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Date: 21-Apr-01 @ 03:38 AM -
RE: a3000 compression
no thats the 'threshold' mate not compression ratio, it is expressed like that, the lower it is the earlier the comp kick's in cos generaly you want the comp to cut in prior to 0db especially with digital where 0db is overload, remember this is an internal effect so it's processing entirely in the digital domain where above 0db means nasty digital clipping - you should master digital idealy at around -10/12db peak.
on analog rack compressors they do go over 0db into positive values cos working with tape you can saturate it fine, but generaly not as far, so like a rack comp like a symetrix goes from say -40 or so thru to +10 ish.. does that help? -
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