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3 Compression Tricks to Make Your Music LOUD but NOT Pumpy

3 Compression Tricks to Make Your Music LOUD but NOT Pumpy

3 Compression Tricks to Make Your Music LOUD But NOT Pumpy

Yes, you can make your music LOUD without sounding pumpy!

In the video below, you will learn WHY some songs sound pumpy when trying to increase their loudness and 3 ways to eliminate (or greatly reduce) that pumping sound! This will leave your music LOUDER, punchier, and sounding great no matter where it is played.

TIMESTAMPS
00:00 – Intro
02:02 – 3 Reasons Why Songs Sound Pumpy
03:04 – Too Much Gain Reduction
03:55 – How to Hear Pumpy Compression
04:33 – How to Reduce Amount of Gain Reduction?
05:17 – How to Compress Less Without Changing Threshold
07:14 – Why Attack and Release Settings on Compressors Are So Powerful
07:59 – How to Bring Back Life into a Song
09:44 – Suggested Attack Settings for Compressors
10:21 – What Release Settings Sound Like During Compression
12:38 – Distortion Can Occur with Too Fast Release
12:57 – How to Transparently Set a Compressor for a Song
14:30 – How to Deal with Too Much Low Energy in a Mix
15:10 – When Should You Use a Sidechain or EQ Instruments?
17:06 – How Filtering Bass Can Reduce Gain Reduction
17:54 – What is a Sidechain on a Compressor?
19:50 – Using a Side Chain to Clean up a Pumpy Mix
21:14 – Side Chains in Different Compressors
22:33 – What Plugins to Avoid
24:17 – Don’t Forget to Download My Free Compression 101 Guide!

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Bobby Balow

Bobby Balow is a Grammy nominated mixing/mastering engineer, producer, and founder of Raytown Productions based outside of Washington, DC, specializing in beat driven music like rock/metal, hip hop, and EDM. He's been producing, recording, and mixing/mastering music for over 20 years and built Raytown Productions on one belief: that bedroom producers can make music that sounds just as good as million dollar commercial studios. He's helped thousands of home studio musicians reach their goals of releasing pro-sounding music by walking them through the mixing & mastering process via personal coaching and through the Raytown Productions Academy, which offers online music production courses and tutorials.

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