You’re Using The Most Common Button On Every Plugin Wrong

Oct 27, 2025



If you’re using compression and you’re not checking this one simple switch... you're not hearing compression as effectively which could affect the decisions for your mix.

It’s not a setting. Not your threshold. Not some secret ratio, attack, release, not even the analog button.

It’s a basic control every compressor has, and it’s been sitting right in front of you this whole time. Most people either ignore it… or use it completely wrong.

And that’s how you end up lying to your ears, thinking compression is helping when it’s actually hurting your mix.

In this video, I’ll show you a dead-simple trick with this "magic" compressor button, and once you try it, you’ll hear compression more clearly and effectively, immediately.