{"id":13533,"date":"2013-12-10T11:15:12","date_gmt":"2013-12-10T15:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/?p=13533"},"modified":"2013-12-10T11:15:12","modified_gmt":"2013-12-10T15:15:12","slug":"knowing-your-effects-in-addictive-drums-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/2013\/12\/10\/knowing-your-effects-in-addictive-drums-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Knowing Your Effects in Addictive Drums Part 2 (SONAR X3 Producer)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Quick Review<\/h3>\n
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In the first part of this article we went through some of the primary effects every user should be aware of inside of Addictive Drums. To review, these effects were the Sampler, Pitch, Volume, and Snare sections of the EDIT section. Read Knowing Your Effects in Addictive Drums Part 1<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As I\u2019ve stated in Part 1, Addictive Drums is a power-house when it comes to the amount of mixing options that are available within it\u2019s mixing engine. Don\u2019t let the small interface deceive you.<\/p>\n

What is Compression?<\/h3>\n

Compression is a tool that has two main uses – controlling levels, and dynamically shaping the volume of a signal over time. Within Addictive Drums there is a compression section that outlines four basic parameters for compression: Threshold, Attack, Release, and Ratio.<\/p>\n

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Threshold<\/h3>\n

This parameter is the first part of the compressor that the signal hits. Once the setting of the threshold is crossed, the actual compression kicks in. Threshold is inversely proportional to gain reduction – meaning the lower the threshold, the more gain reduction is applied to the passing signal.<\/span><\/p>\n

Attack<\/h3>\n

Attack decides how fast the compression should begin applying gain reduction to the passing audio signal.<\/p>\n

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Fast Attack<\/div>\n