I’ve been making music since 2009 and I’ve never had a proper listening equipment until end of 2022, so that’s a long road of never knowing how to properly master my songs (construction is nice to me but mastering was impossible)
I need to know compression which is what I’m always criticized, though even that one meme comparing a compressor to your mother to explain how it works doesn’t get inside my brain
and i feel like my ears can’t pick frequencies well to equalise anything, my biggest issue in mastering
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One thing the above comments don’t mention is that compression doesn’t just work to control volume; it also changes the sound, as a side effect of the volume control. It can make things sound punchy, or thicker, or squashed. For example, snare drums completely change their sound when compressed – that’s a big part of a studio drum sound and why it sounds different than acoustic drums live in a room. There’s a compressor called a Distressor that was used on just about every rock snare drum recorded in the 90s because it has a distinct, aggressive yet controlled sound. So while compression is used for volume control, it’s also used as an effect to thicken or make the sound punchier. How much depends on how you set the threshold, ratio, and other controls.
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