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Basic workflow
already introduced now by the gain riding of the compressor. At very high GR
amounts this can already be quite pronounced, so use with care.
2.4. Tracking and mixing
Tracking and mixing might benefit from the ridiculous fast timings which are offered
for the envelope computation but special attention should be spent on the overall
recovery behavior. Depending on the load in the circuit the recovery from gain reduc-
tion slows down the more it comes to zero GR. The effect is similar to opto-electrical
panel based (vintage) gain reduction stages. Recovery can get really slow by this
effect and getting the most out of such units requires to find their specific sweet spot
for any particular audio material.
Tracking and mixing might benefit to a large extent from additional harmonic distor-
tions, especially the 2
nd order one. For example, when managing rather difficult audio
material such as acoustic bass or vocal recordings this can greatly improve defini-
tion. Also, don't forget the sidechain filtering options in such cases.
2.5. On the stereo bus
A quick way to back up from too much compression amounts is the RANGE control
option which can offer rather forgiving compression characteristics especially suitable
but not limited to 2bus compression / program material. The curve looses its com-
pression capability approaches zero at settings of ca. 20-30dB, very typical for some
retro compressors back in the past. In a modern compressor design a similar effect
is achieved with dynamic range limiting which allows to apply this in a rather con-
trolled fashion from 0 to 100%. The result is a very fancy compression experience
and allows to recover quite easily from too much gain reduction amounts.
2.6. About SC linking
Linking both channels in the sidechain path can be important on the stereo bus and
is handled in two different ways within
ThrillseekerLA , internally. The sophisticated
linking algorithm maintains the natural transient response in the stereo field but also
reduces problematic stereo image shifts in higher gain reduction scenarios.
In the compressor circuit, both channels are starting entirely unlinked until 1dB of
gain reduction is performed. Beyond that, both channels are getting gradually more
linked as gain reduction increases. However, this process is tweaked to still allow
some fast transients to get through without immediately affecting the other channel.
During the harmonic distortion generation of the interstage amplifier both channels
always remain unlinked (aka independent). The only link between both channels in
the harmonics generator is some slight frequency dependent channel crosstalk,
which is exclusively a static affair.
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