Elektron Musical Instruments

Flavio Alvarez wrote:
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> Sooooo! What you're trying to achieve with your
> compressor is increasing the "volume" of your mix
> without increasing the output levels.

It's not *only* about increasing volume.
Another very important point is to make sure that there are no sudden volume
spikes, like e.g. snaredrums or cowbells. This can really hurt your ears
when your track is played very loud over a big PA. With drumcomputers you
might be able to prevent that effect by just making all snares about the
same velocity, but with real life drummers, it can be tricky.
A third point is that compressing can *change* the sound of an instrument
and make it much more powerful. Kicks and snares can be made a lot fatter,
for example, by choosing the right parameters.

Gert