Compression Threshold

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Another question bout pro tools stock compressors..(Sorry Guys just got Pro Tools HD sorry for all the questions lol) Ok those of you who have HD you know the plugin Channel Strip (to the far right) there is a parameter called "Depth" what is it used for?
 
jaynm26 said:
Another question bout pro tools stock compressors..(Sorry Guys just got Pro Tools HD sorry for all the questions lol) Ok those of you who have HD you know the plugin Channel Strip (to the far right) there is a parameter called "Depth" what is it used for?
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I'm not 100% sure but isn't there some kind of built in analog console emulation in the newer PT?
I have a feeling that's what that's for.
 
jaynm26 said:
I always saw the thresh as the ceiling the actually parameter of the comp that nothing should pass meaning wherever you set the Thresh it should be above the signal not below it.../QUOTE]

In fact, the threshold of a comp is the opposite of a ceiling. It is the "floor", from which anything above will be compress.
The ceiling is for a limiter. If you put your threshold at 0 db, nothing will go over.

With a comp. using a -10 db threshold and a 4;1 ratio, it just mean that anything going passing the threshold will be compressed in a 4;1 ratio.

Hope it help you understand.
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Some guys like Michael Brauer use compressors sometime just for the character it imparts just by passing the audio signal through it (and not compressing). That's more on the hardware side though. So if this engineer was for example, using the stock digi compressor (no character like a fairchild or la2a or 1176) and didn't have the threshold set to make the compression start working, then it's completely pointless.
 
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