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what is a compressor?
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| azndragon0613 |
| Hmmm I've realized there are a lot of technical aspects that i'm missing out on particularly the art of compression. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think it's used to cut out or filter frequencies so that the song doesn't overlap in some areas too much. So far I haven't been able to do that (basically make each instrument occupy it's own frequencies so when pieced together everything sounds distinct and articulated) I think the problem is not compressing. So the big compression...how do you do it? I've looked at the help file in Fruity but it just tells me what each nob does. How do you use it to get cleaner sounds and stuff? |
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| azndragon0613 |
lol...i feel stupid but that's ok. Thanks for the response jason.
Btw, when you guys produce songs,how do you know what frequences an instrument occupies and how to make sure that each instrument sounds and stands out? |
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| dj jasonF |
by ear. but sometimes we need some help... :D
www.kvraudio.com > search Voxengo Span - download > use in master fx... solo anything you wanna analyse. it shows a graphic responce of freqs.
or any other spectrum analyser would be fine.
after you get the genral idea of what instruments play in whatever freqs use a filter or eq to make adjustments as needed. but always trust your ears more than analysers.
ps. the article above isnt that good (in terms of details) check the tutorial stickie for more details about compressors (as well as anything else) |
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| farris |
http://www.voxengo.com/product/SPAN/ ;)
For a really brief explanation with pictures of what a compressor does you should look at this little article on the elementalaudio site. It explains in short how a compressor works with an analogy to a chair. How's that for a real-life comparison :D. Hope it helps a bit, but as dj jasonF already suggested have a look at the sticky at the top of this subforum.
- farris |
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| DjGeMiNi529 |
| use eq for the frequenceies |
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