elysia xpressor - Manual (Page 11)

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Gain Reduction Limiter
A specialty of the xpressor is the Gain Reduction Limiter for the
control voltage. This limiter is not placed in the audio path where
you would usually find it, but in the control path of the compres-
sor instead.
When activated, it limits the control voltage according to the setting of
the GR Limit controller. This means: No matter how high the input level
might become – the amount of gain reduction will never exceed the val-
ue you have set.
Just think about the GRL as a second threshold controller: While the ‘reg-
ular’ threshold controller tells the compressor when to start working, the
GRL controller tells it when to compress no further.
Loud parts in an arrangement can keep their dynamics, as they will not
be compressed beyond the limit of the Gain Reduction Limiter.
Note: This function of the xpressor is always active and does not need a
switch of its own.