Streaming Vocal Compressor & Gain Calculator
Design broadcast-ready vocal compression for OBS Studio, ReaComp, and Wave Link. Tame sudden rage-screams while keeping quiet whispers audible without background floor pumping.
๐๏ธ Compressor Parameters
๐ Dynamic Transfer Curve & Gain Reduction
Ratio: 4.00:1 | Threshold: -18.0 dB | Attack: 5 ms | Release: 85 ms | Output Gain: +5.5 dB | Sidechain: None
๐ How to Set Up a Vocal Compressor for Twitch & YouTube
In live streaming, your voice naturally jumps across a massive dynamic rangeโfrom quiet concentration (-28 dBFS) during a clutch to sudden hype screams (-2 dBFS) that distort and clip digital audio converters.
By placing your Threshold around -18 dB to -20 dB with a 4:1 Ratio, normal speech passes through cleanly while loud spikes above -18 dB are attenuated by 75%. Setting a fast Attack (3โ6 ms) catches sudden plosives before they clip, while an 80โ100 ms Release smoothly restores natural vocal body without audible breathing "pumping".