One thing I do love about all these tools, is that if you REALLY wanted to, you could just do all this stuff manually through automation, even if it'll take until the heat death of the universe. I'm glad you mentioned that at 7:47. Folks, don't be afraid to push a compressor harder either. There's a time and a place to crush the life out of dynamics, but most importantly... If it sounds good to you in the context of the mix and the genre, keep it.
A combination of both with local compression or even locally adjusting volume on the most extreme spots would also maximize the naturalness of the sound when that’s what you’re looking for.
@@ericmaher4756 This, exactly this. Nothing can beat a human touch when it comes to music dynamics. Sure, put in a compressor to squish the sound a bit, but in sections of a song where you need those dynamics, a simple automated volume adjust before the compression stage (with perhaps a makeup gain stage after compression) will do wonders.
Very helpful presentation. What strikes me is that, like an overly-amplified speaking voice, an overly-compressed speaking voice becomes less engaging, and easier to "tune out" or ignore. For me, the organic rise and fall in human speech draws me in.
This person is the best mentor I swear. Have been following these two guys since there were maybe 200 300 followers in this channel. The best thing is - The neat way Michael puts up things. The cleanliness & attention to details is what I simply admire the most. If you like things clean, this is the best place to learn. ** Honestly I can already visualise where this channel is going go down the line. Just don't know when I can be back in music with so much passion & break this pattern of traditional 9 to 5 job Anyways, Loads and loads of love ♥️ God bless
It's amazing to see people who have been sticking around from the very beginning! Do you know there is an established community Michael built on Discord? If you are interested, you can find Michael's invite link on his video about free instrument plugins from June 20th. Id love to meet u there
It took me at least four or five separate views of this video over the course of a few weeks to actually hear the difference but now it's so obvious. I can't wait to use this in my mixes, thanks so much.
I was in a trap of looking at the needle more than listening to the result. Meters are useful, but they can tie you to the 'rules' too tightly and mixing by eye instead of ear. I think when I started, I was struggling to hear what compression was really doing, but then did some research and a whole lot of listening, and the results are all the better for it. Glad to hear you're hearing progress. Nice listening exercise and great channel 👍
Please don't laugh at this lol !!! : I was watching the video on my laptop & at some point I paused it,came back & I pressed [ CTRL + S ] to save the project !!! 'Cause my brain saw a project that needed to be saved loll ...Completely forgot that,I was on RUclips....
Thanks for making a large difference to show what to hear for, and still say it's ok if we can't hear the difference. This really cleared up what to hear for, and made me feel a bit less dumb!
I am really glad that in your two videos about compression, you don't talk about gain automation of the tracks! Fixing bits of a recorded take feels more like an actual performance enhanced with processors. Why keep a really bad take and turn it into something completely different after all? Very nice and informative videos about compression, thank you for sharing!
I Listened To You Speak And Explain How to Listen To Compression And It Helped Me Son Much With My Instrumentals, they No More sound Like Some OverHead Beats That an Make our ears Bleed, Even Though You Explain To Us How To Hear It But It Helped Me Know How To Compress And Make My Music Sound Like Music Thank You So Much Micheal God Bless You Man! Micheal You totally Deserve each And Every Subscriber You Get, And I Am One Of Them To Let You Know Because Not Only Did I Sub but I Am Officially A Fan Boy, I Will Do What It Takes to Make Sure People Know more About You, The Get Information From The Music You Make And They Truly Realise That Music is More Than Just Beats Put Together Its Art That A Person Like You Can Explain I Wish i Could Meet up With You In Real Life And Steal Your Knowledge From your Brain because As A Teenager My Music Does Not Compare to Anything You Are Making Literally my Music On My Channel is Just Absolute Rubbish, But As I Learn from you In The Course Of 2 months I Finally Can Say You Are A Music KING In MY World #Inthemix
I thought I saw all of your videos already, but I've just discovered a few I missed, including this gem! Thank you for the great examples and all these tutorials, they are fantastic!
Always so helpful... I've always been so heavy handed with compression, not really understanding fully the more subtle aspects. Thanks again, my friends think I'm a genius.
Thank you so much....need a full video on mixing .. so that we can know what to do at start and how to make everything bonded and when to take care of phase issues.. so that we can follow same path while doing any song
Questary He has short quick videos and mixing breakdowns.. but a longer video on mixing starting from zero “volume balance” and sequentially talking about next problem and a plugin to solve it.. explaining the steps we can follow for a complete mix.. you know what i mean!
About the transients, if i have issues with transients, say, i want the transient but i dont want it too loud, i add a 2nd compressor with a different threshold that only works on the transients and then have very very short attack so i can easily control the exact volume of the transients without over compressing the rest of the sound.
OMG I want to hear the end product so bad, that guitar track added so much emotion to the track, and the tape slowing effect between measures was just *mwah*. Everytime you played it I just closed my eyes and shook my head like "damn, it's so good"
Thank you! This piece was really fun to produce, it all just happened in one evening. I’m going to try and find the project or remake it after reading your comment :)
This is actually the first video that i watched on "how to hear compression" that actually uses compression in the context of the mix, thank you for that!
Something that helped me a lot is messing around with envelopes on synths to develop an ear for what the attack and release does because the compressor is essentially shaping the envelope of the sound you are putting it on. The key difference is that the synth envelope starts when it receives the "note on" signal and it moves immediately to the release portion of the envelope when it encounters the "note off" signal. With a compressor that is not the case.
I always struggled to grasp shat the attack and release of compression was for but this has really helped me understand what they're for. Huge thanks for the tutorial.
Very clear and helpful! I have to admit, when you turned of all the effects for the guitar it actually added in a nice way to the overall LoFi feel of the track. Felt like you were just sitting there playing guitar in the window sill on a rainy day.
You are amazing Michael... I've always heard people explain concepts of tuning music but never really grasped what knobs I needed to tweak to get a certain sound and feel.. I just got it now. Again man🙏 thank you. I recommend you to people.
Dude, this is so good! Thank you for the thorough explanations and using examples that can be heard easily! For anyone that is completely new to compression or just trying to further your understanding of compression, I highly recommend you watch this video! Really gets into the nitty gritty details while keeping things so simple and easy to follow.
This tutorial came at the right time. I did a DJ set today, then processed it before uploading, but I think I ruined some of the parts completely. This is definitely a necessary video to understand compression and make better music in the future.. Thank you! 🙏🏼
I really enjoyed this video. you always find ways to break down something complex and make it understandable. now I will not be afraid of compressors. can you do a video on multiband compression? I always get it wrong.
Hey Trevor! To make sure Michael finds your suggestion, Id love to invite you over to his Discord Server, where we have a channel for video-suggestions which he always reads. You could find the invite link to the Discord Server on his video on free instrument plugins from June 20th. Id love to meet u there.
This is one of the best compression tutorials on the Internet. Great job and I come back and listen to this every once in a while to tune my ears better.
One of the best audio channels on YT I found within >1 year of searching - profound and easily understandable explained. Thank you so much Michael for sharing your nowledge with us.
thank you so much for your videos!!! this is the first channel I've stumbled upon that actually explains things in ways where I can absorb the information as a concept :') you are empowering your viewers by imparting such knowledge!! other videos just tell me how to turn knobs and stuff like that. but after watching your videos I feel a lot more confident in my understanding and I'm excited to try this in different ways. THANK YOU A MILLION TIMES ❤️
And he is doing so much more! If you wanna connect with Michael and his community more, I'd love to invite you over to his Discord Server where the community is vividly engaging. If you are interested you can find an official invite on Michael's video on free Instrument plugins from June 20th. I would love to meet you there.
I spent like an entire day rumbling around videos about compression and -now- I understand what it actually does in the hear side I really tought I was going to struggle with this one sound topic but you made just the thing I needed thanks a lot, you're really helpful, in all your vids
You’re not alone in finding it confusing. It really is challenging to hear and more importantly know if you are making a positive difference or simply changing the sound! It’ll get easier in time, I assure you :)
Here’s a thing to remember, though: if you can actually “hear” the compression, you’re doing it wrong 😉Unless you’re going for an artistic vibe, if you know what I mean
Fantastic video...thank you. You have simplified something that is so often presented in ways that the effect on the audio is hard to discern. Much appreciated.
you're a genius, thank you so much for this really detailed video, this thing lets you learn so much, I will not be hearing music the same way from now on
I love how over time with all your videos and explanations I have learnt to hear a lot of stuff without actually doing production myself. This helps me a lot to communicate with my collaboration partners since I can feedback our own collaboration better as well as understand what absolutely amazing skill set they need to do what they do.
Another great video! Nice loop you made there. The way you make seeing and hearing compression possible here should be very useful for many. For me personally, compression was the most difficult effect to fully understand and hear properly when i started to get into professional music production.
Thank you Michael, your videos have been really good and informatical for learning. I just signed a release for my track in a record label, which is amazing because I just started and bought FL studio on April 2020 :) I have studied a lot from your videos. Even my genre is different, your channel provides valuable information for all who are interested of music producing.
Perhaps it's because I have a better understanding of compression (or at least I think I do...) after a couple years of music production but I'd say this is one of the best explanations of compression I've seen. Great video, Michael!
I produce music since years, but for the first time I can understand some very important things much better. And the lack of understanding was not, because I didn't look for education in this area before. But your tutorials are outstanding. Thank you so much!
Hey Micheal I have been following you guys from years and I really love how you guys mastered the art of making music.i have been through your progression and I really love the videos you made on how did your filmed your song "Sparks",how you have build your studio yourself from scratch..etc, But am really Sad that None of the videos are available now. Those videos inspired me to step into making Music. Please make all of them available Brother.
This video was very clear and helpful. Your descriptions of what to listen out for were so good I could clearly hear the differences even on my mobile. Thanks.
You can actually hear the beginning of certain percussions being cut off for example the hit of a piano key or kick drum being silenced when you over compress…..but I have never used a better compressor than the DBX 160 for doing rap music with both of the previously mentioned instruments that compressor gives me so much control over the sound for just having 3 knobs it’s amazing!
Wow. Thank you for making compression use in both vocals and instruments (guitar) so clear! The video was a bit long, but it needed to be. Great verbal, visual, and audio descriptions to make it very understandable. Well done! I've been struggling to understand compression, but after watching your video, I think I really understand the big picture for the first time. And I also appreciated your approach to making each track or instrument work within the context of the total recording. Great, great video! Thank you again.
finally found the tutorials I needed! :D I was able to engage training my ears because of this, and the ways you use words to describe a certain sounds made me understand this course more
can I just say how much I value him showing what compression actually sounds like rather than telling me how to turn knobs and examine waveforms.
This!
Thank you so much
Your channel is the best and so helpful
He explains and shows how and why, others just make you cram values that you don't get explanations on why. hes just awesome.
@@idontknow-xf8uk his channel is very Helpful
@@bruellbart2380 Indeed
6:56
Micheal: "Getting this to sit, IN THE MIX..." 😉🤣
Can't believe all these Michael's videos are for free.... thanks Michael.
Yah If I Was Him People Would Be Paying 50 Dollars For one Word I Said If I was Micheal lol
yeah Michael is insanely generous
Well there is ads
But that's okay
I really need this because I just put OTT on everything
lol😂
Oh no. It's spreading!
You are a Dubstep Guy
No bad thing!
OTT is a compressor that just glues up the dynamic range and doesn't sound good on drums
This guy could talk complete gibberish but his voice would still make me feel like everything's gonna be ok
FACTS!!! LOL
coz he know how to compress his audio.. :P
Seriously.
He could literally tell you he's gonna murder ya but still feel like everythings gonna be ok lol
FR LMFAO
One thing I do love about all these tools, is that if you REALLY wanted to, you could just do all this stuff manually through automation, even if it'll take until the heat death of the universe. I'm glad you mentioned that at 7:47. Folks, don't be afraid to push a compressor harder either. There's a time and a place to crush the life out of dynamics, but most importantly... If it sounds good to you in the context of the mix and the genre, keep it.
Yah I Could Not Have Said It Better Myself
A combination of both with local compression or even locally adjusting volume on the most extreme spots would also maximize the naturalness of the sound when that’s what you’re looking for.
@@ericmaher4756 This, exactly this. Nothing can beat a human touch when it comes to music dynamics. Sure, put in a compressor to squish the sound a bit, but in sections of a song where you need those dynamics, a simple automated volume adjust before the compression stage (with perhaps a makeup gain stage after compression) will do wonders.
Damn that lofi was so chill 😍 i love longer videos like these
Yes These Longer Videos Of is Actually Are Very Fun To Listen To
Very helpful presentation. What strikes me is that, like an overly-amplified speaking voice, an overly-compressed speaking voice becomes less engaging, and easier to "tune out" or ignore. For me, the organic rise and fall in human speech draws me in.
I was literally just looking for a video like this. What amazing timing
Me 2.Looks like god tells him on the next topic for the video😂😂
Nice
Me too
It was requested a lot - I think it's amazing how he comes back to the actual needs of his community. He really cares for us
I was surprised when I realised you actually made me close my eyes for a few seconds. Very relaxing experience in these days of computer dominance.
This person is the best mentor I swear.
Have been following these two guys since there were maybe 200 300 followers in this channel.
The best thing is - The neat way Michael puts up things. The cleanliness & attention to details is what I simply admire the most. If you like things clean, this is the best place to learn.
** Honestly I can already visualise where this channel is going go down the line.
Just don't know when I can be back in music with so much passion & break this pattern of traditional 9 to 5 job
Anyways, Loads and loads of love ♥️
God bless
He Is And I Should Just Say This Micheal Deserves 10 Million Subs
It's amazing to see people who have been sticking around from the very beginning! Do you know there is an established community Michael built on Discord? If you are interested, you can find Michael's invite link on his video about free instrument plugins from June 20th. Id love to meet u there
It took me at least four or five separate views of this video over the course of a few weeks to actually hear the difference but now it's so obvious. I can't wait to use this in my mixes, thanks so much.
I was in a trap of looking at the needle more than listening to the result. Meters are useful, but they can tie you to the 'rules' too tightly and mixing by eye instead of ear. I think when I started, I was struggling to hear what compression was really doing, but then did some research and a whole lot of listening, and the results are all the better for it. Glad to hear you're hearing progress.
Nice listening exercise and great channel 👍
Never clicked faster in life
Edit:Today I was looking for how to hear compression and set your ears for hearing mixing!
Thanks Mike❤❤
Please don't laugh at this lol !!! : I was watching the video on my laptop & at some point I paused it,came back & I pressed [ CTRL + S ] to save the project !!! 'Cause my brain saw a project that needed to be saved loll ...Completely forgot that,I was on RUclips....
Lol brains do what brains do XD
happens to me alot lately; i ctrl+s allthetime no matter what im doing :D
Lol!!! Sorry i had to laugh because it's true lol
I save even when I'm out my daw hahahahah
Hahahaha
Rendering it to make a visual is brilliant.
Finally understood compression and how to hear it, thanks Michael!
Congratulations! Now we gonna hear u compress stuff
Thanks for making a large difference to show what to hear for, and still say it's ok if we can't hear the difference. This really cleared up what to hear for, and made me feel a bit less dumb!
So great to see you working with IL now, well deserved!
agreed!
IMO you do a better job of explaining how compression works than any other video I’ve found on RUclips. Thanks!!
This stuff is invaluable. 100% my new favorite channel…. And I watch an ungodly amount of other people’s content lol
I am really glad that in your two videos about compression, you don't talk about gain automation of the tracks!
Fixing bits of a recorded take feels more like an actual performance enhanced with processors.
Why keep a really bad take and turn it into something completely different after all?
Very nice and informative videos about compression, thank you for sharing!
I Listened To You Speak And Explain How to Listen To Compression And It Helped Me Son Much With My Instrumentals, they No More sound Like Some OverHead Beats That an Make our ears Bleed, Even Though You Explain To Us How To Hear It But It Helped Me Know How To Compress And Make My Music Sound Like Music Thank You So Much Micheal
God Bless You Man!
Micheal You totally Deserve each And Every Subscriber You Get, And I Am One Of Them To Let You Know Because Not Only Did I Sub but I Am Officially A Fan Boy, I Will Do What It Takes to Make Sure People Know more About You, The Get Information From The Music You Make And They Truly Realise That Music is More Than Just Beats Put Together Its Art That A Person Like You Can Explain
I Wish i Could Meet up With You In Real Life And Steal Your Knowledge From your Brain because As A Teenager My Music Does Not Compare to Anything You Are Making Literally my Music On My Channel is Just Absolute Rubbish, But As I Learn from you In The Course Of 2 months I Finally Can Say You Are A Music KING In MY World
#Inthemix
Good
Good to Know He also Helps me
yah He Helped ME As Well
Yah He helped ME Make Proper Music
Yah I Heard our Music It Sounds Amazing
These brilliant tutorials are helping me get much better results. Your skills as a teacher are pretty incredible. Thanks man.
Thank you for making us better engineers everyday
true words!
In the mix is such a great channel
Where you get the secrets which other producers don't disclose
I thought I saw all of your videos already, but I've just discovered a few I missed, including this gem! Thank you for the great examples and all these tutorials, they are fantastic!
Always so helpful... I've always been so heavy handed with compression, not really understanding fully the more subtle aspects. Thanks again, my friends think I'm a genius.
You were the one in FL Studio's recent tutorial on workflow of lofi hip hop right? Cool video btw. Love from India.
Thanks, yeah that was me! I'm working with Image-Line now to make videos :)
Link please 😟
@@inthemix hard work really pays off huh ? congrats !!
@@inthemix that's so cool. Congrats. I'm really happy to know that.
@@inthemix that makes me happy to hear. I've been following you for a year or so now. Hearing this really makes me happy for you dude
Thank you so much....need a full video on mixing .. so that we can know what to do at start and how to make everything bonded and when to take care of phase issues.. so that we can follow same path while doing any song
Questary He has short quick videos and mixing breakdowns.. but a longer video on mixing starting from zero “volume balance” and sequentially talking about next problem and a plugin to solve it.. explaining the steps we can follow for a complete mix.. you know what i mean!
Who needs mixing courses, Michael is the mixing engineer we all needed.
About the transients, if i have issues with transients, say, i want the transient but i dont want it too loud, i add a 2nd compressor with a different threshold that only works on the transients and then have very very short attack so i can easily control the exact volume of the transients without over compressing the rest of the sound.
Just looked 5 minutes ago on your channel and bam now new video 😄
magic✨
Always a treat xD
OMG I want to hear the end product so bad, that guitar track added so much emotion to the track, and the tape slowing effect between measures was just *mwah*. Everytime you played it I just closed my eyes and shook my head like "damn, it's so good"
Thank you! This piece was really fun to produce, it all just happened in one evening. I’m going to try and find the project or remake it after reading your comment :)
@@inthemix Hell yes!
This is actually the first video that i watched on "how to hear compression" that actually uses compression in the context of the mix, thank you for that!
Something that helped me a lot is messing around with envelopes on synths to develop an ear for what the attack and release does because the compressor is essentially shaping the envelope of the sound you are putting it on. The key difference is that the synth envelope starts when it receives the "note on" signal and it moves immediately to the release portion of the envelope when it encounters the "note off" signal. With a compressor that is not the case.
I always struggled to grasp shat the attack and release of compression was for but this has really helped me understand what they're for. Huge thanks for the tutorial.
Very clear and helpful! I have to admit, when you turned of all the effects for the guitar it actually added in a nice way to the overall LoFi feel of the track. Felt like you were just sitting there playing guitar in the window sill on a rainy day.
Yeah I think retaining some of the dynamics does certainly sound better!
This was awesome, would've loved a little drum buss compression example aswell. Thank you very much.
You are amazing Michael... I've always heard people explain concepts of tuning music but never really grasped what knobs I needed to tweak to get a certain sound and feel.. I just got it now. Again man🙏 thank you. I recommend you to people.
Holy smokes, I already knew compression but this is the best explanation for compression on the internet. And you should put that in the title
Very worthwhile time spent here, learning compression. Thanks, Michael, again!
To me it's much easier to notice it with instruments than with vocals. The guitar example was great.
Dude, this is so good! Thank you for the thorough explanations and using examples that can be heard easily! For anyone that is completely new to compression or just trying to further your understanding of compression, I highly recommend you watch this video! Really gets into the nitty gritty details while keeping things so simple and easy to follow.
I Wish he Had Around 10 Million Subscribers Because Honestly People Need To Know What he is Explaining
@@Questary Quality over Quantity - that's Michael
This tutorial came at the right time. I did a DJ set today, then processed it before uploading, but I think I ruined some of the parts completely. This is definitely a necessary video to understand compression and make better music in the future.. Thank you! 🙏🏼
I really enjoyed this video. you always find ways to break down something complex and make it understandable. now I will not be afraid of compressors. can you do a video on multiband compression? I always get it wrong.
Hey Trevor! To make sure Michael finds your suggestion, Id love to invite you over to his Discord Server, where we have a channel for video-suggestions which he always reads. You could find the invite link to the Discord Server on his video on free instrument plugins from June 20th. Id love to meet u there.
All these Ear training videos are really great keep up the good work Michael :)
I was just looking this up and now the best mixing tut series posts a video about it! Hell yeah!
It was requested a lot in the past. Michael is listening close to the communities needs
This is one of the best compression tutorials on the Internet. Great job and I come back and listen to this every once in a while to tune my ears better.
Thanks Chris! When you start applying it to your own tracks, it'll probably all make a lot more sense :)
Your voice is so calming. I'm a guy, but if I ever gave birth, I would want you to talk me through it.
what
Thanks man I finally understood that compression is a more simple way of volume automation.
This man is a legend, thanks a lottt. I really mean it.
One of the best audio channels on YT I found within >1 year of searching - profound and easily understandable explained. Thank you so much Michael for sharing your nowledge with us.
From one teacher to another, you are a very good teacher. Thanks
From a third teacher: I agree.
thank you so much for your videos!!! this is the first channel I've stumbled upon that actually explains things in ways where I can absorb the information as a concept :') you are empowering your viewers by imparting such knowledge!! other videos just tell me how to turn knobs and stuff like that. but after watching your videos I feel a lot more confident in my understanding and I'm excited to try this in different ways. THANK YOU A MILLION TIMES ❤️
like I can't believe this is for free. im gonna cry hahaha
Thanks Lauryn! That is my intention so I'm glad it's working :)
Needed this one. Love your calming way to explain! ❤️
He Explains Very Calmly And It Makes Me Know That He Knows What he Is Doing
I literally get so hyped every time you upload. Thank you so much for all you do for us ❤️
I Too Feel That Hype And Amusement
And he is doing so much more! If you wanna connect with Michael and his community more, I'd love to invite you over to his Discord Server where the community is vividly engaging. If you are interested you can find an official invite on Michael's video on free Instrument plugins from June 20th. I would love to meet you there.
Amazing work. This was so easy to follow along to. Thank you
yah And I Am So greatful To Know A Lot About This That there are people like him on earth
this is the type of video i have been searching for. what am i actually trying to hear when compressing vocals.
This is the best explanation of compression I've heard. Thanks Michael!
Great content. It just goes this one level deeper than other beginner content, yet is still understandable due to great presentation. Thanks
I spent like an entire day rumbling around videos about compression and -now- I understand what it actually does in the hear side
I really tought I was going to struggle with this one sound topic but you made just the thing I needed
thanks a lot, you're really helpful, in all your vids
You’re not alone in finding it confusing. It really is challenging to hear and more importantly know if you are making a positive difference or simply changing the sound! It’ll get easier in time, I assure you :)
Yesterday I asked what does compression sound like and now u came in clutch 💪🏼💪🏼
Here’s a thing to remember, though: if you can actually “hear” the compression, you’re doing it wrong 😉Unless you’re going for an artistic vibe, if you know what I mean
Fantastic video...thank you. You have simplified something that is so often presented in ways that the effect on the audio is hard to discern. Much appreciated.
Thank you so much for this!
Finally after 6 years of self learning someone explains things like their should be. Thank you for you work❤
Expertly made lessons with music examples pleasant as well as educational to the ears : )
I was just looking for a video on compression and you posted this! Thank you!
It's been so highly requested
Dude this humbles me so much
Excellent tutorial. Really learned a lot from that! Thanks.
you're a genius, thank you so much for this really detailed video, this thing lets you learn so much, I will not be hearing music the same way from now on
I love how over time with all your videos and explanations I have learnt to hear a lot of stuff without actually doing production myself. This helps me a lot to communicate with my collaboration partners since I can feedback our own collaboration better as well as understand what absolutely amazing skill set they need to do what they do.
Thanks for this tutorial! Now i finally understand how to set compression in my tracks
And I thought that I have a good musical hearing... :-)
Now, I just realized how much I still need to learn...
Great job!
Thank you, brother!
I love how you explain mixing, it's not overwhelming for me
Thanks for this video! All your videos are extremely good, literally ALL of them. :)
Agreed omg XD
This is very useful and helpful, truly gives me an understanding both visually and sonically what compression does!
Another great video! Nice loop you made there. The way you make seeing and hearing compression possible here should be very useful for many. For me personally, compression was the most difficult effect to fully understand and hear properly when i started to get into professional music production.
Thank you Michael, your videos have been really good and informatical for learning. I just signed a release for my track in a record label, which is amazing because I just started and bought FL studio on April 2020 :) I have studied a lot from your videos. Even my genre is different, your channel provides valuable information for all who are interested of music producing.
Perhaps it's because I have a better understanding of compression (or at least I think I do...) after a couple years of music production but I'd say this is one of the best explanations of compression I've seen. Great video, Michael!
Michael is a legend.
I produce music since years, but for the first time I can understand some very important things much better. And the lack of understanding was not, because I didn't look for education in this area before. But your tutorials are outstanding. Thank you so much!
Lovely explanations. Thanks Michael!
He is A Legend
You have amazing skills. It's a joy to learn from the best! Thank you!
Hey Micheal I have been following you guys from years and I really love how you guys mastered the art of making music.i have been through your progression and I really love the videos you made on how did your filmed your song "Sparks",how you have build your studio yourself from scratch..etc, But am really Sad that None of the videos are available now. Those videos inspired me to step into making Music. Please make all of them available Brother.
As usual thanks again for all your help, this was really really useful!!!!!
Always happy to help!
Great job Michael. I have been waiting for a video like this especially after watching your video on compression. Keep up the good work :)
This video was very clear and helpful. Your descriptions of what to listen out for were so good I could clearly hear the differences even on my mobile. Thanks.
Thank you Michael. First class master class! Your lessons teach me everytime.
Thank You Homie❤
In the mix❤
Very good explanation. If I understood it correctly, then there must be lots of compression on the radio announcers' voice.
You can actually hear the beginning of certain percussions being cut off for example the hit of a piano key or kick drum being silenced when you over compress…..but I have never used a better compressor than the DBX 160 for doing rap music with both of the previously mentioned instruments that compressor gives me so much control over the sound for just having 3 knobs it’s amazing!
thanks, man! now I'm understanding compression
Wow. Thank you for making compression use in both vocals and instruments (guitar) so clear! The video was a bit long, but it needed to be. Great verbal, visual, and audio descriptions to make it very understandable. Well done! I've been struggling to understand compression, but after watching your video, I think I really understand the big picture for the first time. And I also appreciated your approach to making each track or instrument work within the context of the total recording. Great, great video! Thank you again.
Dude I love what you teach. Thank you for the help.
I have been loving all your content! Thank you so much for sharing all your knowledge.
such a useful video, I always have problem hearing effects and this is so so helpful - thankyou
finally found the tutorials I needed! :D I was able to engage training my ears because of this, and the ways you use words to describe a certain sounds made me understand this course more
Thanks, I'm currently working on a track that needs a fine compressing and this tutorial helped a lot and clears out some confusions.
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*these* are the videos we need!!!
I was literally about to search for this ..... When I stumbled upon ur vid in my home page!!!
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Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge in such a plain way. Great YT channel 🙌🏻