VCA compressors are sensitive to micro-dynamics and transients. And with the release knob you decide how long it should take for the signal volume to return to normal.With the ratio knob you decide how much to do it.With the attack knob you tell it how fast to do it.With the treshold knob you tell the compressor when to start turning the signal down.You dial in a control signal using the different front panel controls: In simple terms that’s how the gain reduction takes place in a VCA compressor While the A in VCA stands for Amplifier it’s actually more often an attenuator, meaning that it turns the signal down when it’s fed a certain control voltage. This is a list of different types of compressors that are covered in this article:ĭiode Bridge Compressor VCA (Voltage Controlled Amplifier)
(2.) Do I want the compressor to only reduce the gain, or do I also want it to colour the source?.(1.) How dynamic is the source I want to compress?.When you’re deciding what type of compressor or what combination of compressors you will use, you could ask yourself one of the following questions: Remember that this is all relative, and you should therefore always trust your ears. While I would suggest you to experiment with different compressors on different sources, this table can be used to help you figure out what type of compressor would work best. The table can be used as reference whenever you quickly need to access all the information described in this article. If this doesn’t make sense to you right now, it will once you’re done reading this article. The following table is basically a summary of this whole article. Then this article I wrote about compression in general might be helpful! While you’re at it, this post could also be interesting where I explain the different types of compression (I’m currently still writing these articles) Summary If you’re not sure what terms like ratio, attack, release, or threshold mean, or just want a quick read up. Tip: To follow along with this article it is convenient that you understand how compression works in general. Lets find out how these different types of compressors work, and in which situation we can best use a particular type of compression! one may sound better on certain things than the other. Every different type of compressor sounds different, e.g. Compression can be accomplished in different ways, hence the different type of compressors.
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