ATEIS IDA8 - Manual (Page 428)

ATEIS - IDA8 428
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Component Appearance:
Description:
A Compressor is an automatic volume control. Loud sounds over a certain threshold are reduced in
level while quiet sounds remain untreated. In this way it reduces the dynamic range of an audio
signal. This may be done for aesthetic reasons to deal with the technical limitations of audio
equipment or to improve the audibility of audio in noisy environments.
Compression reduces the level of the loud sounds, but not the quiet sounds. The level can be raised
to a point where the quiet sounds are more audible without the loud sounds being too loud.
Compressor Stereo is the same as the the Compressor component, but this works on both stereo
channels. The detection is done by way of the both input signals. The same compression is applied
on the both output signals.
Control Window:
Element Properties:
Name Initial Minimum Maximum Precision Unit
Bypass Off - - - -
Soft Knee On - - - -
Compress Off - - - -
Ratio 2.0 1.1 20.0 0.1 -
Threshold 0.0 -60.0 20.0 0.1 dB
Threshold Range 10.3 0 40.0 0.1 dB
Attack Time 10 1 100 1 ms
Release Time 500 100 5000 1 ms
Gain Reduction -25.0 -25.0 0 0.1 dB
Element Description:
Bypass:
Bypasses the compressor's function.
Soft Knee: