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Advanced compressor and EQ controls explained

Auto Makeup

As compression triggers gain reduction, we usually set a Makeup Gain parameter to re-level the signal. Auto Makeup makes this happen for you, often informed by the average gain reduction that’s going on.

Feedback/Feedforward

Every compressor (or other dynamics device) consists of a detector and amp in a circuit. The detector measures the signal, with the measurement is used to control the amp. On a circuit level, the detector’s input can be taken from before (feedforward) or after (feedback) the

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