Making a Scene Presents - Transient Shaping: Controlling Punch Without Compression

There is a moment in almost every home studio mix where the artist reaches for a compressor because something does not hit hard enough. The snare feels soft. The kick feels buried. The acoustic guitar sounds flat. The electric guitar does not jump out of the speakers. The drums feel like they are sitting behind a blanket instead of driving the song forward. So the first instinct is to compress it.

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