When I apply a compressor to a sustained bass, the latter part of the sound gets gritty. Increasing the Release seems to ...

When most listeners think of audio compression, they imagine a single gate that trims peaks across the entire sonic field. Multiband compression, by contrast, slices the mix into discrete spectral ...

Borrowing concepts from the multi-band compressor, it splits sound into frequency bands with movable crossovers, each band carrying its own oscillator, shaper and effects. Common tools include two ...

If you've ever visited a professional recording studio, you may have noticed the large amount of outboard equipment that many studios still employ. Nestling alongside a traditional mixing console, ...

The multiband compressor sits quietly beside the classic VCA or FET units on most digital consoles, yet its influence on contemporary sound design is far from marginal. Rather than treating a track as ...