𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒓

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒓 is the fulfillment of the thought exercise "what if we use an inverted gate as a compressor?"
Thus, The Gompressor was born.

It's kinda weird, kinda cool. 

It works the same as compressors you're used to... mostly. It's a bit touchy, so setting the controls with care is important!

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Macro Controls

Push
Set the threshold at which compression occurs. 

Max GR
Allows for dialing in the maximum amount of possible gain reduction as a specific dB value. Every 6dB is approximately equivalent to doubling the ratio, i.e...
2:1 = -6
4:1 = -12
8:1 = -24
Etc.

Sidechain Freq
The result depends on what the DeEmphasis is switched to.

DeEmph L, M, or H?

3-position knob. The result depends on what the Sidechain Frequency is set to.

H: Ignore all frequencies below. Allow your kick drum through uncompressed, for example, compressing highs more.

M: Only compress based on content focused on the selected frequency. You could compress a snare only, for example.

L: Clean up rumble and boxy low end by ignoring upper frequencies above.

Elbow
The inversion of a "knee", this can help the gompressor act more like a leveler, disallowing pressed gain from returning back up until the overall level has dropped to a certain amount below the threshold. It can have the effect of increasing the release time, depending on the source behavior

Attack
Decrease to clamp down on transients faster; increase it to allow more stuff punch through before the gompressor has a chance to react.

Lookahead
Increasing it will allow the Gompressor to clamp down on transients more heavy-handedly. Lowered, dynamic response is slightly delayed in reaction to transients.

Release Stage 1, Release Stage 2
Combine release stage 1 and 2 (along with the elbow) to define the return curve back to original gain after gompression is no longer triggered to squish.

Makeup Gain

To restore the lost energy and boost overall loudness.

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The Gompressor Audio Demo

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