On the level - audio compression and dynamics

Posted by Gavin Brockis on Friday 25 September 2009 at 11:03am
Tags: audio editing | news | signal processing | software | sound recordings

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New advice document now online, introducing the mysterious art of dynamics processing, including compression, limiting and gating.

Managing the volume level of your audio recordings is a sometimes surprisingly difficult challenge. Variations in loudness of recorded sources can play havoc with recording and playback equipment, and lead to poor or even unusable results.

Our new advice document covering Audio Processing - Dynamics and Compression looks at some of the tools available to help you control variations in the level of your recorded signals, and particularly the compressor. Compression is an invaluable aid to the audio recording and mixing workflow, but is generally little understood outside of the music production, recording and broadcast industries. This document aims to explain why it was developed, and give an overview of its rôle in improving quality and consistency in audio production.

As well as explanation of how dynamics processing works, this document includes some advice on when you might need to use these processors, and some guidelines and tips.

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