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depicts the functionality of the plug in – the inner
workings are quite different. The experienced reader
will for example notice that some parts, like the
feedback connection of the compressor, have been
omitted in the illustration for the sake of clarity.
Credits
Oscar Öberg – modeling and implementation.
Torsten Gatu – framework programming. Niklas
Odelholm – framework programming and graphic
design. Arvid Rosén – framework programming.
Ulf Ekelöf – 3D rendering and graphics. Dan
Lumbye – A/B testing. Stefan Fandén – feature
hunter. Thanks to Lars Nygaard and Anders Bech
at Cyberfarm (DK) and Per Åkesson at Care Of
Sound Studio for letting us use and abuse their
equipment.
1.
Fat Bass Drum: Apply heavy compression on
your drum bus. Increase the Low Cut knob un-
til the bass drum doesn’t trigger the compressor
(at about 200- 300 Hz). In most cases, this will
make the bass drum sound fatter and louder
compared to the rest of the kit.
2.
Pumping Drums: Set Ratio on ALL, Release
on SLOW and adjust the Input until you’re
satisfied. Blend in some dry signal with Parallel
Inject.
3.
Sustained Drums with Transients: Apply
heavy 20:1 compression with fast release and
attack times, blend in some transients with
Parallel Inject.
Adding color
Finally you shouldn’t be afraid of using this plug in
in the 1:1 mode. You won’t get any compression, but
it will color the sound. And the meters look nice
too.
Block Diagram
Below is a block diagram over the FET Compres-
sor functionality. Please note that this illustration
INPUT
MAIN INPUT
PARALLEL INJECT OUTPUT
LOOKAHEAD
LOW CUT,
HIGH CUT
RATIO,
ATTACK,
RELEASE
GAIN REDUCTION
DRY
MAIN OUTPUT
EXTERNAL SIDE CHAIN
SIDE CHAIN INPUT
INPUT VU METER GAIN REDUCTION VU METER OUTPUT PEAK METER
WET
EXTERNAL OFF
EXTERNAL ON
DELAY
DETECTOR