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Good software soft-knee compressor?
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fuzzikitten
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Posted : Apr 21, 2005 22:47
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Anyone know of a good software soft-knee compressor? The waves Rcomp claims to toggle between a hard and soft knee, but in the manual it claims the soft-knee setting simply engages the compressor 3dB below the threshold (a switch that drops the threshold 3db, gee, how useful).
I'm looking for a software soft-knee compressor similar to a Drawmer LX-20 (http://www.drawmer.com/archive.html#lx20). There's no threshold on the Drawmer as a true soft-knee compressor ought to start compressing immediately (I think).
Maybe all I need to do is set my threshold to the minimum on the Rcomp? Somehow this doesn't feel right...
Thanks, and peace!
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NikC
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Posted : Apr 21, 2005 23:57
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C4 ?
varies from soft knee to 50 = hard knee (i think)
plus its multiband so gives you more control over how each part of the sound is compressed. |
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UnderTow
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Posted : Apr 22, 2005 02:23
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The Sonitus:FX compressor has a variable soft-knee setting. You can set it anywhere between 0 dB (hard) and 30 dB (soft).
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Triton
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Posted : Apr 22, 2005 03:29
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fuzzikitten
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Posted : Apr 22, 2005 14:04
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Thanks for the recommendations - I'll check them out!  |
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AvS
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Posted : Apr 22, 2005 15:28
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On 2005-04-21 22:47, fuzzikitten wrote:
Anyone know of a good software soft-knee compressor? The waves Rcomp claims to toggle between a hard and soft knee, but in the manual it claims the soft-knee setting simply engages the compressor 3dB below the threshold (a switch that drops the threshold 3db, gee, how useful).
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Youve misunderstood. Waves Rennaisance Comp IS a real soft-knee compressor. It is correct that the compression engages 3db below the threshold, but NOT at the ratio youve set. The ratio starts to rise -3db below the threshold but only when the input hits the threshold the signal will be compressed at the ratio youve set. |
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fregle
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Posted : Apr 22, 2005 16:12
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PSP vintagewarmer... With this compressor u have a knob u can set to soft knee, hard knee, or anything in between  |
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fuzzikitten
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Posted : Apr 22, 2005 19:19
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On 2005-04-22 15:28, AvS wrote:
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On 2005-04-21 22:47, fuzzikitten wrote:
Anyone know of a good software soft-knee compressor? The waves Rcomp claims to toggle between a hard and soft knee, but in the manual it claims the soft-knee setting simply engages the compressor 3dB below the threshold (a switch that drops the threshold 3db, gee, how useful).
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Youve misunderstood. Waves Rennaisance Comp IS a real soft-knee compressor. It is correct that the compression engages 3db below the threshold, but NOT at the ratio youve set. The ratio starts to rise -3db below the threshold but only when the input hits the threshold the signal will be compressed at the ratio youve set.
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So when it's set to 'soft-knee' the compressor ramps up to the specified ratio from -3db up to the threshold? |
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UnderTow
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Posted : Apr 23, 2005 13:43
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That is how it works in general, yes. I'm assuming the Waves compressor works the same way.
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