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Make Your Voiceover Sound Studio-Quality

Audio · Compressor

A Compressor evens out the loud and quiet parts of a recording, so the loud moments don't peak and the quiet moments don't disappear. It's the single biggest lever for making a raw recording sound professionally mixed — on voice, music, anything.

Import clipF from your media folder and drag it onto the timeline to try this yourself. This is an audio-only effect — everything here is judged by ear, not by what's in the preview.

Settings used

  • Threshold: -24 dB
  • Knee: 30 dB
  • Ratio: 12:1
  • Attack: 3 ms
  • Release: 250 ms

Add the effect from FX → Audio → Compressor. Lower the Threshold to catch more of the signal, and raise the Ratio for a more aggressive squeeze — then listen back to back with the effect toggled on and off to hear how much more even the level sits.

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