Compressor malfunction (?)

[AeroKJ]

Hi,

I have a problem with compressor. An instrument connected to Audio input 2 of the level compressor (which is connected to Master) remains quiet whereas Audio input 1 seems to work fine. Is it just me doing something wrong or a bug? Thank you in advance!

Kind regards,
AeroKJ

[mutools]

Please see this doc page: http://mutools.com/info/docs/mux/mutools-modules.html

Scroll down to / search for "Level Compressor"

[AeroKJ]

I read it before writing this post. Still could not figure out what was wrong. Sorry, I am just in my early beginnings of music production

[mutools]

Input 2 is the control input. So that audio is only used to control the compressing level and is not bypassed/processed to the output.

[AeroKJ]

Thank you so much. It is all clear now By the way, amazing software, I love it

Best wishes,
AeroKJ

[mutools]

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[dakkra]

For some more clarification:

The second input is commonly referred to as the "sidechain" input. This means that the compressor will change the compression level based upon input two, and apply the compression to input one. This is grate for mixing purposes when you have multiple instruments fighting over the same frequency space, but some need higher priority than others (the most common example being a kick drum over ruling a baseline). See this video for an example of how it works:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9ZqgMFfM-I

Hope this helps to clarify further,

Dakkra