moosy1
Inspired
This has been discussed many times, but I'm left with a lingering question regarding the single Threshold setting on all compressor models:
Setting the Threshold determines when sound is too loud (at the top) and then reduces it; but shouldn't there also be an option for a second threshold setting "at the bottom" that determines when the sound is too quiet and then increase it?
Especially because the volume trails off after you hit a note, a "bottom" threshold could keep increasing, ie, sustaining that note to prevent it from fading away. Compressors are often called compression/sustain, but doesn't it really need that second lower Threshold option - to raise the disappearing sound. Without the bottom threshold, how is a compressor helpful to sustain a fading note?
ps, I've found the Make-up toggle helpful (it's supposed to do what a bottom threshold would do), and also the Repeat/Hold toggle on Delay is helpful, but still, logically, shouldn't there be a bottom threshold option when the sound is too low (as opposed to too loud) to help sustain a note?
Setting the Threshold determines when sound is too loud (at the top) and then reduces it; but shouldn't there also be an option for a second threshold setting "at the bottom" that determines when the sound is too quiet and then increase it?
Especially because the volume trails off after you hit a note, a "bottom" threshold could keep increasing, ie, sustaining that note to prevent it from fading away. Compressors are often called compression/sustain, but doesn't it really need that second lower Threshold option - to raise the disappearing sound. Without the bottom threshold, how is a compressor helpful to sustain a fading note?
ps, I've found the Make-up toggle helpful (it's supposed to do what a bottom threshold would do), and also the Repeat/Hold toggle on Delay is helpful, but still, logically, shouldn't there be a bottom threshold option when the sound is too low (as opposed to too loud) to help sustain a note?