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P501 Audio Processor User Manual Page 7

Peakride Compressor

Compressors progressively reduce the gain of an audio signal as its

input level rises above the compressor threshold as shown in the

diagram below.

The compressor threshold is the level point in dB above which the

audio gain will be reduced. On the P501 this can be varied from 0dB

to -40dB using the T/HOLD control (12).

The ratio control (4) varies the degree of gain reduction which is

applied, from 1:1 (no effect) to  : 1 which will make the compressor

act like a limiter.

The attack time is how quickly the compressor will react to audio

which rises above the threshold point. In the P501 the attack time

can be varied from 60ms (slow) to 1ms (fast) using the ATTACK

control (11). The setting of the attack time usually has a large impact

on the compression effect.

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