Did not see this coming at all. And with sidechaining… this is MAD! Are there any other machine this size with such a badass feature?
If next they come through with a way to easily copy/paste pattern cross projects, I’ll have the perfect machine.
In the meantime… WEEEEEEEE!!!
Thanks Elektron
tested it out. Very good sound and precise control, especially with very short attacks and release times. the visual feedback of the compression is a great help to get the threshhold right. Two things I would like to be added:
When the compressor uses the Sidechain on one track, it doesn’t react on it, when the track is muted. Please make an option in the setup, that it also reacts on muted tracks.
The Master Compressor doesn’t compress monitor signals from the inputs, it would be nice if he could do that.
Sorry for the “joke” ! 
I thought you were [d-_-b] in french Audiofanzine with exactly the same avatar. He wrote about his Octatrack this morning, hence the joke. 
Been waiting for compressor…
Big up elektron👍
Make up gain in 0.2 values intentional? 
The compressor has been done for quite some time, the initial plan was to release it alongside with Overbridge. When Overbridge had to be delayed we decided that the compressor should be released in the mean time. Simple as that. Development right now is focused on Overbridge.
Simon - are any of the new features going to migrate to other products? Would love to see the screensaver & compression on the OT Mk2, etc. Thanks!
Sadly not
Man! That would have been a glorious drop!
Oh well- thanks for the compressor! This is going to add a lot of magic to this powerful little beauty!
Also wondering if the side chain compression will be added to the OT Mk2?
Thanks!
The only real revenge is blood violence.
No, this compressor will not be added to the Octatrack. Not the same system or processor. (DSP is written in assembler)
For the OT, you can actually already sidechain all elements besides the kick using the compressor that’s there in conjunction with parameter locks. You can’t even parameter lock the compressor on the DT either.
One approach might be, given that there can be more than one page per section, would be to throw another master page in:
Then any combination of signals could be compressed or not compressed and the side chaining would be completely independent of that too.
Appreciate it is hardly a priority but seems like a possible way around it.
Wonder if other stuff might be getting more pages in the future!!!
I bitch quite often about OB (Even have a YouTube vid about it) and as mad as I am to not have multitracking at least I have a compressor to glue my beats together with. I’ve been dying for this feature for a while because it makes staying itb that little bit easier. If we could get a decent bandpass filter/proper eq itb it would take even more of my OB frustrations away. Multitracking would still be tedious as all hell but at least then I won’t need it to get a decent mix going on.
I feels you, it’s very frustrating, but at least we got something.
Yep nice, works but only muting it via level knob on the left, amp vol or mixer page = doesn’t via midi mute or Src « level »
I just tested the Compressor… and it’s awesome!!
Thanks for releasing this now and not waiting for OB. Good decision I think.
Despite my very limited former appreciation of compressors, I can’t believe how much this improves the DT.
I’m probably using crazy settings that a studio engineer would weep at, but rolling between DRY and CMP my so-so awkwardly thrown together tracks are all gelling together much more nicely with a lot more life and integration.
More than just a little FX add-on, this is a serious improvement in the purpose of the DT.
As an OT owner I’m glad to see the DT being enhanced like this. It needs to develop its own character and specialties, rather than just being a cut down OT.
I kinda like the compressor and I also don`t get it.
its weird…
EDIT: I`m not saying its rubbish or something just it would make much more sense to have it as a send effect