28. Explaining and Listening to the 4 Topologies of Compressors (VCA, FET, Opto, and Vari-Mu)

Jul 30, 2020

It's very important to know that every compressor is different and it will make your audio sound differently depending on how it processes the gain reduction. There is a time and place for every different style of compressor, and in this episode we listen to 4 different styles of compression at 3 different amounts of compression applied to my voice.

 

 

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Links:

Join the Clean Cut Audiophiles Discord Server!

Clean Cut Audio on YouTube

UA Article on Compressor Topologies

4SoundEngineers Article of Compressor Topologies

IzoTope's 4 Different Types of Compressors

SoundBridge Article on Types of Compressors

 

Compressors sampled in this episode:

VCA: API 2500 Stereo Buss Compressor by Waves

FET: CLA-76 Compressor by Waves

Optical: CLA-2A Compressor by Waves

Vari-Mu: u73b by Audified

 

 

My Signal Chain

 

Hardware:

Audio Interface: Apogee Ensemble

Microphone: Shure SM7b

Headphones: Audio-Technia ATH-M50x

Earbuds: Klipsch R6i II

Studio Monitors: Yamaha HS7

Mic Stand: Rode PS1A Boom Arm

 

Software:

IzoTope RX6 Mouth De-Click

IzoTope RX6 Voice De-Noise

FabFilter ProQ3

Waves Vocal Rider

Waves CLA-2A

oeksound Soothe2

Waves LinMB

Waves WLM Meter

Waves Durrough Meter

Waves Abbey Road Studio3

 

 

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*most of these links are affiliate links

 

Midroll Song: Road Trip by Joakim Karud

Closing Song: Something New by Joakim Karud

http://www.joakimkarud.com

 

 

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