Compressor - LinPlug Albino 3 Manual

Compressor

The Albino 3's Compressor can be used to control the dynamic range of
the effect's input signal. Compression can be used to increase the
perceived volume of a sound by reducing the level transient peaks, and
thus allowing for an increasing of the average signal level without clipping.
The Albino 3's compressor has been designed to be as easy to use as
possible. It has five controls: Ratio, Threshold, Attack, Release and Vol
("Volume"). The Compressor's controls are described below:
The Ratio dial is used to set the ratio between the input and output level of
signals that are above the Compressor's Threshold level. The compression
ratio can be set anywhere between 1:1 and 10:1.
The Threshold dial is used to set the signal level at which the Compressor
begins operating. The Threshold dial has a range of -24 to 0dB and
automatically adjusts the make-up Gain to give 0dB signal peaks.
The Attack dial is used to set how quickly the compressor responds to
changes in the input signal.
The Release dial sets the amount of time that it takes for the compressor to
return to unity gain after the signal falls below the Threshold level. The
Release time has a range of 0.001 to 4.000 seconds.
Because compression reduces the average amplitude of the input signal it
is often necessary to increase the signal's amplitude once it has been
compressed. The Albino 3's Compressor provides a Vol ("Volume") control
that is used to set this "make-up" gain.
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