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1. Welcome: Hello, guys. My name
is Gabriel Felix and welcome to my course. I will explain all
the step by step how it works, use simple words. This tutorial is for beginners. I will start with the
practical part showing all the step by step with
several types of examples. And then we are going to learn about the most important
parameters and, of course, learn how to work
with gig and compressor. Tutorial is going to
be very important, especially if you
practice rock have metal, or if you enjoy
tropicorHme music, turn on your computer,
turn on your die, and all the software,
tune your guitar, and let's learn how to
use compressor engage.
2. Gate: Let's start with the
practical wins part. Then we'll move on to
the technical side, learning all the
settings for its effect. Both the gig and the compressor are used on all
music instruments, as well as neration
and voiceover. We will begin with the gate. Since these effects
are easier to explain by seeing rather
than just hearing, let's look at the
computers gram. I'm going to use the per
and the bias effects too. But I'm not going to use the gate and the compressor
of the software. I'm going to explain with the Gaitor compresor
of the ripper. Let's take a look.
This is a gait. The most important thing is this setting right here and
right here, the output mix. In short, gate cuts any sound
below a level that you set, for example, let's see if I
set this level right here. Gates going to cut everything
below this volume. Check this out. Let me see
another example of better one. This one. I play the song
and I play some muted port. As you can see, he cut
the volume, right? You get everything
below this fragrance. Once again. As you can hear, we have a volume cut right in
this part right here. So I just so other
dust bell, 5.7. Sorry. I edges just like here, 28.6. As you can see, he's
not cutting anything? So you hear the noise and all the problems that a very strong
distortion give you us. Let's listen once again
with the setup in 28.6. So it's not cutting anything, so let's put once again. I equals around
here, let me see. Oh, it's less. So
now, works perfectly. So any sound below this 12.6 will be cut by the gate as shown in this
spectre right here, or this one you can see as well. So start fast, right?
Cuts everything. Be careful because
if you cut too much, it can make the sound real bad, especially if your music
has volume chains. So, for example,
if I put too much, I'm not going to hear my sound. As you can see, it's
playing down the gate. I sound of music. But with the gate, I I'm
cutting too much, right? So sometimes you cut and you do cut, you have the git and not
the gate and this is really weird to be
careful about it. This effect is very
common rock guitar, as you can see, it
works really well. For instance, the git removes all the noise from
the distortion when my riof get quieter. Let's listen to the
end of my gait. Sorry off my song. Let's
check the sport right here. And you have in the gate.
Let's listen down the gate. Nice rough noisy, right. Noise from the software noise from the amplifier,
so be careful. Many musicians and music
producers use these effects to clean up excess sound
that might mess up the mix. Example, noise like this.
3. Compressor: Okay, let's take a look
on the compressor. The compressor works
in the opposite way. Any sound above a specific level set by the musician or the
producer will be compressive. It's like you have someone holding the door so
you can get through. So as you can see the marking, any sound above the specific
level is the compressor. This effect is very
helpful during the mixing, especially if you accidentally play a bit louder than
usual. Let's see. I play I play this
f here very strong, very loud at this scenario. The sport right here. Okay, and putting toomd
compressor, right? It me minimize the effect. Usually, we just put
a little bit, okay? So spa right here. Going to play very strong. Bam, bam. So dug the compressor? With the compressor. The effect is very helpful during mixing, especially if you accidentally play a bit louder than usual. Of course, this
effect should be used lightly without going
overboard to avoid, make your sound feel artificial. Many musicians with
untrained ears might not note the difference, but they are extremely important because every detail
matters in so. Let's put you much compressor. All this is being compressed. So as you can listen,
we lose volume, right? It's better now. Let's
use both effects, okay? Compressor and River. So let me see this month. A Okay. That's perfect. Now
you're going to use the gates. Very nice, isn't it? Of course, you have other types
of compressors and gates. For example, let
me see right here. Let's use the compressor and a gate by the
software bias effects. As you can see, we have
a different parameters and just three parameters, the compressor,
we just have two. Let's listen to the sound. Cut the volume, but this time he didn't cut
the volume too much, just a little bit. Remember, when you're
going to use the gate, the first parameter
that you need to take a look is the desk bell. This one right here. Or if you are going
to use torpedo, you need to see the threshold. This threshold is going to set the desk bell that you
want to get to apply the gate. Of course, if you're going
to use the compressor, you need to two parameters, the two most important one. The threshold, as you can
see the name is right here, and the output mixing, especially this
parameter right here. In this case, we
have this parameter. But if you use the pedal, you don't have, you
just have the output. That is the threshold,
the same thing as the threshold and the speed the speed that the compressor is going to compress your music. Now it's time to talk about the most technical part, isn't it? The parameters inside the
4. Compressor - adjusting Settings: Now it's time to talk about the most technical part, isn't it? The parameters
inside the effect. This time, let's start
with the compressor. So let's see. First parameter
is the threshold. Now, as I told you
before, this is the levutt which the
compressor start working. When the sound goes
above this level, the compressors kick in. Rachel, is what right here. It's another very important one, this control, how much the
compressor reduce the sound. For example, with 4.1 ratio, if the sound is four times
louder than the threshold, it will only come through
as one time louder. Let's put 41. Cool, isn't it? Let's put in zero in. Let's put in seven tree. Sounds vigorous.
Let's low the Rachel. Sounds a little bit
different as well. So let's stick with four. Tag that is parameter
right here. This sets how
quickly the compacts react after the sound
goes above the threshold. A fast attack gets
cuttle loud sounds. Word, a slow attack, let some of the loud
sounds pass through. So strike. Very slow attack, right? As you can see, it's
not. Impressive. So if you put a fast attack, are going to compress, very fast and a lot
of thin, right? So be careful about
this attack as well. Most of the guitar pedals, you have the threshold, the attack, and the output mix. But sometimes you have
other parameters, such as the makeup gain. In this case, it's
right here out makeup. After compressing, the overall
sound level may be lower. So the makeup gain but the sound back up to
the desired level. So for example, if we are
compressing schmut we just put makeup and we have a
little bit more volume. It doubts Mat. Morfi. You can use the
compressoring vocals, keeping single level steady, instrument control,
smoothing out the sound of instruments
like drums or guitar. Overall mixing can be
used on the final mix. I really enjoy this type
of effects in the final
5. Gate - adjusting Settings: The most important one
gate is the threshold. As I told you before,
is this one right here. Like compression, the gate has a level that determine
when it's open, allow the sound or
cross block the sound. If the sound is
above this level, the gate opens if
it's below it close. This is the idea of the gate, the threshold, the
importance of the threshold. All the petals, you're going
to have the threshold. It's the most important
setup in a gate. Other one is the attack time. This one right here that
most of the petals have. This sets how quickly the gates open when the sound goes above
the threshold. Let's try. Put some slow tempo
so As we see. It's not going to it's not
going to gate everything. Okay? So let's put very fast, and you're going to see you're going to listen the effect. Once again. Very nice, isn't it?
This is very common. Another one is the release time. This parental right here. This sets how quickly the gate close when the sound
drops below the threshold. So let's try. As can listen. It's very slow, so it's not going
to gate everything. Let's try in the
end of the song. As you can see it takes
a lot of time, right? So the gate starts right here. But let's change the
release and put very fast. Much better. Starts right here. Can you understand
the difference? It's much more easy when you
see the parameters next. You can see, I explain just the most important
parameters of each effect. I'm not going to explain hold
the low pass, high pass, this type of thing,
because most of the gates in the compressor
just have a simple setup. Like in the bias effect, as you can see, this compressor
have just two parameters. This other one just
three parameters. So let's stick with the base and with the most
important parameters. Gates or noise reduction
or just gate, right? We have several types of names. Get out background noise when the may sound isn't present, like with vocal or
drums or guitars. In drums, the gait is a late drum hit by removing the sound
from our instruments. This is really, really
important in drums, just because we are going to record with several
types of microphones. Both compression and gating are important for making
music sound professional. Compression helps manage
how loud or quiet sound are while gating remove
unwanted noise and clarifies the
important sound. Learning how to use
these tools can significantly improve your music mixing and producing skills.
6. Final notes: Thank you so much for
watching my course. I hope you enjoy. Now
it's time to prax a lot. Remember that you have
the course, okay. You can watch all the
lessons over and over again. And please take a
look on my profile. I have several nice
course about music to guide you to the next level. So I have course about guitar, how to play solos,
improvising blues, jazz, fun guitar, several styles, how to gain speed and prate
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you to the next level. I'm Gabe Felix and see you
my next course. Bye bye.
Gabriel Felix, Music Teacher
