While it can contribute, many producers overlook many other factors involved with mixing and production as a whole, like: Unfortunately, compression often ends up becoming praised as the holy grail of a fat, full and loud mix. It’s a tool that can be used well, or poorly. In fact, it’s an important tool that I would place in the top 4 most crucial for mixing:
Otherwise, you’ll make the same mistake I did: endlessly tweaking a compressor, hoping it would fix my crappy songs.įirst of all, it’s important to understand that like any audio effect, compression is simply a tool.
