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Help, I've fallen and I can't compress,


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Well after countless hours of watching youtube tuturials, I still have not been able to figure it out. I use fl studio, and the fruity compressor doesnt seem to do shit, the only thing I can do with it is crank the gain. How do you fl studio peeps compress your basslines? I feel like I am missing out in life.

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its not that difficult to get a good result out of the fruity compressor tbh. i dont know shit about compressing, maybe a bit here and there, but its all not really knowing how its done correctly, i just do what sounds good TO ME.

lets take a look - bassline out of a recent project:

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- if i understood correctly the threshold sets the point at which the compression kicks it, which is nearly -20dB in my case.

- ratio is the ratio of the compression, for sub bass i normally go to at least 3:1 or 4:1.

- gain should be self-explanatory

- attack is basically the time until the compression reaches its full amount. for basslines in general set it as low as possible to get a good "overall" sound. i noticed that you get weird feedback noises if you set it to 0 completely, so i always leave a little bit of space there.

- same with release, just play around with that value, i normally just leave it at that.

- the type is personal preference, i prefer the sound of the medium or the vintage one, but different sounds call for different types, so try that one out...

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I think its important to understand how compression actually works.

That way you can decide whether a sound actually NEEDS to be compressed. Most beginning producers feel like there are rules to when you are supposed to use compression, and a certain type of compression for all their drums, synths, etc.

Many people think compression is about making something louder.

gonna post this link again, its extremely helpful imo:

http://www.resoundsound.com/effective-techniques-to-learn-compression/

this article is great as well:

http://www.resoundsound.com/9-tips-working-compression/

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