Compression Settings Cheat Sheet.pdf

Compression Explained Settings Cheat Sheet

Source

Ratio

Gain Reduction

Attack

Release

Kick Drum Snare Drum !oms "#er$eads Room %ics Drum (us

4:1 – 8:1 4:1 – 8:1 4:1 – 8:1 2:1 – 4:1 4:1 – &n'inite 2:1 -8:1

4-10db 4-10db 4-10db 2-10db 2-20db 4-10db

5ms – 15ms ms – 15ms 8ms – 15ms 1ms – 0ms ms and under 5ms – 10ms

50ms – 200ms 50ms – 250ms 100ms – 00ms 250ms – 1sec 50ms – 1sec 50ms – 500ms

(ass Guitar D& (ass Guitar Am* S+nt$ (ass – ,D%

2:1 – 10:1 2:1 – ):1 4:1 – 10:1

)-10db 2-)db )-10db

10ms – 0ms 5ms – 0ms 10ms – 0ms

0ms – 100ms 0ms – 100ms 0ms – 100ms

Acoustic Guitar ,lectric Guitar – lean ,lectric Guitar – Dirt+ ,lectric Guitar – Distorted

2:1 – ):1 2:1 – ):1 2:1 – 4:1 2:1 and under

4-20db 1-)db 1-4db 0-2db

10ms – 20ms 10ms – 0ms 5ms – 0ms ms to 20ms

50ms – 250ms 50ms – 500ms 100ms – 00ms 0ms – 500ms

.iano Strin/s

4:1 – 8:1 2:1 – 4:1

4-8db 0-4db

20ms – 50ms 20ms – 50ms

00ms – 1 sec 00ms – 1 sec

ocal – %ale ead ocal – emale ead

4:1 – 8:1 2:1 – 8:1

2-10db 2-10db

15ms – 0ms 15ms – 0ms

100ms – 00ms 100ms – 00ms

%i3 (uss %asterin/

2:1 – 4:1 2:1 – &n'inite

0-4db 1-8db

ms – 10ms 1ms and under

00ms –  sec 500ms – sec