How To Use Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor with Protoculture

LOve this compressor.
Actually like the Class A version slightly better but a really nice sounding cmprsr.
It replaced the Capitol Mastering Compressor on a piece I was working on yesterday. The Capitol MC sounds really nice but the Shadow Hills is just a better fit this time around.

It doesn't use an optical detection phase.
It models after an a compressor that does that.

It doesn't feed into transformers either. It's a computer algorithm. I'm sure you know that but too many people talk about this stuff as if it were a real physical object and it's just not true. Probably because they put the little picture image of the original. Cute. Real cute.

Awesome bro

Very good, but your right side ratio was way higher than the left, just an easy mistake. Haha

They need to make this resizable.

Thanks mate! Really appreciate the clear insight on all of your Sonic Academy tuts.

When I was just a young Doof pup back in Aus, id drop your jam Circadians in pretty much every set! Although I'm not a psy producer anymore, your sound is still a huge inspiration & influence on my current productions.

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Thanks for the run down on the controls. Been using Waves SSL G Comp on Master Channel, but after watching this feel a bit more confident using it for Master Comp.

DUUUDE WHAT IS THAT TRACK? 10/10 would bump! (i play psytrance at shows sometimes!

Yo! So ive put this for the first time on. my master, and all the hard panned stuff... well its all mono now. im a little over my head w this stuff but im working it out, but why has this compressor monoed all my stuff? Im on stereo mode on the plug in

thanks man this was helpful I like this plugin but with no presets I was having trouble figuring out its intricacies for mastering.

thanks this helped a lot!

Left the right channel with 6:1 ratio and the left with 2:1. I guess he didn't notice that hehe

Closed my eyes during the nickel Iron Steel part, I only heard one song 😂

When we use dual mono the compressor will react to the left and right channel separately?
if yes, does it mean it may compress the signal more natural? because of giving each channel its own proper gain reduction instead of applying a reduction for both? ( even with same settings set for left and right)

Woah, best tutorial for that plugin so far; thank you so much!

Could you do a video of how you make these videos? I'd love to do my own ones about mixing. Great tutorial btw, super well explained. I always felt intimidated by this compressor, now I'm not. Thanks a lot

It sounds like shit. The optical compressor should just be kissing the GR, otherwise it sounds all over the place. 2 db is much too much for music that fast and dense. It sounded better without the plugin. I don’t think you really know how to use it. The VCA should shape the sound (and can allow for more GR without totally ruining the general dynamic), the optical is usually for a very gentle compression on the way in to smooth out the signal before it hits the VCA. The needle should barely be moving.

Great video. Using Shadow hills now too. Nate, what is the track you are working on the vid?

SSSo much SSSibilance on the SSound in this "SSSonic Academy" video....can't watch!

This is exactly the music I imagine if I would land on Mars in 2067 and have a party on the local club of BASE CAMP 02

Great video

The compressor is so good he didn't even notice his ratios were super off in his dual mono lol

Thanx I enjoyed it 👍

very nice one dude! Honestly - You have a very good way explaining things. cheers from Switzerland!

Great tutorial! I've been looking for something concise yet complete to help me get started with this one, so this was just right. Thanks so much!

Thank god i got this compressor the Waves Renaissance compressor sucks

I've played with the plugin on Revolver and the sound was stunning, quickly took it into another decade. (Beatles Revolver) It was so dramatic, I have yet to place on individual tracks in my mixes.

Good demo, thank you

sry to say,,i think he dunnoe wat he is talking...diz may not a good tutorial to watch..

When you go into dual mono mode you set the attack and radio settings the opposite of the left side, and when noticing the attack is wrong you are not noticing that the ratio is is wrong also, cause its set to 6:1 on the right side while is 2:1 on the left side. Where you aiming for different compression on each side?

Always been curious about the Shadow Hill Mastering Compressor. I believe Eric Prydz has the hardware one.

Thank you!

Dude, you gotta pick the usual terrible female singer-songwriter worship radio rock track to demo this this stuff, and not a killer psy track. I'm keep getting frustrated when you pause it, haha!

Ratio was cranked on the right

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