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• Compression Techniques
  Compression is the second most popular effect processing of audio, behind equalisation (eq). Near enough every engineer will use it on a daily basis and it forms one of the core pieces of kit in both on-board and outboard collections. The compressor is generally used to control the dynamics of an inputted source, by taming any larger peaks by an amount set by the user. The more ferocious the compressor is set up, the more it will change the sound of what is going through it. As with any processing tools, one can really abuse its parameters and use it as an effect to gain a different end result.