Glue Style Compressors

[nowaysj]

A glue style compressor doesn't need to be on the master. Put it on any group of sounds that you want to... glue together, blend together, smear together (somewhat).

[GregoryTJ]

Forgive me if I was unclear, I understand that these glue style compressors are meant to go over a group of sounds and make it seem as if they mesh together.

But what makes a compressor "glue style"? I mean you could put any compressor on a group of sounds and if you tweaked the settings right it might make the sounds fit together better.

What is the deciding characteristic between "glue" and regular compressors when placed over a group of sounds, or is it the mere act of placing that compressor on a group of sounds that makes it a "glue" compressor.

Sorry if I am being daft...

[nowaysj]

It is like what makes a sneaker/trainer a "walking shoe". Certainly you can walk in any kind of shoe, yeah? It is just what the particular device excels at, imu*o.

*uninformed.

[GregoryTJ]

Fair enough. Unless you are using some analog simulation most software compressors are going to be using very similar algorithms though.

I can see where that still might come in to play though.


Supposedly this is good, never tried it myself:
http://loudmax.blogspot.com/

It looks a bit like a magic answer approach though, like soundgoodizer or sausage fattener...
It is free though.

[nowaysj]

Well, a glue style compressor should be transparent, clean, but still impart some sort of fairy dust. Obviously the fairy dust is the rub.