Advanced Compression Techniques Flashcards
Explain stacking compressors
- One or more compressors in a single chain
- Run in Series
- Compression duty is shared
- Can result in more natural, more transparent sounding compression with fewer artifacts.
What compressors are used when stacking compressors?
Often a optical compressor followed by a FET or VCA compressor is used, however this depends on the sonic goals of the compression itself.
How would you stack hardware compressors?
You would patch from the insert send to compressors 1’s input.The compressor 1’s output to compressor 2’s input.You would then patch compressor 2’s output the insert receive.
Explain Post Reverb Compression
- Can add size and depth to room simulations.
- Can simulate compression used in room mic mixing.
Explain Parallel compression
run a compressor in parallel with the unaffected signal. Just like an effects send and return.This gives you a “dry” or uncompressed version, blended with a “wet” or compressed version.The compressed version is often heavily compressed for effect. And is often employed during drum mixing.
Whats another name for parallel compression?
New York Compression
What is multi-band compression?
- spits the signal into multiple and separate frequency bands via a cross-over network.
- Each frequency band is processed separately through multiple compressors.
- The outputs of each compressor are then fed into a summing amp where the signal is mixed into a single processed signal.
- allows engineers to compress frequency bands independently.
What does a level detector do when it comes to side chain compression?
This detector tells the gain reduction device when, and by how much to reduce the gain.
What is a de-esser?
A de-esser is a frequency conscious compressor that reduces high frequency sibilance.
What is ducking?
nserting the signal via an aux send from a different signal into the sidechain input of a compressor, we can use the aux signal to dictate how the compressor reduces gain.
