compressor

This tutorial, via TronAudio, looks at how to use compression in Ableton Live:

This is a nice wee video Iv done, to help all of you out there struggling with compression. I explain what a compressor is, how it works, the parameters you need to understand, and various ways and techniques of using one to achieve a variety of results, from Mixing, shaping sounds, sidechaining to FX. Hope its of good use.

In episode 3 of the Get To Know Your Gear series, the guys from Blorp Corp get to know/pimp the Universal Audio LA-610 Mk II Vacuum Tube Microphone/Instrument/Line Preamp.

In this official Ableton Live video, Huston Singletary demonstrates vocoding with the Ableton Vocoder.

Vocoders use a multiband filter to apply the amplitude of various frequencies of a source sound, such as your voice, to another sound. Vocoders are probably best known from the voice of the Cylons on Battlestar Galactica and other sci fi robots.

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Sidechain Compression in Ableton Live 8

via AbletonInc:

Huston Singletary explains and demonstrates the popular “pumping and breathing” effect used on countless electronic and dance tracks. Live 8’s intuitive Compressor-Sidechain effect is explained and a custom preset is created in the studio showing the characteristics of this classic audio effect.

Here’s another cool Ableton Live tutorial by Tom Cosm. This video talks about interesting ways to use the sidechaining function in Ableton Live’s Compressor, Autofilter and Gate.