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Old 10-31-2010, 06:52 PM   #1
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What does a compresser basically do?

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What does a compresser basically do?
squishes the sound.

Makes the high peaks lower and the low bits a bit louder. In other words it reduces the dynamics.
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Old 10-31-2010, 10:03 PM   #3
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And aurally that translates into a more even sound with less dynamic variation and more sustain
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I was intrigued how you'd depicted that. Over e-mail notification it was exactly the same. :P
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this is a really good way to put it dude!
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Old 11-01-2010, 04:28 PM   #7
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It squishes your dynamic range.

On guitar, it often makes your bass notes a bit less powerful and the higher ones stand out a bit more consistently.
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Old 11-01-2010, 06:21 PM   #8
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Thank you, these explanations help quite a bit. And it's kind of what I thought.
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