Ableton Live Tutorials: Sound shaping with Multiband Compression
Ableton Live's Multiband Compressor can be a daunting device for the uninitiated. It can, however, be used in some creative ways to make the most out of your sounds.
In this Ableton Live Tutorial video, Liam O'Mullane shows you how to use Multiband Compressor to sculpt the character of your audio and define the impact of each frequency band. You'll also learn about crossover frequencies, broadband compression and how to sidechain specific frequency bands.
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Chapters
0:00 Start
0:13 Difference between Multiband Compressor and Compressor
1:42 Crossover frequencies
3:35 Broadband compression
6:16 Multiband compression
7:30 Using Multiband Compressor as EQ
8:56 Reshaping with peak compression
10:33 Sidechaining frequencies
14:22 Recap
