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Ratio
At a first glance, the Ratio knob on the
FET Compressor seems to work a little bit
different than its hardware counterpart. The
biggest difference is that the
Ratio knob is
continuous, meaning that it's possible to
select settings between different fixed
ratios, for instance between 12:1 and 20:1.
Furthermore, it's also possible to select
settings between 20:1 and the famous “All
buttons in” setting.
If you would rather use the “pre­defined” settings that are
identical to those on the original hardware:
1 : 1 , 4 : 1 , 8 : 1 ,
1 2 : 1 , 2 0 : 1
and
A L L
, just click on the labels to jump directly to
those settings (see Figure 5).
“All Buttons In” Mode
The
A L L
mode is a peculiarity found on this type of compressor.
Originally the different ratios were selected with push buttons,
which made some mix engineers try out what happens if you
press all buttons at once. From a technical perspective, pushing
all buttons at the same time makes all bias levels go berserk. From a sound perspective,
this means that you will get a very pumping compression with lots of distortion. This mode
is often called the “British mode”. By setting the
Ratio somewhere between
2 0 : 1
and
A L L
you'll get a sound that's definitely unique for this product.
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Figure 4: The Ratio knob.
Figure 5: Click on
the labels to
immediately go to
a “factory” setting.