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Originally posted by Stevemarble just wondering why one would have a compressor on the master when producing a track. an entire specrum of views would be appreciated.

I find that it helps tighten up the low end of my track. Try it out and see, dont go too mad on the compression or you'll ruin your track

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Originally posted by Nightshift Try this. Turn off the compressor. Turn down every sound u have by the exact same amount. (i.e. turn down the kick 3dB, turn down everything else 3dB). Then apply a highpass filter to the master channel and set it for 20hz so that everything below 20hz is filtered out. You wouldnt believe how much inaudible noise is generated in that area. Then while watching the dB meter on the main channel, play the tracks chorus, or the section with the most sounds playing. What you want to find is what dB the mix seems to stabalize around with the most sounds playing, so you need to ignore random peaks because these are what you WANT to compress. Then apply a compressor with the highest ratio possible, a hard knee and a threshhold of what you just observed (so if the mix stabalized around -2dB you put ur threshold for -2dB) Then set your attack for fastest possible and release for between 800-1000ms preferrably. Then while watching the dB Meter on the main channel, subtly apply gain until you hit around -0.3dB Then render. If you are still having trouble send me a PM and i will help you out.

im not suffering from this problem, but thats a handy tip

nice one

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Originally posted by Nightshift Try this. Turn off the compressor. Turn down every sound u have by the exact same amount. (i.e. turn down the kick 3dB, turn down everything else 3dB). Then apply a highpass filter to the master channel and set it for 20hz so that everything below 20hz is filtered out. You wouldnt believe how much inaudible noise is generated in that area. Then while watching the dB meter on the main channel, play the tracks chorus, or the section with the most sounds playing. What you want to find is what dB the mix seems to stabalize around with the most sounds playing, so you need to ignore random peaks because these are what you WANT to compress. Then apply a compressor with the highest ratio possible, a hard knee and a threshhold of what you just observed (so if the mix stabalized around -2dB you put ur threshold for -2dB) Then set your attack for fastest possible and release for between 800-1000ms preferrably. Then while watching the dB Meter on the main channel, subtly apply gain until you hit around -0.3dB Then render. If you are still having trouble send me a PM and i will help you out.

This sorted it! Thanks so much man

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