TC electronic SDN BHD G-Natural user manual Effects Compressor, Natural compressors, Studio Type

EFFECTS - COMPRESSOR

Compressor

Introduction

A compressor is used to control the dynamic content of a signal. It can be used both for leveling out the signal’s dynamics (thereby letting your guitar sound stand out clearer) and also for more radical, very recognizable effects.

G-Natural offers two types of compression. “Stomp”, that offers only a few but effective handles similar to the ones found on stomp-box pedals, and “Studio” which with its extra parameters allows for greater control of the behavior of the compression.

Illustration – Basic Compression

As this illustration shows, the output signal is attenuated relative to the set ratio when the input signal exceeds the threshold point. The attack parameter specifies how fast the attenuation is achieved. The Level parameter allows you to manually compensate for the perceived level difference resulting from compression.

G-Natural compressors

G-Natural has separate compressors for the Instrument Inputs and the Mic/Pre input.

Editing compressor parameters:

•Press and hold COMP to select between “Instrument” compression and “Mic/Line” compression. The different compression modes are indicated by “M” for Microphone/Line or “I” for instrument in the right side of the display.

•Press COMP once or more to select either Studio or Stomp type

•Adjust parameters using encoders A-D

Studio Type

This type offers full control over all compression parameters.

Threshold

Range: -40 dB to 0 dB

When the signal exceeds the set threshold point, the compressor is activated. The signal’s level above this threshold point is processed according to the settings of the Ratio, Attack and Release parameters (see below).

Ratio

Range: Off, 1.12:1 to Infinite:1

This parameter determines how hard the signal is compressed.

Example: With a Ratio setting of 2:1, an input signal with 4 dB above threshold is reduced to only 2 dB on the output. The “infinite” setting gives you a limiter function.

Attack

Range: 0.3 ms to 140 ms

The attack time is the response time of the compressor. The shorter the Attack time, the sooner the compressor will reach the specified ratio after the signal rises above the threshold point.

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