elysia mpressor Dual-Channel Creative Compressor - Manual (Page 14)

14 controls - gain
The gain controller is used to make up the dif-
ference in level between the original and the
compressed signal. As you might already have
expected, there is something special about this
‘standard’ controller on the mpressor, too:
The higher the amount of gain it is, the more
harmonics are produced. In the mpressor, this
function is located directly in the input stage,
therefore the added harmonics will be pro-
cessed by the complete compressor algorithm.
The diagram to the right shows the saturation
behavior of the mpressor plugin at increasing
amplitudes. It clearly shows how the original
sine form is shaped with an additional edge re-
minding of a square wave form. This produces a
rich sound by generating additional harmonics.
If you want your signal to stay clean, you should
take care not to use lots of make up gain, but
use a simple gain plugin from your host soft-
ware directly after the mpressor instead.
However, if added harmonics are just what you
are looking for, apply a good amount of make
up gain with the mpressor and use a following
gain plugin to reduce the overall level.
Saturation characteristics at several amplitudes
controls
GAIN
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