModComp on Apogee's website:
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Timecodes:
0:00 Intro
1:22 A Sad Disclaimer
1:55 An Ode to Apogee Digital + Payment Options
3:06 An Introduction to the ModComp Interface
3:44 Gain Staging. The Why and How
4:33 Reviewing the Threshold, Knee, and Ratio Visualizer
7:26 How Attack and Release Time Affect EVERYTHING!!!
9:57 The Knee
11:05 Dialing in the Parameters
13:05 Visually Comparing Uncompressed to Compressed Signal
13:30 Final Words on Apogee ModComp
15:05 Wrapping Up and Thank You’s
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