If a preset works “out of the box,” that’s just plain luck. So who’s right?Īnd as with so many aspects of audio, they all are. On the other hand, software comes with presets, and there are plenty of recording blogs on the web that dispense advice about typical preset settings. The purists say there’s no point in having presets, because every signal is different, and the same compressor settings will sound very different on different sources. As with so many aspects of audio, the subject of compression presets polarizes people.