Mark Pritchard
Experienced
Awesome, thanks Cliff!
I bet it was a Manic Monday for some FractalitesMagic Monday.
There is a gain limit (40 dB IIRC). For precisely that reason.I have been thinking about the new upward compressors.
I think, it is pretty unique to have these available in a guitar processor. But they totally make sense, if you want to enhance sustain, upwards compression really is the natural choice, it will amplify the tail of the notes while keeping the transients untouched.
But there is one caveat for live use. When the guitar is silent, an upward compressor is in theory applying infinite gain to the signal (but silence means that signal level is minus infinity, so that is OK), but if you accidentally make the smallest noise on the guitar, it might get amplified quite a bit before the compressor relaxes.
Is there a limit to the applied gain in these compressors? should there be? Would it be better or just as good to have a gain reduction limit on the standard downwards compressors (then you can achieve the same resulting compression curve). I am just thinking that upward compression is a quite advanced technique that might throw off some people. Personally, I think it is awesome.
(The release was too late for me last night. I will do some testing tonight.)
Thanks, that is good to knowThere is a gain limit (40 dB IIRC). For precisely that reason.