Compression is an absolute staple studio effect. In short, a compressor squeezes an audio signal, reducing the dynamic range resulting in the louder elements sounding less aggressive and increasing ...

The compressors most of us use are software plugins that come with our DAWs, and they do a great job. The flexibility to be able to put as many compressors as we like, anywhere in the audio chain, at ...

Many SSL hardware compressors are already available in fantastic plugin emulations. But the company has also developed further compressor plugins from the ground up like X-Comp and X-valvecomp. That ...

In part two of our four part series on compression, we profile compressor concepts and the benefits of various options. By Shawn Skead. In the last article, I spoke about Compression as a concept and ...