1.0Home Brew Audiohttp://www.homebrewaudio.co/wpElaine Syhttp://www.homebrewaudio.co/wp/author/elainensy/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="drCD2zFmS4"><a href="http://www.homebrewaudio.co/wp/2016/05/23/volume-automation-enhance-song-dynamics/">Volume Automation To Enhance Song Dynamics</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="http://www.homebrewaudio.co/wp/2016/05/23/volume-automation-enhance-song-dynamics/embed/#?secret=drCD2zFmS4" width="600" height="338" title="“Volume Automation To Enhance Song Dynamics” — Home Brew Audio" data-secret="drCD2zFmS4" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=http://www.homebrewaudio.co/wp/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> Watch this video tutorial by The Reaper Blog about using simple volume automation on drum mix elements to improve the overall song dynamics and contrast between each section of the song.  Here are more details.