Mid Side Compression Tutorial

In this video we will show you how to make your mixes sound a lot wider and cooler using mid side compression.

Mid side compression tutorial.

Welcome back to another reason tutorial. Mid side compression is one of those cool i. Mid side compression is often used by mastering engineers to create a different dynamics on the stereo field vs the center of the mix. Use ms for selective compression.

Mid side compression is a technique used by many pro engineers for increased flexibility when processing stereo material. Get things pumping on your effects return by applying a compressor to the vertical or mid channel only with a fast attack time to squash the transients a technique. I recently did a video where i used m s compression to reduce the snare level in the overheads while preserving the cymbals. Similarly if we want to keep the kick sound and low end of the snare present in the overheads but it s just too roomy some low end m s attenuation on just the side information or some mid only boosting or both.

Heavy energy in the center of a mix where the kick snare bass sit can. Since it is another method of compression one would need to have a full understanding about dynamics and. Mid side compression is one of. In this video izotope s education director jonathan wyner gives an introduction to mid side processing for mastering a technique that can make vocals pop.

Mid side processing is a unique sounding way to process audio whether mixing or mastering. The puigchild compressor modeled on the famed fairchild 670 compressor offers separate compression for the mid and sides channels referred to on the original unit as vertical and lateral. By encoding a stereo signal from l r to m s it s possible to compress the mono mid and stereo side elements of the signal independently. In this tutorial i will write the basic idea behind mid side compression.