Release Year: 2014
Manufacturer: Lynda.com
Manufacturer’s Website: www.lynda.com/Logic-Pro-tutorials/Foundations-of-Audio-Compression-and-Dynamic-Processing/85998-2.html
Author: Brian Lee White
Duration: 02:25:00
Type of Material: Video Lesson
Language: English
- 5.59 GB
Description: In this updated course, Brian Lee White shows how to improve sound using compressors, limiters, gates, de-essers, and other dynamic processors. The course explains the basic principles of audio waves and amplitude, explores common compressor controls, and demonstrates how to eliminate unwanted noise using gates and expanders. In this first installment of the Foundations of Audio series, author Brian Lee White shows how to improve the sound of a mix with compressors, limiters, gates, de-essers, and other dynamic processors. The course explains the fundamentals of sound waves, and amplitude, explores common compressor controls, and shows how to eliminate unwanted noise using gates and expanders. The course also demonstrates best practices in compression and limiting in a variety of audio applications and covers sculpting the attack and decay of individual notes with transient shapers and applying frequency specific dynamics control with multiband compressors. Exercise files accompany the course and include special Get in the Mix session files.
Content :
0. Introduction 4m 56s
Welcome 1m 49s
What should you know before watching this course 32s
Using the exercise files 53s
Using the “Get in the Mix” Pro Tools and Logic Pro session files 1m 42s
1. Audio Dynamics 13m 47s
What is amplitude? 1m 51s
Measuring amplitude 1m 57s
What is dynamic range? 4m 8s
What are dynamics processors? 3m 36s
Hardware and software dynamics processors 2m 15s
2. Compressors 38m 40s
Introducing compressors 1m 45s
Understanding threshold 1m 29s
Utilizing compression ratios 3m 0s
Understanding makeup gain and gain reduction 3m 13s
Understanding attack and release 2m 12s
Applying attack and release 5m 22s
Demystifying compression controls: soft knee vs. hard knee 2m 43s
Get in the Mix: Using compression to even out a vocal performance UPDATED 4m 55s
Get in the Mix: Using compression to add punch and sustain to drums UPDATED 4m 39s
Intelligently using compression presets 3m 6s
Recording with compression: Why or why not? 2m 53s
Recording with compression: How to do it 3m 23s
3. Limiters 18m 50s
Introducing limiters 1m 59s
Types of limiters 4m 17s
Get in the Mix: Maximizing mix loudness with brickwall limiters UPDATED 5m 58s
Solving common mix problems with limiters 2m 58s
Using layered dynamics processing 3m 38s
4. Special Dynamics Processors 26m 49s
Understanding and using de-essers 3m 46s
Get in the Mix: De-essing a vocal track UPDATED 3m 30s
Understanding and using gates 4m 41s
Understanding and using expanders 1m 35s
Get in the Mix: Gating a drum track UPDATED 3m 18s
Understanding and using multi-band compressors/limiters 3m 31s
Controlling frequency content with multi-band compressors 3m 3s
Understanding and using transient shapers 3m 25s
5. Advanced Topics 36m 38s
Effectively using side-chain inputs 2m 6s
Using side chains creatively 5m 4s
Keying gates and compressors (and/or ducking) 4m 12s
Managing gain staging and headroom and fixing over-compressed tracks 3m 20s
Compression first or EQ first? 2m 56s
Understanding mix bus compression 3m 26s
Get in the Mix: Using mix bus compression UPDATED 2m 47s
Get in the Mix: Working with parallel compression UPDATED 3m 46s
Working with “modeled” vintage compressor/limiter plug-ins 5m 57s
Building healthy compression/limiting habits 3m 4s
6.Conclusion 14s
Goodbye 14s
7. An Interview with the Author 5m 51s
A session with Brian Lee White 5m 51s
Differences between the old and new versions of the course :
The differences between the updated and old lessons are that the video and audio for the examples have been replaced. As I understand it, the video was taken from the Lynda.com course – Get In the Mix with Pro Tools. The text is identical, except for the cut phrases where Brian Lee White explains the name of the specific example that needs to be opened.
In seven lessons, sections averaging 10-15 seconds were cut due to the replacement of the example video.
Chapter 2. Compressors
Lesson: Using compression to even out a vocal performance. The section from 00:48 to 01:03 was cut.
Lesson: Using compression to add punch and sustain to drums. The section from 01:03 to 01:18 was cut.
Chapter 3. Limiters
Lesson: Maximizing mix loudness with brickwall limiters. The section from 01:09 to 01:24 was cut. Chapter 4. Special Dynamics Processors
Lesson: De-essing a Vocal Track. The section from 00:07 to 00:15 has been removed.
Lesson: Gating a Drum Track. The section from 00:08 to 23:03 has been removed.
Chapter 5. Advanced Topics
Lesson: Using Mix Bus Compression. The section from 00:08 to 00:21 has been removed.
Lesson: Working with Parallel Compression. The section from 00:30 to 00:45 has been removed.
Conclusion: There is no new text information in the course; only some video sequences and audio examples have been replaced.
Example files: present
Video format: MOV
Video: AVC, 960×540, 16:9, 30,000 fps, ~1,359 Kbps
Audio: AAC, 48.0 KHz, ~96.0 Kbps, 2 channels
