Adding body to acoustic guitar with light VCA compression

MusicTechHelpGuy reaches for Logic's Studio VCA compressor on an acoustic guitar track, aiming to add body and smooth out uneven dynamics.

Raising the attack time lets more of the transients through, which is the opposite of what you'd do to tame pick or strum attack. A light touch is enough to make the performance sit more consistently without squashing its character.

Once the setting sounds right, he copies the same compressor over to a second acoustic guitar track by holding option and dragging, a quick way to keep doubled parts matched.