TO BE HONEST I SAW A YOUNG MAN AND I WAS CURIOUS HOW MUCH HE KNOWS COZ I AM 48YRS AND I. HAVE BEEN DOING AUDIO ENGINEERING FOR 3 DECADES. I HAVE TO SAY THIS YOUNG MAN IS ONE OF THE BEST TUTORS I HAVE SEEN. HE EASILY DWARFS A LOT OF THESE OTHER VIDEOS ON KZfaq. HE IS VERY CLEAR,ARTICULATE AND WELL SPOKEN AND CLEARLY KNOWS THE STUFF. YOUR FUTURE IS EXTREMELY BRIGHT. GOOD VIDEO. KEEP IT UP

This is legit the only good tutorial on youtube about compressers, I would really recomend this video to every one who doesn't know how a compressor works, awesome video!

Sir, you are the best. This tutorial is better than any other videos and articles about compression on the internet. Period.

Great video. I have to point out a big mistake you made that will trip up new producers. The makeup button is an auto gain button and will automatically boost it up 9db since you cut 9db. The output fader lets you adjust that but you added 9db plus the makeup button so you were adding 18db to the signal resulting in that massive clip waveform you got.

may be one of the best tutorial i have ever watched, DIRECT KNOWLEDGE, NO BULSHIT

I've watched tons of videos on compression, but now I actually feel like I get it. This was super helpful, subbed!

Your tutorials are appreciated. You explain everytNice tutorialng so simply and show the fundantals of producing. Many people and myself thank

One of the best / simplest yet effective compressor explanations I've seen - well done Julian, thanks.

Best compression video i have ever seen. learned so much even in just the first 5 minutes.

Your videos are great, informative and helpful without additional nonsense. Some people go on and on about stuff nobody wants to hear and unrelated to the topic.

Excellent presentation. As a school teacher, I appreciate your use of visualizations and your varying techniques. We all learn things in different ways. very knowledgeable

Man, you are good. One of the most complete and clear videos I have watched about compression.

Best compressor tutorial i've ever seen!

Super well explained, looking forward to the other videos in this series

Bro I really do appreciate you for this help, Thanks! I subscribed and Liked the video.

Can I just say. This is the tutorial ive always been looking for. I dont have ableton I will be using the FL compressor but this has really helped me understand the fundamentals massively so thankyou for that.

Amazing tutorials mate, iv learnt so much watching your vids👌You have the Best tutorials on KZfaqLooking forward to more👊

the best video ive found on compression. thank you :)

Very helpful! Great context and visualization very grateful

Thank you for explaining this thoroughly!

After a log time, i really got something useful. Thanks bro.

You post very excellent and informative videos

That freeze and flatten has been the missing piece of the puzzle for me. I wanted to see things visually and so this is probably the most informative compressor tutorial I have seen

Great tutorials, Julian. Keep them coming!

thank god! I finally know how to compress now! thank you so much!

The Best Video On Compression Love You Brother 😂I Finally Got How A Compressor Works And How To Use It

Wow, awesome video! A lot of stuff that I already knew, but everything that has to do with the knee and with the EQ tool on the compressor was new to me. Thanks for making this!

Whoa! That was just cool. After being behind the compressor for almost a year u are the only person who managed to explain it. Hats off to ya dude ! And one last question. Could you tell me where can I get that ableton skin you're using ?

Julian this is so good dude. the more videos I watch from you the more I see how much you care about your videography. this is an amazing tutorial, explained a lot, and is so cleanly done you may as well add another three 0's to your subscriber count. good job man

best compression tutorial ever! subscribed :)

Hi Julian, I believe that the makeup button is an automatic output level , which automatically calculate how much GR is done then boost the output according to the GR, and this mean it's an extra feature for this specific Ableton compressor. And the audio engineer should decide using either the auto option (enable makeup button) or the manual option by setting the output level to -/+ dB. It's better to always disable makeup button when using this ableton compressor otherwise all you going to hear is the volume being boosted. Also when someone jump to different compressor which don't have this auto makeup button it will act very differently to his ears!

best tutorial I've seen on compression. Can't wait for more !

The best compression video

Thank you, til know i never knew, how compressors work! I' m waiting for the next part of the series😁!

Thank you. Really appreciate what you do.

Well done Julian.

bro your wig game is on point

You definitely make the best tutorials on the internet imo. As soon as I figure out my issues with why I'm getting so much "bogged down" CPU, then I will be joining the family of music production tutorials. Anyways, good job yo! Very thorough, clean, and great graphic definition! 🤘🏻

Very clear and super helpful

Awesome. Clear explanation about compression. Thank you.

Really really awesome video, thanks for the in depth look at the compressor ... everything was explained so well thanks dude

I just found this channel thanks to Zen, and it really helped me A LOT with learning about this. I loved every part of the explanations and visualizations and just thought I'd let you know. Keep up the good work!

what I appreciate about this vid is the visuals given, that helps so much !

Dude, your way of explaining so perfect! Thanks again!

Your videos are really awesome. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

Subscribed, great video

Awesome video! Helped me very much :)

Nicely explained thanks.

Boas, muito obrigado pela dica Sr Mr AndyPee, Muitos Abraços.

Very informative. Thanks man!

Great explanation. Thanks.

Awesome tutorial! I finally understand how to use a compressor lol, wasn't clear enough for me but you made it very simple :)

Good work mate keep it up, the visual demonstrations actually really helped me understand it better!

Very clear, thank you!

This video is the best explanation I found on a compressor on the entire internet, you are the boss my man

Wow man, you really put in a lot of effort. Liked and subscribed.

After all those years, I finally get it :-) Subscribing now!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ seriously good video!!!!! Worth every second thank you

Great video! Look forward to hearing you live at EDC Orlando!!

Nailed it. Zen brought me here, you’re awesome dude. Subbed🙌🏽

Great tutorial!!!

Yeees! Took me so long to understand compression, thankx fam💪

Still working as of today, ty!

Thanks for the video. Straight to the point and easy to understand. keep up the good work. Peace

Awesome video. Ridiculously helpful

wow, it's impressive! very helpful man. thank you so much

dude. seriously. Well fucking done!

Wow. Thank you.

Loved the video man thanks alot!

great explanation! best one so far

Thanks so much for this! Very clear and helpful.

Thanks for taking the time out to make video. Great info.

Really excited for this series, great video!

Fantastic job!

Amazing explanations man. You've helped to clear a lot of things up for me regarding compression and sidechaining, and how to EQ works within the plugin. Thank you!

Awesome ! Looking foreward to the multiband tutorial

Very, very nice tutorial dude..... :-)

Great video Julian. Keep it up ☝🏻

Doing gods work my friend haha. Great vid, wish I would've had this a decade ago...

love your video man, good job, this helped me a lot

super helpful! thank you so much, subscribed!

amazing video learned alot

Very informative

Subscribed hoping to see more stuff like this.

I like your Ableton Theme

Cheers man Thank you for this

Amazing

You are describing, the use of compression to normalize a track. Compression becomes more complex, when you use it to mix track harmonics,dynamics, and just mixing and bussing in general. A lot of confusion, is the result, when compression is used at the wrong times, and the wrong places? Understanding Gain stages, is more important, then how normalizing a track can be done, with compression, especially since you can ride a fader in many cases get a better mix(pre-compression). Can you make a video where you have two tracks, that just wont mix well, and you use compression to glue them together?

aroubnd 2.03 you mention how a singers NATURAL dynamic keeps changing... and how to essentially level that out... but that actually means robbing it of what makes it ''real''.... another case of the producer getting in the way if u ask me! altho i mainly work these days learning digital/technoid tecniques, i grew out of real bands influenced by the direct live session recordings typical of the 1950s, where one mic (in my case two mics for stereo) was positioned nearest the mixing desk such as it was then, and the musicians positioned carefully so that they are heard in the right balance (what a mixing desk should really be recreating), and i am completely capturing a genuine live anuadulterated band session. once i have that understood and working, i can also simultaneously have each musician going into an indivudual channel for after-tweaking IF NEEDED. it's pretty much how classically trained sound engineers and producers who worked from the bigband era worked, and is still the best and only way not to get production in the way of a real live band sound. (think George Martin who worked for the Beatles) so, now that i'm doing purely virtual/digital music, i still stick to those principles. and as that gives me a ground to work from,it means when i m,ove away from that, then it is deliberate, and should sound consciencious. but a singer or analogue intrument is MEANT tohave varying dynamics as thats what makes it musical. rather than blandly setting popular levelling. the only issue with analogue and live vocals is to give the musician or singer a decent metronome so they stay bang on pulse so it always fits into the grid for future tweakings.

Hey Julian. Great video my friend. You’ve got yourself a new subscriber! Friendly regards, Emiel.

starts at 3:21 Thank me later :D

great job bro.

omg thank you so so much! this is actually the best tutorial out there can you doa tutorial on mixing elements like supersaws, bass, sub bass and kick ?

Thanks Julian!! do you already know when the next video is being posted ? :)

Thanks brilliant

you make greate vids

Really useful.

Thanks man

Nice video, btw I do have two questions. 1. How do you get rid of the clicking that sometimes occurs when you set the attack to 0 so that the kick punches through on a drop for example. 2. Could you make a video on how to get vocals/audio in time with the bpm you have set in your DAW? Like if the audio/singer is in 140bpm how do you get it to line up perfectly at 120bpm for example?