All Types of Compressors Explained

Joey illustrates the different types of compressors and when you should use them in your mix. Do you have any questions about compression? Let us know in the comments!

Song used is "Chemicals" by Conquer Divide

0:00 Introduction
0:17 FET
2:34 Optical
4:25 Tube
6:24 VCA
9:48 Recap

Tags:compression,audio production,mixing tutorials
#compression #audioproduction #mixingtutorials

[metatronascension]

This was the best video ive seen on describing the different types and the best applications for them. gold content. thanks very much.

[forsale]

That was a really good explanation for the types of compression. Now I'm kicking myself because a couple of the analog versions of those compressors are units that I have seen for little to nothing at garage sales and pawn shops and just said to myself " what the hell is that?" and didn't grab it for a few dollars. Thanks for the video.

[tradehut]

This is the best compressor video ive ever seen. The FET into OPTO was an eye-opener

[joevedo]

I Really Enjoyed Watching this! Awesome Content!

[nickdenardo]

thanks for the explanation of HOW they work rather than just going through some common settings like most other tutorials.

[Intimatycal]

Good content. And thank you for non-insulting thumbnails. It is rare these days to find good content and normal thumbnails that are not insulting the inteligence. Subbed for sure

[ghastlyshimmer]

Really informative and hats off to the editor. The visuals really add in to the details.

[mikealley]

Big thanks for the video! And big thanks for not destroying the video with lots of nonsense talk. Unbelievable that you only have 51 200 subscribers, should be way more. I would love to see a video on how you would approach a mix and process a, let’s say, a Toontrack Superior Drummer track. 🤟

[deerfeeder]

I discovered the beautiful and sometimes necessary effects of compressor later in guitar playing life when learning 'The Eagles' songs. Nice video explanation.

[mikemcholland]

Joey Sturgis is the Best .Going to buy it all already own several of his units.They Kickass

[Hav-Bills]

Best video I’ve seen here clear thoroughly informative yet simple and to the point. Please! More videos like this. Maybe an All Types series. I’d love to see feature preamps, filters, delays etc. Great video!!!

[mykl]

Great vid, going to go try out a FET > OPTO on my vocals right now!

[nickcorcillo]

you guys always make the concept so clear, i learn something new every time i watch your videos!

[kennethneathery]

Well done. Interested to see more of your vids.

[nedim_guitar]

This was great! I've watched a lot of content and I went through a couple of courses, but I never understood the different types of compressors until now. I'm a home musician, but this will be very useful for my mixing!

[RyanHoworth]

This was really helpful to understand and how and why to chain compressors. Also Joey’s voice over tone is awesome too! Would love a tutorial on that as well
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[JimmyZillA]

Nice video joey this really cleared things up for me a lot thanks!!

[MohaiminulIslamra]

A great video like always. Thanks a lot Joey!

[NICUofficial]

Man this was a really awesome video, thanks for putting all this information in one place - I know it took a lot of work to make and share.
Think I'm finally reaching a place where my understanding of compressors is starting to gel and glue (lol)
because everything you're saying makes sense to me,

I definitely need to work more on training my ears and doing hands-on experimentation
something I've started doing a bit more is throwing random loops into Ableton and then just messing around with different compressor plugins, settings, and combinations to let my ears appreciate how they change the sound of the final output. it's gradually making me more confident and fast on my decisions

[cheery-hex]

thanks for explaining the uses of these!