Demonstration of parallel compression on vocal

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[kooimma]

This is the easiest/clearest explanation/demonstration I have come across after combing YouTube on vocal parallel compression. Thank you.

[Drumers]

This is an excellent demonstration on parallel compression. Thank you!

[gisellechacon]

Thank you for demonstrating not only how to execute the technique, but also for providing a very clear example of the effect and application of parallel compression. I can hear it in my mind's ear. Nice work! 👍🏼

[TheShpmusic]

I experiment with it. So when u process the individual vocal channel with subtractive eq, compression, saturation, deEssing and additive Eq it all sounds great. And guess what, to add a bit of air into it, i place an API 560 eq after the compressor on the parallel Aux . i then add 1db at 16k for some air. It sound richer and the vocals had that air/sparkel sound to it.. Try it for your self next time u will love it..👍

[TheShpmusic]

Am back again, folks this is very brilliant. I Experiment further with the Aux-Channel. I kept both release and attack times on the compressor at 7ms, i use a 20.1 ratio, output set to 24db, and the input set to -30. U can also play around with the input set to -27.1 and pay attention to your gain reduction meter. I went for 5 to 7 db of gain. Finally since its a parallel chain, i bring the Aux Fader all the way down to -23 db, and kept the return fader to unity with prefader on.. You dont want to much, just season to blend/ taste. Awesome video.👍

[clems_en_legende]

Excellent ! Short, Clear and right to the point !

[vincentyoung]

I was about to say (when you said it was like someone whispering ) it’s like the person went from looking a lil away from the mic to dead on center catching mouth smacking and all 😂 but love its the sound you want when you’re doing podcasts or explainer videos

[Rockyylikee]

Simple and Straight To The Point! Thank You Sir

[clxmzzy]

Hey man thank you so much your the only one i understood everyone alse had a million things going on in there daws but you made it clear and neat appreciate you god bless you! and happy holidays! :)

[LegoStax]

This is exactly what I was looking for to help me better understand, thank you! You sound like Michael Cristofer.

[noronsungukiangani]

Thanks alot sir I have never used a parallel compression and now I know how important it is on vocals and drums.

[Bert_Fromarketin]

Waves has a cool compressor you can do this with called the MV2 and it's really solid and smooth; using this technique you can get a nice present sound. Nice video sir!!! 🔥🔥🔥 💎

[oscarantonmusic]

Thank you so much ! very clear. One question though, can we use parallel compression while already having a compressor on the voice ? So that we can reduce highs and work on the low part afterward. thanks !

[Runaverse]

thanks so much! what is the difference between applying compression on the track directly vs parallel compression like this? couldn't you also achieve the same result by changing the attack/release values?

[AphroLatinX]

Put a EQ on the aux and take out the highs

[monsieurd.]

Is it better to use a stereo bus or a mono bus for a prl. comp. to lead vocal ? 💪

[bob.bobman]

Nice tutorial. Would have liked to have heard compressed channel soloed.

[eddjr]

Did you ever make a video explaining the individual problems of the pre and post buttons on fader?

[botanrice]

When using parallel compression, how heavy do you compress the original vocal? My understanding is that the original mix channel has some light compression on it while the aux send has heavy. I know there's no golden numbers here but would the attack and release still be very fast on the original? Would the threshold just be cutting the loudest parts of the vocal, or still compressing the whole thing but at a very low ratio, perhaps 1.5:1 or 2:1?

[leobottaro]

Nice video! I didn't know this was a thing, sadly this is not very practical with a mixing console on live events - definitely possible but uses an additional, valuable channel.

Could you do a video with tips on mixing for live online events? I'm used to having spare head room with the speaker and amp system, but In this dire times, I'm struggling a bit with keeping the levels high enough without clipping them, keeping the peak at a more manageable level may render it too low on some devices such as smartphones or notebooks. I'm currently fixing it by aggressive compression, but it muddies the sound.