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You can ruin a mix or any source with any compressor, if you don’t set things right.

You can also get good results on any mix or any source from just about any compressor, if you know how to set it. Though, some compressor may be overall better or worse for the source.

Like anything else, experience is the best teacher. The more you use different compressors, the more you get comfortable with the idiosyncrasies of each & how those idiosyncrasies can be used to your advantage.

You also learn what YOU like & YOU don’t like, which may be the most important lesson. For instance, I know that I don’t like VCA compressors. They’re just not what I want from a compressor. That doesn’t mean they’re bad. It means I know I want something different than what they provide.

It might be interesting to do a shoutout on just acoustic guitar.