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Old 01-23-2020, 07:03 PM   #16
ErBird
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Originally Posted by Stews View Post
Do you never find that compressing groups of tracks (or even all the tracks) together gives them a sense of cohesion?
Bus compression is trash. I've never understood how anyone could like it. You're compressing, modulating the overall volume, of a group of signals based on the dynamics of the loudest element at the moment. That means the volume of elements that may be perfectly steady and need no compression get pushed down along with the whole. To the detriment of the mix. It's a silly premise.

Extreme example. Listen to the cymbals:


I think people who praise "1-2 dB" of bus compression are really enjoying other side effects of the plugin they're using e.g. EQ and saturation. Hence why they keep the actual compression so minimal.
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