Aleksi Tegel

🎚️ FabFilter Pro-C 2 compression modes explained. • Clean – Ultra-transparent, feed-forward control. Use for: general leveling on any track where you don’t want to “hear” compression. • Classic – Vintage, feedback style that adds a bit of bite. Use for: 80-/90-era drum glue, electric bass or guitars that need extra edge and mid-range punch. • Opto – Slow, soft-knee, opto-like response. Use for: smooth vocal or pad breathing, gentle glue on guitar or string buses. • Vocal – Auto-ratio/knee algorithm tuned to bring voices forward. Use for: quick control of lead vocals, backing vocals, podcasts or voice-overs. • Mastering – Fast yet near-invisible, minimum harmonic distortion. Use for: final mix/master chains or stem mastering when absolute transparency is critical but fast transients still need catching. • Bus – Program-dependent compression that adds cohesive “glue.” Use for: drum, instrument or mix buses; parallel “NY” compression to thicken drums. • Punch – Firm attack with classic analog feel. Use for: snares, toms, percussion or funky bass lines that need smack while keeping transients intact. • Pumping – Heavy, exaggerated gain swings. Use for: EDM/house drums, big room kicks, or any creative side-chain effect where obvious pump is the goal. @natemixing