So.
Here is your “compressor update”:
For free!
You’re welcome.
The Box has every ingredient in there. Just use it.
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Out of curiosity, why do people always say that the Heat “can achieve a compression effect” and those kinds of words, which is to say that it is nót a real compressor but can function similar / almost like it?
Reading up on compression at the moment. And wondering why
- envelope follower with attack & release time
- make-up gain
- mod destination drive/track-level (ratio)
- PS plus even the threshold witch I forgot to mention
Doesn’t amount to exactly being a compressor?
Just out interest, curious if it’s just the difference of printing a “compressor” label that they didn’t stick on a Heat menu page, or if there is some more to it that the Heat is lacking.
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It does make it a compressor, but the env follower is a lot more smoothed out than a typical compressor sidechain signal. All that it would require is a special mode for the env follower that is more optimized for audio compression, would really love it if they could implement that and midi trigger for the lfo/env.
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Nice, clear. Is it a matter of fáster response that’s needed, or óther response? Móre control knobs doesn’t really seem necessary looking at the many compressors without more knobs then the Heat has as described above.
It seems like it might be super doable for Elektron to do so; even though they already did add it to the patches with the free SysEx pack. Thanks for clarifying.
A compressor uses an envelope. But the Heat has that as well. So it can work as an compressor. It just doesnt have the same kind of visual representation on the values that you adjust on an compressor. Like attack in ms, or treshold in db.
<3 this lil box
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what? is there a compressor preset in this update/pack?
Heat can be used as a ‘quasi compressor’ using the envelope follower. It is explained in the manual.
I guess the preset pack just has a preset that configures the AH accordingly.
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"16 presets see the envelope used to get compression effect and LFO used filter panning to get moving stereo fx – with some audio rate LFO frequencies. "
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cool! anyone try the 10340 presets? which one mimics the compressor best?