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The first thing you need is a proper understanding of compression before you go out and buy one. The confusion happens in the compression itself, which comes from its opposite process: expansion. It makes perfect sense when you think about it. If your goal is to reduce the dynamic range of your sound, perhaps to make it "sound" more even, wouldn't that make your loud moments louder still? And then, if you do have a quieter section, it would be a few steps further down the road from where it should be. In some cases, it's an okay aim but not very practical for most applications such as vocal recording. Too much dynamic range (no compression): Vocals will sound very thin. They will get buried in the mix by louder instrumentation and obnoxiously stick out during quieter instrumentation. Vocals won't sit well in the mix. They will sound amateurish, and your mix will have poor balance. Lack of compression will also result in a quieter overall sound, as an uncompressed ...

What Is a Condenser Microphone Condenser microphones possess certain attributes that make them well suited for their best tasks, namely picking up quieter sounds. For instance, if you wanted to record a single performer's voice in a crowded room, it would be natural to reach for a condenser microphone because condensers can better capture the quiet words of your singer over the howls and cries of an adoring crowd. However, there are instances when these characteristics are valuable to everyday consumers. For example, most prefer not to blast their music via earbuds or a pair of speakers - but would rather keep things at lower volume levels, a job more easily accomplished by using this type of microphone!   How Does a Condenser Microphone Work? Condenser mics are specialized capacitors designed to store energy in an electric field temporarily. Capacitors work by using two plates near one another, forming a perfect environment for all electricity to pass through. The greater the dist...

  As kids are different from adults, what kinds of things do they need to worry about when using headphones? Well, this answer is complicated. But, here we go with it.  Kids Hear Differently Than Adults As you grow older, your ears may be more sensitive to certain sounds than when you were a kid. Over time you may have developed some hearing loss, whereas kids' headphones can amplify frequencies they hear naturally that aren't as loud to people who have been listening to music their entire lives. And the worst part is that this type of hearing loss can also be limited to a few ranges of sounds, and most headphones emphasize bass notes, so it might make everything else seem quiet in comparison, even though it depends on how loud someone likes their music to be played. While this may sound fine to you, it's possible that loud listening habits can unintentionally impact your kid's hearing. If they damage their hearing, the effect can snowball as they crank the volume up lo...