listennext: how much
empty so far
nothing in it yet. this lesson works on a starter loop, and it becomes your song
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A compressor turns a sound down when it gets loud, then lets it back up. Put a gentle one across your whole song and every part starts to breathe together. Engineers call that glue.
When it's working you barely notice it. When it's missing, the parts sound like separate sounds that happen to be playing at the same time.