RECORDING WEEK 2025: Most people with an interest in music production or recording probably have at least a loose idea of what compression does. Put simply, it ‘squeezes’ incoming audio by reducing ...

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There is a scourge infesting your music with its awfulness, and you probably don't even know. It's called compression, and it's compacting your music into a muddled mess. What started as a useful tool ...

Creating the perfect foundation for your track begins just the right amount of compression for your bass - here’s how to not ...

Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a record producer. Steve reviewed audio products for CNET and worked as a freelance writer for ...

Add punch and power where it’s needed by choosing the right compression types for the key sounds in a track When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Master bus compression is used both when mixing and mastering tracks, but with so many compressor ...

There are many more amps equipped with built-in signage processing than there were just a couple of years ago, and that’s great news for installers. DSPs give them the power to configure audio systems ...