Psychedelic eMagazine ISSUE #4 | Page 28

28 TUTORIAL SERVED BY TUTORIAL MECHANIMAL MUTAGEN RECORDS FOLLOW HIM AT: Mechanimal launched its first live in October 2009 and has been blasting full power trance music around the globe since. Now with over 20 successful releases and ever growing experience Mechanimal released its debut album rocking dancefloors worldwide! Psychedelic e-Mag catches up with Mechanimal for this month’s music production tutorial. Compression with Mechanimal There are hundreds of tutorials online for compression however I find that they can get quite technical in describing the mechanics rather than the sound. In this tutorial I will try and explain compression using simple terms and emphasise on the sound. 29 Yellow: Use short attack times for “fat” or “rounded” sound. This kills transients but good for warm pads as example. Green: use this for a “poppy” or “clicky” sound. This only lets a small amount of the transient through. Good for percussion loops. Purple: Use this for a “punchy” sound. Big transients. Good for Claps. Release: This is the recovery speed of the compression. Use long release times for slow material such as strings and short release for quick sounds such as percussion. You will need to use your ears and see what sounds best. Input & Output: this sets the level going in and coming out the compressor. Always make sure you have a healthy level g