I love EDM, but there’s a subset/trope of it that annoys the shit out of me. It’s songs that rhythmically mute or go quiet along with the beat. It grates on my brain and makes me think there’s something wrong with my speakers/headphones.
I can’t find an immediate example, but it’s usually in YouTuber channel intros or stock/royalty-free EDM songs.
Sidechain compression, aka ducking. Basically, a compressor is set up to increase compression levels (squashes the volume down while also making it more consistent) on everything but the kick drum when the kick drum is sounding. It’s actually used subtly in a lot of genres to give some energy to the kick and duck the low frequencies in other tracks so that the low end in the mix doesn’t get muddled by the kick. A lot of EDM producers/artists do take it to comical extremes.
I love EDM, but there’s a subset/trope of it that annoys the shit out of me. It’s songs that rhythmically mute or go quiet along with the beat. It grates on my brain and makes me think there’s something wrong with my speakers/headphones.
I can’t find an immediate example, but it’s usually in YouTuber channel intros or stock/royalty-free EDM songs.
EDIT: Wait this is c/badposting lmao.
Sidechain compression, aka ducking. Basically, a compressor is set up to increase compression levels (squashes the volume down while also making it more consistent) on everything but the kick drum when the kick drum is sounding. It’s actually used subtly in a lot of genres to give some energy to the kick and duck the low frequencies in other tracks so that the low end in the mix doesn’t get muddled by the kick. A lot of EDM producers/artists do take it to comical extremes.
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy: