Handy Charts

Suggested Starting Points

for Compression Settings

	Attack (ms)	Release (s)	Ratio	Knee	Gain (dB)
Bass	1-10	0.5	4:1-12:1	Hard	5-15
Vocal	Fast	0.5	2:1-8:1	soft	3-8
Loud Vocal	Fast	0.3	3:1-10:1	Hard	5-15
Accoustic Guitar	5-10	0.5	3:1-10:1	Hard/Hard	5-12
Electric Guitar	2-5	0.5	8:1-10:1	Hard	5-15
Kick/Snare	1-5	0.2	5:1-10:1	Hard	5-15
Brass	1-5	0.3	6:1-15:1	Hard	8-15
Mix	Fast	0.4	2:1-5:1	Soft	2-10