Upwards compression is not the same as expansion. I cover this at the end of the video but I will likely make a further video to clear this topic up. It’s clear that many have been taught expansion and compression wrong, as they are almost the opposite of each other. Remember that this can be used on vocals, drums, synths etc. Try it out and hear the results! Thanks for watching :)
Would it be good to consider Waves' f6 dynamic eq as a sort of multiband compression? To be honest, especially with its decent sale price and overall ease of use, it's become one of my favorite plugins to use for multiple purposes including mid-side eq-ing
Bro, you are one of the most intelligent people out there explaining plugins and just mixing.. Wow man.. Thank you so much for another amazing tutorial..
Before this video, I only knew that OTT is only about playing with the depth knob. But now, I got the full information to do further experiments with other knobs along with the depth knob. Thank You for this tip 👍🏻
Without knowing what I was doing, I used upward compression in a live church setting today. Lesson learned in the mix: it was easier to balance vocals to music tracks, but I had to watch out for gain jumps thanks to the higher sensitivity to feedback in the room. Thanks for helping me to understand why it worked AND why it’s a tricky beast in a live enclosed setting.
I actually used this technique in the past. I love that I'm not the only one doing it. Just a quick piece of advice for a lot of people. I'm not saying Nova is the all in one tool but if you need to practice compressing, use Nova and see how your audio is being treated with it's RTA capabilities
Showing it with the negative ratio inside the compressor really was the key to understand how it works🙌You have a great talent to explain things, thanks for teaching 🙏
I’ve also heard it described as low-level compression and I’ve had good luck with it on synth lines. I used Waves MV2 for this and I know Waves has been contentious over the years, I think this is a plug-in that is solid in concept and layout. It does exactly what it does and nothing more.
This is the first video I've watched while wearing my studio headphones. I can actually hear what you're talking about now! Another great video, keep it up.
It's pretty amazing how every single one of your videos teaches me something new and extremely useful that I didn't know. Clicking one of your videos is a 100% guarantee to become a little smarter
I watched this video as part of a playlist I made of videos from this channel that are all about audio engineering, or rather, a mix of videos from In The Mix about Mixing... it's my "In The Mix mix mix!"
Me too! I think because they are simple and effect they don’t get mentioned very often. There is no real secret or special technique to apply and they usually sound great with little skill!
Thank you very much Michael! You are right that this is a uncharted territory, not known so much. I admit that I have started to use recently and benefit from all these. Thank you again!
Nicely explained thank you. This is the first video of yours I've watched and I have to say I was immediately drawn in by your presentation and the general sound quality, the latter is kind of important if you're teaching audio production
Thank you for this! Found this video at the perfect time. Was mastering and one song called for exactly this and i found my ozone compressor had this feature. Worked like a charm!
These are essentially the two main features of Boost by UrsaDSP. The focus control on that is an upwards limiter and the emphasis control is a transient processor / enhancer. Using a proper lookahead upward limiter and transient processor is a great alternative to traditional downward limiters if you want to control the volume and the character separately.
Bro you really explaing those plugins very . thanks ,I understand your tutorials easily . keep it up..! I know and understand fl through your tutorials . thanks
My understanding of the DC1A3 is that the Negative button introduces a negative compression ratio. This is used for pumping effects but it's not upwards compression. A similar feature is found on Elysia's mpressor. There are actually very few compressors that allow upwards compression - the Flux compressors are one example but they call it "DeExpansion".
You can do upward compression with fruity limiter too. Just turn the ratio and knee knob (mainly ratio) to the left hand side and adjust the threshold knob. Cheerio!
Amazing tutotial, thing is that OTT changes the phase specially on Drums,that's why need to be careful with compressor on Drums cuz they usually changes the phase. rest of tutorial great.
I like to use parallel compression on my percussion as a way to do upward compression. Put heavy downward compression on one channel with a super high ratio and no compression on the other channel (ok technically you still put a compression plugin on it so the latency matches between channels but just leave the threshold at 0 dB so nothing gets compressed) and then mix the volume levels to find the best sound.
You are one of my top teachers. Thank you. Please keep updating us......Ooo...by the way, I really like the beat!! Maybe I'll use it... hahahaha.... Thanks again!!!
I love your videos so much....😍😍actually I'm nothing without you...I'm just a beginner and learned in pro just from you to how to make music just like a music production. Without you I will be dead....can I expect getting a heart from you🤗🥺Pls..
Maximus. Soundgoodizer also (=maximus presets with adjustable LMH mix knob of maximus, "amount" in soundgoodizer) does that. "Preset a" boosts low and high bands, with limiter. "Preset c" for low and high bands too, with limiter
I think the hardest part of mixing and mastering is hearing what you're doing!
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Upwards compression is not the same as expansion. I cover this at the end of the video but I will likely make a further video to clear this topic up. It’s clear that many have been taught expansion and compression wrong, as they are almost the opposite of each other.
Remember that this can be used on vocals, drums, synths etc. Try it out and hear the results! Thanks for watching :)
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Can this be used as gain automation for vocals to get consistent signal before mixing?
Please reply Michael 🙏🙏
Perfect I was just talking about this.
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Would it be good to consider Waves' f6 dynamic eq as a sort of multiband compression? To be honest, especially with its decent sale price and overall ease of use, it's become one of my favorite plugins to use for multiple purposes including mid-side eq-ing
Bro, you are one of the most intelligent people out there explaining plugins and just mixing.. Wow man.. Thank you so much for another amazing tutorial..
if you’re looking for more “high level” mixing concepts to soak up, the sonic scoop podcast changed my whole perspective on audio and mixing!
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This concept of upwards compression is something I’ve needed and to find out the stuff I have already does that is a relief.
Well said with that last bit about transient processors being a more efficient tool than compressors in a lot of instances
Before this video, I only knew that OTT is only about playing with the depth knob. But now, I got the full information to do further experiments with other knobs along with the depth knob. Thank You for this tip 👍🏻
Same, I never knew you could adjust the threshold! 🔥
@@Makker_1 yeah... This is such a great way. 🔥
Without knowing what I was doing, I used upward compression in a live church setting today. Lesson learned in the mix: it was easier to balance vocals to music tracks, but I had to watch out for gain jumps thanks to the higher sensitivity to feedback in the room. Thanks for helping me to understand why it worked AND why it’s a tricky beast in a live enclosed setting.
I actually used this technique in the past. I love that I'm not the only one doing it.
Just a quick piece of advice for a lot of people. I'm not saying Nova is the all in one tool but if you need to practice compressing, use Nova and see how your audio is being treated with it's RTA capabilities
The way you structure your videos is so amazing. Thanks for sharing more knowledge with us. As a beginner, these are gems
Showing it with the negative ratio inside the compressor really was the key to understand how it works🙌You have a great talent to explain things, thanks for teaching 🙏
I’ve also heard it described as low-level compression and I’ve had good luck with it on synth lines. I used Waves MV2 for this and I know Waves has been contentious over the years, I think this is a plug-in that is solid in concept and layout. It does exactly what it does and nothing more.
This is the first video I've watched while wearing my studio headphones. I can actually hear what you're talking about now! Another great video, keep it up.
The most skilled person on RUclips for learning audio processing and stuff.
You explain and demonstrate techniques so incredibly well! 🙏🏻
It's pretty amazing how every single one of your videos teaches me something new and extremely useful that I didn't know. Clicking one of your videos is a 100% guarantee to become a little smarter
This is something I've been wondering about for years. I didn't even think it was possible. Thank you for this video.
Same here mate
I watched this video as part of a playlist I made of videos from this channel that are all about audio engineering, or rather, a mix of videos from In The Mix about Mixing... it's my "In The Mix mix mix!"
Been wondering about this, glad to know it's a thing!
Thanks for this. I’ve often wondered why transient designers don’t get more attention, so was glad to see you mentioning them at the end.
Me too! I think because they are simple and effect they don’t get mentioned very often. There is no real secret or special technique to apply and they usually sound great with little skill!
Without a doubt you are the best. Finding your channel has been a blessing. I`ve learned a lot.
Thanks Dan!
Thanks to you I found two free plugins that have helped me so much in my mastering, god bless you!
Your channel is a library of information. Thank you very much, much respect from Türkiye.
Upwards compression has really changed my mixes and masters. Great video. Not much out there about it that I've come across.
Thank you very much Michael! You are right that this is a uncharted territory, not known so much. I admit that I have started to use recently and benefit from all these. Thank you again!
Thanks man, your channel is loaded with priceless content
I’ve been waiting for this exact video. Thanks!
I've been "messing with" my DAW (FL) for years and I still have so much to learn! Thanks for this interesting new addition to my knowledge!
It's endless! Super endless 😊
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Thanks Michael for bringing up new topics.
Nicely explained thank you. This is the first video of yours I've watched and I have to say I was immediately drawn in by your presentation and the general sound quality, the latter is kind of important if you're teaching audio production
Very helpful thanks Michael!!
Thank you for this! Found this video at the perfect time. Was mastering and one song called for exactly this and i found my ozone compressor had this feature.
Worked like a charm!
Your videos are just solidly and consistently awesome and delightful!
As usual brilliant content Michael thankyou for all the efforts you put into these videos. 👍
Thank you for explaining this concept in simple and understandable way.
Awesome production/design tip. And the expansion info helped too. TYVM Michael! Your channel's "look" is great, btw.
You are the perfect teacher. Thank you Sir ☺️
i love your dedication
Finally!! I'm finding a way to do this! Thanks man
These are essentially the two main features of Boost by UrsaDSP. The focus control on that is an upwards limiter and the emphasis control is a transient processor / enhancer.
Using a proper lookahead upward limiter and transient processor is a great alternative to traditional downward limiters if you want to control the volume and the character separately.
Videos can be timeless. This is still very helpful. Much appreciated. BTW, I subscribed because of this.
Thank you michael
thanks lad, appreciate the tutorial.
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Thanks i really needed this Michael
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Excellent video!
This is exactly what I needed right now thanks bro I have these plugins too so this is awesome!
THANX MY MAN. YOU HAVE BEEN VERY VERY HELPFUL.
super ! Many thanks - really clear and useful
Upward compression on transients only is really good it’s make your mixes sound alive bubbly
Great tutorial! Thank you very much for the high-quality content :)
TDR Nova is mind blowing. Came to know about it from this channel only and my god, as Michael said, no mix goes without it!
Awesome plug-in
You provide usefull tips and technique and easily understood ,,thank you so much michael
finally learned what the upwd and dnwd parameters do in OTT lol. thanks Michael!
Bro you really explaing those plugins very . thanks ,I understand your tutorials easily . keep it up..! I know and understand fl through your tutorials . thanks
Thank you!
Thank you Michael, I didnt know a compressor can do this until i saw this video. All thanks to your insta story update.
The key to mixing is just turning up OTT on every noise in the mix 💯
Useful information.Thanks!
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Thanks! I'm happy to help.
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I was carefully watching your maximus tutorial and then this video comes up...
I will save this for later ❤️
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Your videos are my favourite time of my life. 🤙🏻
Thank you so much !!!!
Great information
Hey man thanks for the last video it was supper helpful at the perfect timing.
Great explanation of these topic and yes highly unused techniques for sure!
You are a legend my dude.
Waves MV2 is great for this. A technique I use daily. Thanks dude.
Good stuff!
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This is something I've been doing for quite a while out of sheer ignorance - it just seemed to work, so I didn't really think about it.
My understanding of the DC1A3 is that the Negative button introduces a negative compression ratio. This is used for pumping effects but it's not upwards compression. A similar feature is found on Elysia's mpressor. There are actually very few compressors that allow upwards compression - the Flux compressors are one example but they call it "DeExpansion".
Really thankfull for this one ❤️
Thanks for the insights on this topic. I’ve been looking for some alternatives to the upward compressor I use in Reason. I’ll have to try these.
You can do upward compression with fruity limiter too. Just turn the ratio and knee knob (mainly ratio) to the left hand side and adjust the threshold knob. Cheerio!
Next great and usefull video! Thank You:)
Hi very useful tutorial. it seems like a magic when you can increase the impact of the sound without hitting the treaded top "zero" level
Brilliant brilliant
Thank you!
Very interesting video, thank you very much.
Amazing tutotial, thing is that OTT changes the phase specially on Drums,that's why need to be careful with compressor on Drums cuz they usually changes the phase. rest of tutorial great.
Thankyou!
You deserve a lot more subscribes bro🥺
Upwards Compression, I use it while using OTT!! I love it. It anyhow makes the sound louder 😂
Ott is multiband compander
Ott creates tons of problems though so you shouldn't really use it
OTT is good for sound design not mixing. It causes major phase issues
great Channel man😊
I like to use parallel compression on my percussion as a way to do upward compression. Put heavy downward compression on one channel with a super high ratio and no compression on the other channel (ok technically you still put a compression plugin on it so the latency matches between channels but just leave the threshold at 0 dB so nothing gets compressed) and then mix the volume levels to find the best sound.
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Thanks, that was actually helpfull
You are one of my top teachers. Thank you. Please keep updating us......Ooo...by the way, I really like the beat!! Maybe I'll use it... hahahaha.... Thanks again!!!
I love your videos so much....😍😍actually I'm nothing without you...I'm just a beginner and learned in pro just from you to how to make music just like a music production. Without you I will be dead....can I expect getting a heart from you🤗🥺Pls..
OTT was a game changer for me I’ll always love stacking it and making glitchy nightmare noises
Waves MV2 also does this.......Thanks, Great video
Thanks man
👍 - thanx again!
15 haters..smh..I thought your video, and your delivery , is quite helpful..keep the videos coming..THANK YOU!!
You should do a video on upwards compression vs upwards expansion
Great video. Well explained! Thanks! Have a great day! ;-)
Maximus. Soundgoodizer also (=maximus presets with adjustable LMH mix knob of maximus, "amount" in soundgoodizer) does that. "Preset a" boosts low and high bands, with limiter. "Preset c" for low and high bands too, with limiter
Amazing
Awesome