elysia mpressor Dual-Channel Creative Compressor - Manual (Page 16)

16 settings - standard compression
Because of the well-balanced adjustment of its
parameters, the mpressor is suited perfectly for
many applications in everyday studio business.
The settings shown in the above figure provide
a good starting position for ‘normal’ compres-
sion jobs like vocals, choirs, guitars, drums, key-
boards and so on.
Moderate ratios from 1:2 to 1:5 and release
times around 300 ms make a good basis for fur-
ther parameter variations. The threshold con-
troller is used to adjust the desired amount of
gain reduction.
Keep in mind that the mpressor is a hard knee
design. This means that if you are looking for
subtle compression, you will need to use mod-
erate settings to get there.
Depending on the source material, the EQ sec-
tion can be used in addition with great benefit.
It definitely pays off to spend some time on
getting to know this interesting feature of the
mpressor and what it can do for your sound.
The Gain Reduction Limiters offer completely
new possibilities, too, and therefore should be
given a try soon by all means.
Realize that the mpressor gives you an ample
range of possible settings, which like the super
fast attack times or the negative ratios can lead
to very extreme compression results.
While this can be very cool in lots of cases, it
might not always be what you are actually look-
ing for. With the mpressor, you get what you set.
Take some time to find out which settings work
best for you.
You will need to adapt all suggested settings
to your actual source material. This is especially
important for the threshold and ratio controls!
settings
STANdARd COMPRESSION
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