All compressor designs are
feed-forward and peak-detecting. The side-chain is
always not filtered. The signal path is also
unfiltered, that is it contains no sound enhancing
of any kind (except for the gain adjustment
performed by compression).
Different modes
The different modes comprise different envelope
follower types, different transfer functions as well
as different inter-operation between the internal
parts of the compressor. The modes are numbered from
1 to 18, the literals in parenthesis hint at the
difference and can be interpreted as follows:
- HQR = High quality transfer function (ratio)
- LQR = Low quality transfer function (ratio)
- S = Smooth operation (release)
Anyone is free to use and share this
VST plug-in as long as they evaluate the different
compressor modes to the best of their knowledge and
report their findings and comments in
this thread
in the KVRAudio.com forum (where the
plug-in is available for download).
Visit:
Michael
Gruhn Audio
