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28. Explaining and Listening to the 4 Topologies of Compressors (VCA, FET, Opto, and Vari-Mu)
JUL 30, 2020
22 MIN
28. Explaining and Listening to the 4 Topologies of Compressors (VCA, FET, Opto, and Vari-Mu)
JUL 30, 2020
22 MIN
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It's very important to know that every compressor is different and it will make your audio sound differently depending on how it processes the gain reduction. There is a time and place for every different style of compressor, and in this episode we listen to 4 different styles of compression at 3 different amounts of compression applied to my voice.
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UA Article on Compressor Topologies
4SoundEngineers Article of Compressor Topologies
IzoTope's 4 Different Types of Compressors
SoundBridge Article on Types of Compressors
Compressors sampled in this episode: VCA:
API 2500 Stereo Buss Compressor by Waves
FET:
CLA-76 Compressor by Waves
Optical:
CLA-2A Compressor by Waves
Vari-Mu:
u73b by Audified
My Signal Chain Hardware: Audio Interface:
Apogee Ensemble
Microphone:
Shure SM7b
Headphones:
Audio-Technia ATH-M50x
Earbuds:
Klipsch R6i II
Studio Monitors:
Yamaha HS7
Mic Stand:
Rode PS1A Boom Arm
Software: IzoTope RX6 Mouth De-Click IzoTope RX6 Voice De-Noise FabFilter ProQ3 Waves Vocal Rider Waves CLA-2A oeksound Soothe2 Waves LinMB Waves WLM Meter Waves Durrough Meter Waves Abbey Road Studio3 -
Save 10% off the plugins above with this affiliate link from Waves
!- *most of these links are affiliate links Midroll Song:
Road Trip
by Joakim Karud Closing Song:
Something New
by Joakim Karud
http://www.joakimkarud.com
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my website
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