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"It's got more punch than a kangaroo at boxing practice": What is OTT compression - and how do you use it?

Ableton Live 8 wasn’t exactly what you’d call a sweeping success when it was released in 2009. In fact, issues with stability and usability were so poorly received that it led Ableton to publicly ...
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"It's loud, in-your-face, and has more punch than a kangaroo at boxing practice": What is OTT compression - and how do you use it?

This influential Ableton Live preset made its way into thousands of tracks, spawned a copycat plugin, and inspired a new - and unapologetically excessive - style of compression. But why does it sound ...