I started by inserting one of the atmospheres I recorded over the weekend in Brighton. I had known about compression anyway before the lecture but felt I wanted to practice on it anyway. I loaded in an ocean-atmosphere and used the logic compressor as my pro tools wouldn’t download or work with plugins.
I found the more interesting parts the attack and release. I found that when using the attack with very little time and the ratio incredibly high just to notice it, it stood out obviously. The knee helped in smoothing it but I wanted it to do it in extremes so I could notice it. I messed around with the other settings as well such as switching compressor types from vintage to classic. Each had its own sort of flavour and distortion sounds. Sound parameters were gone to reflect on the vintage equipment. I’m glad I did a bit of messing around as I have to compress a few things in my clip and this will give me a bit more context after that lecture.