In this video, I break down the five levels of studio monitoring, from basic consumer headphones to professional subwoofer setups, to help you understand how each upgrade provides the perspective needed to make faster, smarter production decisions.
While I emphasize that skill and practice are more important than expensive gear, I explain the critical differences between "hyped" consumer equipment and the flat frequency response of reference gear, and why acoustic treatment is often the most vital investment you can make before upgrading your speakers
In this video, I demonstrate how to use attack and release settings to transform a compressor into an envelope shaper, where the attack determines how much of the initial punch or transient slips through while the release controls the length of the sustain and the amount of room sound heard in the track.
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