Fulfilling a multitude of utilitarian, corrective and creative mixing roles, the compressor plugin is one of the most fundamental and frequently called-on tools in music production. To be a successful ...

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Digidesign's Smack! is a compressor/limiter plug-in designed specifically for music applications. It is capable of accommodating virtually any kind of audio material. Smack! features three compression ...

There's still no replacement for having good taste and finely attuned ears — but when it comes to the tools of production, things have becoming increasingly democratized over the years. Producers no ...