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Gear Grotto is all about music production, mixing and mastering. Tips, tutorials, reviews and myth busting is the order of the day.
Your host is Holger Lagerfeldt, mastering engineer at Online Mastering.dk and associate professor in audio engineering at UC South Denmark.
Your host is Holger Lagerfeldt, mastering engineer at Online Mastering.dk and associate professor in audio engineering at UC South Denmark.
The Mastering Compressor - Advanced Functions - TDR Kotelnikov Gentleman's Edition
Advanced mastering compressor functions and features, including: Program dependent compression, threshold, ratio, hard knee vs. soft knee, attack & release misconceptions, gain reduction limit/range, peak vs. RMS, peak crest, dual release paths, inertia/non-linear speed, electro/opto/variable auto-release, low frequency relaxation/side-chain filtering, basic feed-forward compressor design, internal vs. external side-chain, frequency dependent ratio, yin & yang/harmonics/asymmetrical shaping, processing targets, stereo sensitivity, processing quality/aliasing, make-up gain, parallel blend, equal loudness trim, equal loudness bypass, and delta eavesdropping.
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PRESET DOWNLOAD LINK
soundclass.dk/centerforlydteknik/download/pdf/kotelnikov-ge-compressor-presets.pdf
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MUSIC
Used with kind permission from the respective copyright owners. Documentation can be obtained by contacting the email below.
Background music 1: Bach/Public domain recording
Background music 2 © Martin Jensen/disco:wax/Sony Music
Background music 3 © Dave Javu
Background music 4 © Zikai/Northbound Music Group
Background music 5 © Kato/U&I
Background music 6 © Dave Javu
Background music 7 © Dave Javu
Background music 8 © Martin Jensen/disco:wax/Sony Music
Background music 9: Bach/Public domain recording
Gear Grotto theme music © Turkman Souljah/Hideout
Full releases available on Spotify and other services.
LEGAL
Gear Grotto has not received any monetary compensation, free or discounted hardware or software as direct or indirect payment from the companies whose products are mentioned in this video, neither is Gear Grotto affiliated with the companies or persons representing these companies. Gear Grotto is a subsidiary of Platinum Audio Group, Denmark.
CONTACT
Please contact Holger Lagerfeldt at holger@pag.dk with any enquiries.
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PRESET DOWNLOAD LINK
soundclass.dk/centerforlydteknik/download/pdf/kotelnikov-ge-compressor-presets.pdf
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MUSIC
Used with kind permission from the respective copyright owners. Documentation can be obtained by contacting the email below.
Background music 1: Bach/Public domain recording
Background music 2 © Martin Jensen/disco:wax/Sony Music
Background music 3 © Dave Javu
Background music 4 © Zikai/Northbound Music Group
Background music 5 © Kato/U&I
Background music 6 © Dave Javu
Background music 7 © Dave Javu
Background music 8 © Martin Jensen/disco:wax/Sony Music
Background music 9: Bach/Public domain recording
Gear Grotto theme music © Turkman Souljah/Hideout
Full releases available on Spotify and other services.
LEGAL
Gear Grotto has not received any monetary compensation, free or discounted hardware or software as direct or indirect payment from the companies whose products are mentioned in this video, neither is Gear Grotto affiliated with the companies or persons representing these companies. Gear Grotto is a subsidiary of Platinum Audio Group, Denmark.
CONTACT
Please contact Holger Lagerfeldt at holger@pag.dk with any enquiries.
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this video has been the verdict: I'm buying this one.
Great video 🍷😎👌🏽
And Molotok compressor???
08:53 what a link !!!! good good ! This video is a best of for me ! Thanks so much to give to us the opportunités to learn about not only this software but also all these concepts, wich we can apply to ohers tools ... !
Holger is a known liar
I've written an article about the various compressor models in Logic Pro's Compressor: www.logicprohelp.com/articles/logic-pros-compressor-circuit-types-r17/
es inspirador me anima a seguir aprendiendo gracias
I just purchased this plug-in. Now I’ve learned this is a great mix/master bus and mastering Compressor. Now I only need to watch this video several times over to understand how to use it. ;-) Thanks for sharing - Cheers, mvh
this helped me so much. thank you
Thank you, Mister. You're a real gentleman - so I just bought the Bundle with the GEs of all that great plugins. For the actual discount it was a no-brainer. I'm sure in future I will mainly use the TDR plugins for mixing and mastering tasks - and I will surely return from time to time to your fantastic video.
thanks for not being hyperactive & annoying. holy cow is this a departure from what i just watched. smooth.
The video was like a 10 min break at work
Oh Come Come
Magnificent.
What’s those circle speakers
Hi Robbie, the main speakers (black with yellow cones) are B&W 802 Diamonds. The small white speakers in the background are Scandyna MiniPods.
this is the best tutorial and review i've ever seen. i hope you make more videos.
I think Tokyo Dawn Labs is the best kept secret in audio production! Everytime I see a Fabfilter plugin I just think how TDR seem to do it better. Superb, gorgeous looking, easy to use, high quality audio tools. 😎
I got the hg-2 ms plugin and all the pentode combination with the triode magic, what is does, and how the saturation sits in the signal chain is nowhere explained. so I watched every video I could found and none showed such a detail and easy and clear explanation like yours. thanks very much, that was helpful :-)
Wow! I was using this with just the presets (on the free version, which are great) simply because I was clueless as to how to set it beyond the basic controls of any compressor. Now I know what each knob is doing, and more importantly, what to do with them. The GE has a few extra features, but even the free version is very versatile. This was also very instructional on compression in general. This knowledge will also help you set other compressors with similar features. Great video.
Cool product! Great review!
Thank you for this Kotelnikov masterclass! I've been fighting with it for a few years and just recently decided to dive deeper into it.
Gorgeous video
Great video on one of my favorite compressors! Subbed!
Please make more videos!!
One of the most helpful and informative reviews of the Kotelnikov GE compressor I have watched having just recently upgraded from the free to the GE version
Love it, thank you! If you ever need anything from Vintage King, feel free to reach out! Always happy to hook it up with some discounts 👍
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Excellent video Holger! Thanks so much!
I actually send this video to people as a general instructional for compressors.
Thanks! That's great
me, too.
Thank you so much for teaching, please come back with your videos. Your channel is very necessary in times of so much misinformation! Thank you again.
Thanks, appreciate it! And yes, so much B.S. out there - just watch some of the ads in front of my videoes that UA-cam suddenly insist on showing.
hi . May I know if the unit can also operate at 220v, the voltage in the area of Europe where I live?
Yes, 220V as well as 230V
@@holgerlagerfeldt Buy the unit in Canada there the voltage is 110v and you live in Europe 220v... Now it is doubtful if the unit is multivoltage.
@@holgerlagerfeldt It does not matter that it is bought in Canada where the voltage is 110v? .Does the unit have a multi-voltage transformer?
This is great, truly interesting tips and facts all around!
Come back with more viedos!
Thank you for the video Holger. As usual it is exact and precise plus full of useful information. Using the hardware version of the HG-2 on a tonally balanced full range mix... how many dB RMS do you think can be gained to a mix before the saturation/distortion becomes obvious?
Hey, thanks for your comment! I understand where that question is coming from, i.e. the concept that you can gain some perceived loudness or inherent beneficial compression of sorts from the saturation process. While this is true to a certain extent, I would rather think of the gains as more related to the overall sound perception on a psychoacoustical level, i.e. a harmonic enhancement or enrichment that makes thing pop out a bit more. This is hard to put into a simple number of decibels.
Thank you for your reply Holger!
Wow... That's what I call a tutorial ! Thank you very much for the work.
Excellent explanation, thank you!
Excellent!
what happened to this channel? such a great produced video, 3 videos in total ? lol
Thanks! Too busy making gold and platinum ;-) Haven't had a moment off from the studio to make videos, which means I have to do it in my spare time. Other excuses include a wife, three kids and a trillion hobbies.
Pretty impressive video and tutorial, thanks a lot. I stumbled only recently on the TDR stuff and they are impressive, and Kotelnikov is no exception. One thing that became clear, is that I'll never be a mastering engineer: the subject is fascinating, I do have both the mathematical background and the audio engineering experience to understand it, I can spend a few hours in the morning listening to the subtle differences of the various release settings, but I'm still so much more interested in shaping the broad feel of a song when mixing. But again, great video, thank you so much.
Thank you. Excellent Clear presentation ! Covered many areas left out of other tuts I’ve seen.
Please make more reviews sir!
Thanks! I'd love to, but I'm close to fully booked year 'round so I need to find some more time!
Thank you for your video! I've got one question regarding mastering compressors in general: what are in your opinion the strongest competitors to this compressor? Fabfilter Pro-C2, u-he Presswerk, Weiss Compressor, iZotope Ozone Dynamics, elysia Alpha compressor? It's a bit newbie question, but I would be greatful if you share your opinion on who is the best here
Tone Projects Unisum by far
@@GearGrotto thanks!
@@GearGrotto sorry for bothering you, but could you please give some hints on other mixing/mastering components such as limiter, equalizer, saturator, clipper or something else maybe? There are just tons of VSTs nowadays, and they all are promoted as "great sound quality" and "very versatile", but as with this compressor example there should be some obvious leaders (obvious for professionals, of course). And what is your opinion on DMG Audio products? I heard very positive feedback on their conpressor even compared to Unisum
Sure, although I don't think there's a simple answer to that. I like the Tone Projects Unisum comp + Tone Projects Kelvin saturator/harmonics generator. Digital EQ I like the FabFilter Pro-Q 3. For clipping I use my own Bifrost Mastering Soft Clipper. For limiting I currently use either FabFilter Pro-L 2 or Ozone Maximizer.
@@GearGrotto Thanks a lot!
Outstanding review/tutorial!
Thank you so much! Great tutorial.
stellar presentation and compression explanation! thanks
still an incredibly valuable video in 2021. thanks
(I've had an open help ticket with them for over a year now and their response has been consistent: "Yes, we know, it's a confirmed bug and we are actively looking for a fix. You need to be patient". I would think if their programmers were actively looking for a fix, this would have been resolved within a few days or weeks. My conclusion is, it's not a priority for them so we essentially paid for a defective product and they don't seem to care. ) this is what people are saying about the bug with this plugin that has not been fixed for over a year so put that in your review
Thanks for taking the time to really dig-in to this great tool. The TDR plugs are awesome but so much going on under the hood. You explained some of the functions better than the manual! And thanks so much for the presets too!~
Fantastic and super clear description, thanks so much!!!