4. What is compression? Now look at how they have been squished to fit. Imagine this as sound.
5. So what is it? What is Compression? Compression reduces a dynamic range. In other words you can squish the dynamic range into set boundaries Why do we need it? - no sudden loud noises for the listener (don’t want damaged ear drums or any nasty shocks) - ensures all sounds (incl. very quiet ones) can be heard - gives you more control over the volumes in the mix