Parallel compression is all the rage right now. In fact it really is a great way to add life to a track without making it sound overly compressed. The basic idea is that you compress the hell out of a track and mix it together with a uncompressed version of the track. Pretty simple, right? Well, there are a couple ways to do this. Check out this video to see how you can set up this effect in Cakewalk Sonar. Also make sure to catch all the other Sonar videos up on Gearwire and stay tuned for the ones to come.

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