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Compression is something that stumps alot of us, including me. So I was wondering,

If you had to describe compression in 3 sentences, what would you say?

Dynamics attenuation.

(can I do it in two words?)

(This might be a terrible description)

fragments wrote:Dynamics attenuation.

(can I do it in two words?)

(This might be a terrible description)

Three sentences.. OR LESS I guess.

Wow that rhymes, im a poet and I didnt even know it.

OHHHHHHHH.

Here's a good analogy on the basics of how a compressor work. It's more than three sentences but I hope it helps.

3 sentences? I'll give you it in 3 words:-

Loud, quiet, time

In case of downward compression:

Reducing peak levels over a certain threshold.

or

Reducing the dynamic range of a signal.

Virtual sausage.

Compression cuts the volume of a signal that crosses above a certain threshold by a set ratio. It then (usually) employs makeup gain to bring the volume of the signal approximately back to its original level. These two processes thereby reduce the dynamic range of the signal.

Make. Shit. LOUDER!

jonahmann wrote:Make. Shit. LOUDER!

No, it doesn't, not in essence. The makeup stage may bring this in, but what a compressor actually does is reduce peaks, so your signal sits at a more steady level that can be mixed/controlled.

dubunked wrote:Compression cuts the volume of a signal that crosses above a certain threshold by a set ratio. It then (usually) employs makeup gain to bring the volume of the signal approximately back to its original level. These two processes thereby reduce the dynamic range of the signal.

Yes, it does.

Thanks for the lesson on compression, dude.

Loudness is a common abuse of dynamic range compression, adding a parody slant to the satire.

jeer wrote:

jonahmann wrote:Make. Shit. LOUDER!

No, it doesn't, not in essence. The makeup stage may bring this in, but what a compressor actually does is reduce peaks, so your signal sits at a more steady level that can be mixed/controlled.

Actually compressor may also make the quiet sounds louder, instead of making the loud sounds quieter. And that makes it louder without make up.

@thread:

Knife Party

Okay you're bouncing on a trampoline under a giant holding a hammer. If you jump high enough to tickle his foot, he hits you with the hammer at some ratio to the hardness that you hit his foot. Attack time is how quickly he swings the hammer, release is how quickly he eases up, threshold is the height of his foot, and makeup gain is the height of the trampoline.

SunkLo wrote:Okay you're bouncing on a trampoline under a giant holding a hammer. If you jump high enough to tickle his foot, he hits you with the hammer at some ratio to the hardness that you hit his foot. Attack time is how quickly he swings the hammer, release is how quickly he eases up, threshold is the height of his foot, and makeup gain is the height of the trampoline.

And where does the giant stand on?

SunkLo wrote:Okay you're bouncing on a trampoline under a giant holding a hammer. If you jump high enough to tickle his foot, he hits you with the hammer at some ratio to the hardness that you hit his foot. Attack time is how quickly he swings the hammer, release is how quickly he eases up, threshold is the height of his foot, and makeup gain is the height of the trampoline.

that's one way to put it!

mromgwtf wrote:

SunkLo wrote:Okay you're bouncing on a trampoline under a giant holding a hammer. If you jump high enough to tickle his foot, he hits you with the hammer at some ratio to the hardness that you hit his foot. Attack time is how quickly he swings the hammer, release is how quickly he eases up, threshold is the height of his foot, and makeup gain is the height of the trampoline.

And where does the giant stand on?

His other foot obvs.

SunkLo wrote:

mromgwtf wrote:

SunkLo wrote:Okay you're bouncing on a trampoline under a giant holding a hammer. If you jump high enough to tickle his foot, he hits you with the hammer at some ratio to the hardness that you hit his foot. Attack time is how quickly he swings the hammer, release is how quickly he eases up, threshold is the height of his foot, and makeup gain is the height of the trampoline.

And where does the giant stand on?

His other foot obvs.

Good, now please elaborate multi-band compression with the same analogy

Not 3 sentences but a video demonstration and explanation I made.

outbound wrote:

SunkLo wrote:

mromgwtf wrote:

SunkLo wrote:Okay you're bouncing on a trampoline under a giant holding a hammer. If you jump high enough to tickle his foot, he hits you with the hammer at some ratio to the hardness that you hit his foot. Attack time is how quickly he swings the hammer, release is how quickly he eases up, threshold is the height of his foot, and makeup gain is the height of the trampoline.

And where does the giant stand on?

His other foot obvs.

Good, now please elaborate multi-band compression with the same analogy

You lay out flat on multiple trampolines under multiple giants with hammers. That way the giant by your feet can hammer down hard and the one by your head can go gentle on your delicate noggin. Each band's ratio controls how testy the corresponding giant is that particular day.