Turn the ratio to full, the release all the way down, and adjust the threshold for the amount of compression and never worry about settings again. That's the beauty of the SSL desk.
Wow i must admit i was pissing around with compression knobs but not really knowing how and what they were for..This tutorial really helped me to get an understanding what to use it for. Thanks. ive really got to learn so much more though, my only trouble is remembering all the things i learn lol
So so helpful! I'm crossing over from GarageBand to Reason. Never knew how to compress. Watched so many videos and yours is far the best one! This will help so much for me! Thank you!!!!!!
As someone who started their career in music as an arranger in the nineties, any type of eq/limiting/compression is gonna be my weak point. Thanks for the video. Also, "Take Me to the Place (Yours)" is brilliant stuff.
Hey! although its a earlier version of reason, your videos help me a LOT for understanding everything. i just started learning how to make electronic music with reason 10. you are a fantastic help thank you!
@@LearnReason haha yeah i know, just saw a video from suzanne ciani :D that were some synths ! i just wanted to point out that your videos are really helpful. thank you
best tutorial out there. All these other video's expain like 1/3th of what to do. you explained like every knob out there. this really helped me out , great job ;)
I second that motion...a quick tutorial on the Master bus compressor would be awesome.Great tutorial...Im off to watch every single one of your videos now:) Keep us the good work dude and thanks for sharing the knowledge
Thank you. I'm finally getting a hand on the idea of compression. I knew the effect is often subtle, but it never occured to me to SEE it via the level meter.
I been working on ableton for the last few years but I really like reason alot too. I got a brother who works on reason and I made a few projects on reason.
Allright, after watching this I still feel the need to ask this question. On average you would advise to use the compressor only for subtle max 6db compression, to make sure the dynamic range between the lowest and highest sound output are leveled to the point where they are hopefully on a constant db level. Were you to compress beyond the 6db level, you are most likely to arrive in the "effect" zone, where you are using the compressor to color the sound, rather than using it to create a steady sound output. Now if you want to compress beyond 6db, but do not wish to color the sound, you would be using a limiter, or in this case turn on peak mode, or just make sure, soft knee isn't turned on. I take it that a limiter has a higher than 6db range of "subtle" compression before it is viewed as sound coloring. If this is the case, then I've perfectly grasped what you've been explaining in this video. The only question that would then remain is to know what is the max db I can limit before it's no longer subtle and becomes more of a sound coloring effect, rather than leveling. Thanks in advance for replying!
+Omkara Official This tutorial is just to help people understand how a compressor works. How and when you choose to use it is totally up to you and there really is no wrong way to use it because you are the Mix Artist. It is only important to understand how they work. All to often people get caught up in they this way, that way which IMHO is a waste of time because each song has its own identity and it can be mixed an infinite many ways. I say just learn how a compressor works and go for it.
Great video. You don't do it in this tutorial but would you normally add compression to a parallel track rather than the original as you have done here?
I would like to know what for using the bus fader? recently I bought a REASON7. before I used work on REASN 4 and 5. the way u explain is really really easy to understand. I really appreciate u.
very helpful tutorial. I still have a lot of trouble with compression though. I've noticed that while my song is playing on reason, it sounds fine, but, when I export the audio, the volume drops when the drums kick in. Any ideas?
Would like for you to go over the master fader. Should i keep at 0db, how far down should i bring it to avoid clipping, and when the two red dots at the very top light is that clipping?
Maurice Nusom I go over this in the the Learn How to Mix Series and in this video Gain Staging in the SSL Mixer Series. Just know that the Master fader is used to set your Final Output to rendering. You should always leave ad least 4 - 6db for Mastering. Yes when they turn red it is clipping.
Thanks! There could be many reasons why your vocal is to low really. Watch my Learn How To Mix Tutorials from the start and I bet all your questions will be answered. Level is so miss understood in Mixing and its more about gain structure then a compressor.
This is a great video with great info... Thank tou for that... But please if I may... You keep trying to show the difference with the compressor on/off but then talk over it. It's frustrating! Just a heads up!
According to your graph at around 8:20 showing the difference between compression and limiting, it would seem that turning the peak button on would totally nullify your ratio setting, since it's completely flattening out the signal at the given threshold. Am I interpreting this correctly, or did I miss something?
It's called 'Peak' because it changes the signal detection from RMS (Root mean squared - like an average between peaks and troughs) to detection of peak levels. The result is a very fast attack time. like the man says, this is good for fast attack drums. If you use the M-Class limiter in recorded work, you can even set it to look ahead for the peaks! @LearnReason- Great video thanks.
Hi, thanks for the video. I have always been told and from experience using the compressor it brings the lower volumes higher and you can clearly here this when using it so why is your theory all about it turning the loud parts of audio down rather than the other way round. Sound like your talking about a limiter not a compressor and to be honest this makes things extremely complicated! please explain. Thanks
My understanding and experience of Compression is that it is mainly used to make the quieter sounds louder and to give more punch where as your tutorial talks about the compressor more as a limiter to bring loud notes quiter! as I said this is making the whole theory rather complicated. Can you explain this please?
Adam Kennard You can make the quieter parts sounds louder because you're lowering the level of the louder parts. so the difference in levels between the quieter and the louder parts is reduced (you have compressed or limited the dynamics). with the makeup gain you can now raise the overall volume without having the louder parts go insanely high or clipping
OK! so - I click this "peak" button on my audio track 1 but I don't observate the difference - my audio track play still the same over the 0 db - no limiter reaction :-/ Should I set up this limiter somewhere else??
+Bartmuz virtual band Yes you must press the ON button to turn on the compressor. Then use the Peak function to compress things with "Fast Attack" like snare drums...ect. I explain how the compressor works in the main mixer and some times it's a lot to take in and some people watch it again or go back to the tutorial to refresh their understanding.
Im guessing that the switch on the ssl mixer [Peak] in reason is kind of like a polarity switch so as to reverse the compression so as to act as a limiter? But im not %100 sure on this. can you explain please
Great tutorial, i understand the concept of compresing way better now, thanx!. But i have one thing to say about the part snare/bassdrum. In a book i read called 'sound design ' by David Sonnenschein, the author said something like the low and high frequencies sound by the ear less harder then middle tones, while the db meter can tell that the bassdrum (like in this video) is much harder. I think this part in the video is a good practical example of this effect. Can you explain this comment better for people reading this? I think you can explain this effect better, i think it is an important fact know, can you agree with that or do you have another opinion?
This tutorial is about the Dynamics section in the mixer and there is no make gain. Not all compressors have make up gain. Also the dynamics on the channels strip are for taming the sound not making the sound louder or squashing the sound so much you would need make-up gain.
