elysia mpressor Dual-Channel Creative Compressor - Manual (Page 15)

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FLOOR
This button switches the emulation of the
mpressor’s analog noise floor at -96 dBFS on
and off.
LINk
In link mode, the mpressor uses the informa-
tion of both the left and the right channel to
generate one combined ‘virtual control voltage’
which is then applied to both channels (a true
stereo compressor in this case).
If the link mode is not active, imagine the
mpressor plugin as a dual mono compressor
that generates separate ‘virtual control voltages’
for left and right channel with the same control-
ler settings.
But why would this make any sense? The an-
swer is that by running a stereo compressor in
unlinked mode you might benefit from a more
vivid feeling of your track. This is because both
channels are compressed differently from each
other (as a result of different signals in the left
and right channel).
MONO
On a mono channel, the link function is obvi-
ously not available. The link button is semi-
transparent in this case to indicate it is not avail-
able.
ACTIVE
There is no big secret behind this button: It
switches the mpressor into the signal path
(white control light on) or bypasses the plugin
(light off).
By the way: On a hardware mpressor, the gain
reduction meter stays active even if the unit is
in bypass mode. The software version does not
have this feature because of technical reasons.
controls - floor | link | active
controls
FLOOR | LINk | ACTIVE