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Expert Menu

Press MENU keys to enter the expert page.

Attack

The Attack time is the response time that the Compressor uses

to reach the gain reduction specified by the Ratio parameter.

Example: If the Input signal increases to 4dB above Threshold

with the Ratio set to 2:1 and the Attack set to 20ms, the

Compressor will use 20ms to reach the gain reduction of 2dB.

Release

Release sets the fall-back time of the Compressor, after the

signal drops below the Threshold.

Side Chain / Delay

This parameter adjusts the look-ahead delay. This means that

your audio signal is delayed, e.g., 10ms.

By slightly delaying the audio signal, you enable the processor

to look ahead at the signal, and it will therefore react more

accurately than a standard Compressor/Limiter/Expander.

The actual look-ahead delay time is scaled automatically with

the Attack time, individually on all three bands.

Note: This delay time parameter is common for the Compressor,

Limiter and Expander.

Crest

This parameter determines whether the Compressor should react

to peaks or RMS (average), or something in between. E.g. if the

Crest parameter is set to 6dB, the Compressor is reacting to

RMS values and to peaks 6dB higher than the current RMS

value.

Make-up gain

Make-up gain is automatically calculated in the Finalizer as a

function of your Threshold and Ratio settings. If for instance you

set the Threshold to -9dB with a Ratio of 1:Infinity, 9dB of

Make-up gain is added automatically. If the Ratio then is altered

to 1:2, 4.5dB of Make-up gain is added. In the Compressor User

page, you can now counteract the automatic gain, if you wish to

maintain e.g. Unity gain:

On the Compressor display, Band levels are shown as three bars

with Unity gain in the centre.

To have full automatic Make-up gain, all levels must be set to 0.

To have Unity gain simply position the three indicators on the

centre line.

To have Make-up gain with a flat spectrum below the Threshold

of Compression you should balance the bars.

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