Most people with an interest in music production or recording probably have at least a loose idea of what compression does. Put simply, it ‘squeezes’ incoming audio by reducing the dynamic peaks in an ...

RECORDING WEEK 2025: Most people with an interest in music production or recording probably have at least a loose idea of what compression does. Put simply, it ‘squeezes’ incoming audio by reducing ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Intelligent mixing plugins that do more of the heavy lifting for you are likely to play a big ...

So, I'm fine tuning some audio/video compression settings and I'm not sure how all the settings fit together. I'm using Windows Media 9.1 Professional, so some of this may be specific to that ...

Fuse is a handy and easy‑to‑use compressor at a good price, as long as you can live without a few deeper features. No sidechain input. Lacks the depth of some rival multiband processors. MusicRadar's ...

PLUGIN WEEK 2025: When we think of desirable compression plugins our attention often turns to rare flavour-filled hardware emulations. Good examples would be valve designs based on the Fairchild 670 ...