Creative compression
Because of its special features and control characteristics, the mpressor is an ideal tool for creating new and interesting sounds. The high audio quality ensures that even the most extreme settings are really useful and that actually moderate signal sources can be enhanced with a fine expression. A very popular application is to process a drum track heavily:
According to the specific settings, the result will be very punchy and contains lots of assertive transients. Or in another case, the loud signals like bass drum and snare are almost completely turned down by the use of Auto Fast and negative ratios, thus only the hihat and the spatial parts stay audible.
The mpressor is a wonderful creative tool for electronic music as well. For example, it is very easy to achieve those characteristic pumping sounds by means of the external sidechain input. These can be used to spice up a track with very vivid grooves which are modulated by the timing of the bass drum. In doing so, a complete song can get a totally different character in no time and effort.
Recording & mixing
The mpressor can certainly also cover all standard duties during recording and mixing sessions with excellence. No matter if it is voice, brass, guitars, drums, bass, etc. – because of its ample control range and its superior audio quality it can always be utilized with great benefit.
In the mix, the processed signals are always present and assertive, standing their ground even in dense arrangements. No acoustic information gets lost, transients benefit from clean and fast projection, and instruments can even gain in dimension and expression. What you set with the controllers is what you hear in the mix!
Buss compression
Just hook up the mpressor to a buss and assign the desired channels to it. The different elements of a drum kit could easily be routed to the same buss, making for a more consistent and coherent drum sound.
If on top of that another mix buss or aux channel is used to trigger the sidechain separately, one can very easily assign the specific channels intended to influence the compression.
Summing it up
Depending on specific styles of music, the mpressor can also be an effective tool for processing the complete audio sum. Especially the more vehement genres like rock and electronic music can profit from this application notably.
If the mpressor is inserted into the sum, it is capable of producing a certain basic sound and groove which affect the complete mix. But of course it can also be used as a hard working brickwall limiter with a focus on increasing the overall loudness explicitly. If you really need to smash it, here you are ;-)
Ducking
Another popular use of compression is ducking, which is also known as voice over. Radio DJs often use this technique to automatically turn down the volume when a title is announced via microphone.
It is very easy to create scenarios like these with the mpressor: The Gain Reduction Limiter controls the maximum amount of reduction, while the voice signal that is fed into the external sidechain input triggers the compression. The remaining parameters can be used to control the response behavior.
But of course other application areas are conceivable by all means, for example during a typical mixing situation. Here, a brass section can be reduced by 4 dB every time the singer sets in. Or a delay effect is turned down when the vocals start. Just start playing around with it and you will find your favorite scenario very soon...
Sound shaping
The integrated Niveau Filter makes the mpressor an ideal tool for adding a characteristic sound shaping to single signal sources. Its easy operation with only two knobs ensures good results in no time at all.
And there are lots of opportunities to bring this feature into play: a slight cut of the low frequency area, easing nasty treble problems, quick changes of voices and harmonics or a better defined punch for bass signals.
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