elysia xpressor 500 - Manual (Page 11)

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Gain Reduction Limiter
A specialty of the xpressor 500 is the Gain Reduc-
tion 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 compressor 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 re-
duction will never exceed the value you have set.
Just think about the GRL as a second threshold controller:
While the ‘regular’ threshold controller tells the compressor
when to start working, the GRL controller tells it when to com-
press no further.
Loud parts in an arrangement can keep their dynamics, as
they will not be compressed beyond the limit of the Gain Re-
duction Limiter.
Note: In the xpressor 500, this function is always active and
does not need a switch of its own.
GRL compression progress GRL input to output ratio
Time (s) Output Level (dB)
Output Level (dB) Input Level (dB)
Attack phase
Release phase
GRL phase
GRL phase