From Demo to Delivery

Chapter 6

D. Dynamic Range 2: Dynamic Manipulation

Bob Katz

In This Chapter

■   Compressors and Limiters: Objective Characteristics

□   Transfer Curves (Compressors and Limiters)

□   Knee

□   Attack and Release Times

■   Microdynamic Manipulation: Adjusting the Impact of Music with a (Downward) Compressor

□   The Engineer As Artist

■   Compression and Limiting in Mastering

□   The World’s Most Transparent Digital Limiter

□   Equal-Loudness Comparisons

□   The Nitty-Gritty: Compression in Music Mastering

□   Typical Ratios and Thresholds

□   Compressors with Unique Characteristics

□   Sidechain Manipulation

□   Multiband Processing: Advantages and Disadvantages

□   Equalization or Multiband Compression?

□   Emulation vs. Convolution

□   Fancy ...