elysia mpressor Dual-Channel Creative Compressor - Manual (Page 24)

24 settings - distorted compression
By using very fast time constants, the mpressor
can also be abused to create special distortion
sounds. To do so, set the attack controller to its
minimum of 0.01 ms and the release time also
to its fastest value of 5.0 ms.
Now the compressor becomes so fast that it
compresses and twists almost every single
wave form separately! The result sounds similar
to a distortion unit, but without the usual draw-
back that the noise floor of the input signal is
amplified.
Remember that a high makeup gain setting will
increase the amount of total harmonic distor-
tion (THD) which can be used to push this effect
even further.
If this causes too much output gain for the
following stages, just add a simple gain plug-
in from your host software directly after the
mpressor to get it right.
Now you can also use the Niveau Filter to shape
the distortion sound you have just generated.
If the filter is used in its low pass position, for
example, everything will start to sound in a
wonderful LoFi style. Especially bass and drums
are ideal instruments for being processed in this
way.
These characteristic sounds can be the perfect
twist for Ambient Music, Trip Hop and all styles
of electronic music in general.
settings
dISTORTEd COMPRESSION