I think this article on compression is pretty good for a beginner. I more or less understood the concept based on some of the posts in this forum, but I was a bit confused about exactly what to do with the knobs! Reading this is helpful.
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/sep09/articles/compressionmadeeasy.htm
Yes SOS has really good articles about audio understanding and handling..... I've learned alot from them over the years... good read.
Thanks for that, very informative
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