Advanced Compression Techniques: Parallel, Sidechain and Serial Compression [SSP038]

This week, I give an overview of 3 of the most useful advanced compression strategies, along with some details how to implement them on a variety of instruments.

From parallel compression for drums, bass and vocals, serial compression for instruments and buses, and sidechain compression for making space, these are skills that should be in every producer or engineer’s toolkit.

Thanks to Eventide, Soundtoys and Mixing Breakthroughs for sponsoring this episode.

For more on this topic, try my complete series on this, starting here: Video: Advanced Compression Techniques, Part 1—The Secrets of Parallel Compression. And for a while lot more depth on compression, you can always try Mixing Breakthroughs and Mastering Demystified.

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