Understanding Compressors for Guitar & Bass Players

00:00 - Introduction 00:18 - What is a Compressor? 00:48 - Input Level & Threshold 01:48 - Ratio 02:26 - Output Level & Make-up Gain 03:22 - Noise & Signal-to-noise Ratio 04:03 - Attack & Release [ATTACK] 05:28 - Attack & Release [RELEASE] 06:49 - Dry Control & Parallel Compression 07:14 - Outro ----- Script & Voice Over: John Dines Shoot & Edit: Jacob Holdsworth