EDM Production Workshop - Compression & Dynamics

Apply drum compression to increase the kick drum's punch and attack, making it cut through a busy mix, and use it to glue drum groups and loops for cohesion.

Explore snare compression to add punch and a percussive attack, using open attack, quick release, and infinity ratio, with threshold adjustment and makeup gain to restore level.

Learn how to compress a full drum loop to emphasize attack and glue multiple percussion elements—kick, snare, hats, and shakers—while balancing dynamics and reverb.

Group the drums, apply compression to the drum group to glue parts, add character and punch, and adjust attack, release, ratio, threshold, knee, and output gain for a snappy sound.

Explore bass compression techniques for different bass types—plucky, distorted, and smooth—focusing on smoothing volume differences with fast attack, slow release, infinity ratio, and soft knee.

Explore bass compression techniques by setting a fast attack, infinity ratio with knee, a threshold around minus 32 dB, and a slow release to reduce pumping and increase loudness.

Learn to shape a plucky bass with compression by boosting the attack for a punchy, aggressive sound or taming the pluck for smoothness, using fast attack and snappy release.

Apply compression to keyboard tracks with two examples: piano loop for more attack and punch, and pad for smoother, more consistent volume.

Apply compression to the piano to even out dynamics, setting a threshold at minus 5.5 dB and an infinity ratio, then tweak attack, release, and gain reduction.

Tune a pad-type synth with a compressor to tame loud hits while preserving smooth dynamics; adjust ratio, release, and attack for a gentle, musical impact on pads, bass, or vocals.

Apply vocal compression with serial compression, using multiple compressors to control loud words and smooth dynamics through careful threshold, attack, release, knee, and ratio.

Learn how parallel compression blends a heavily compressed signal with the original to add aggression, power, and presence, using dry/wet blending, duplicate tracks, or a return/bus approach.

Master multi-band compression by targeting frequency ranges with separate settings to glue kick and bass, tame harsh highs, and shape vocals.

Master serial compression for vocals by chaining multiple compressors: fix loud words, reduce harsh frequencies with a multiband, then glue the mix with a final compressor.

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