Rick Beato on how compression works and how pros use it

Ratio, threshold, attack, release and knee explained on a whiteboard, then the four compressor families (optical, FET, VCA, variable-mu) with classic examples, and how to compress kick, snare, toms, overheads, bass and the mix bus.

A complete compression primer in one sitting: the controls, the hardware they come from, and real before-and-after examples on a full track.