DYNAMICS

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Controls

• ModeCompressor / Expander — Compressor reduces level above the threshold; Expander reduces level below it.
• Threshold−60 to 0 dB — Level where gain reduction begins.
• Ratio1 to 20 — Strength of the gain change once past the threshold.
• Knee0 to 20 dB — Width of the soft transition above (or below) the threshold.
• Attack0 to 200 ms — How fast gain reduction is applied (0 = instant).
• Release0 to 1000 ms — How fast gain recovers (0 = instant).
• Makeup0 to 20 dB — Gain added after processing.
• StyleClean / Bus / FET / Opto / Upward — Character of the detector: Clean is the transparent original, Bus a smooth glue compressor with auto release, FET a fast and aggressive one with a little harmonic colour, Opto a slow, program-dependent one, Upward raises quiet material below the threshold instead of turning loud parts down (up to 24 dB, leaving silence alone).
• Sidechain HPF20 to 500 Hz — High-pass filter on the detector only, so low end does not drive the gain reduction (20 Hz = off).
• Mix0 to 100% — Blend of compressed and dry signal for parallel compression (100% = fully compressed).
• SidechainInternal / External — Internal listens to the track itself; External listens to input channels 3/4 (sidechain key).
• ChannelsStereo / Mid / Side — Channels: Stereo works on the whole signal; Mid or Side processes only that half of the mid/side pair and leaves the other untouched. The detector hears that half too (or the external key).
• ListenOutput / Delta — Listen: Output plays the result; Delta plays only what the compressor takes away (or, Upward, adds), before Makeup and Mix.

Best uses

• General-purpose bus and track compression
• Evening out vocal and bass levels
• Downward expansion to reduce noise and bleed
• Controlling dynamics on drums

Properties

Input → stereo-linked peak detection → gain computer (compress above / expand below Threshold, soft knee) → attack/release smoothing → Makeup → Output. Zero latency.

Formats

• JSFXJSFX for REAPER, with REAPER's own sliders
• GFXJSFX GFX for REAPER, with its own interface
• VST3VST3 for any DAW
• CLAPCLAP for any DAW

Factory presets

Vocal Leveler · Gentle Bus Glue · Bass Control · Snare Punch · Drum Smash · Peak Catcher · Noise Expander · Drum Bleed Expander · Bus Glue · FET Vocal · Opto Bass · Parallel Smash · Kick Ducking · Upward Detail Lift · Upward Quiet Voice

In the FX chains and Rack presets

Airy Ballad · Bass Amp · Bass Edge · Beat Smasher · Broken Media · Channel Strip · Dirty Reverb · Drum Bus · Mid/Side Drive · Mix Bus Finisher · Parallel Drum Smash · Parallel Punch · Pop Vocal · Rap Vocal Upfront · Sit-in-Mix · Six-Fader Vocal · Tube Smash · Vocal Chain

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