great audio mix tip to thicken a complete mix and bring important elements forward:

It’s a parallel mixbus compression technique from Andrew Scheps. No need to watch the 10 minutes long video here it is:

  • create a bus with any kind of compressor.
  • send all tracks except the drums to this bus. The sends have be post fader.
  • Compress the bus aggressively (fast-medium attack, fast release, 4:1 ratio up to 10dB gain reduction)
  • bring the bus fader up until it blends and thickens all your front elements.
  • Play with your compressors characters, try different ones etc. That’s the creative side. -Enjoy
  • @removed_by_admin@feddit.de
    1•10 months ago

    Just to add some details: Andrew Sheps seems to have preferred the 1176AE due to its sound and the availability of a 2:1 ratio, with an attack of about 0.8 ms (i.e. pretty slow for a FET) and a release of about 50 ms (relative fast), 6-10 dB reduction, mixed in to taste.