You know what compression does, but how do you actually hear the difference? How to shape samples with compression (not just consistent loudness!) Video by House of Kush!

Compression feels esoteric to anyone who’s starting out in the world of music production. Even when we start to understand how it works technically, we just slam on the gain and work that ratio until we can hear the difference as the sound explodes from distortion. But compression isn’t just a tool to make your loudness more...