From the course: Tips and Tricks for Modern Producers
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FAT compression on guitars and vocals
From the course: Tips and Tricks for Modern Producers
FAT compression on guitars and vocals
- [Instructor] Now I mentioned previously that FET compressors work really great on vocals and things that need a fast attack, but also have a really nice character to them. And they work really nicely on vocals, and I also really love them on guitars. So let's take a look at these acoustic guitars we have here that come in toward the end of the tune. (guitar playing) All right, so nicely recorded. I've got some really simple EEQ in there just getting rid of some muddiness and things like that. I'm going to get rid of the double for now, and I'm just going to send our main acoustic guitar, straight down the middle. (guitar playing) Okay, and maybe I want this thing to pop a little bit more and I want the attack of the acoustic guitar, almost like a percussion instrument. This is coming in in a really big section. We can't clutter it too much, although we do want that energy. Let's listen to this section [Upbeat…
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