And in a good way.
Shorter attack and release times (smaller numbers) will make vocals sound more “energetic,” louder, and will also bring out the breaths between words.
Longer attack and release times (higher numbers) will make vocals “punchier” which obviously isn’t as important for vocals as it is for other instruments like kick and snare.
Don’t be put off by the title. It’s a great comprehensive overview of compression – and not just for vocals.
-Kim.
This cleared up the mudd in regards to compression! Thanks, Kim.
P.S. Loving he last posts.
Cheers! I’m going to linking to (and commenting on) other blogs a lot more from now on. There’s a lot of useful stuff that people are saying around the internet.
-Kim.
Nothing quite exceeds the collective wisdom. The trick is in picking it from the right sources, which is always the hardest
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