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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A compressor is like an automatic volume control. Imagine someone sitting there, turning the volume knob down every time the sound gets too loud and then back up when it gets quieter. It’s all about evening out the dynamics so that everything sits more nicely in the mix. The trick is to set up the attack, release, threshold, and ratio to handle the peaks and valleys in the sound without making it too noticeable. Practice and good monitoring are key, though. Good luck, dude!
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