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1.9 Dynamic Processing

Compressor Controls Explorer

Drag a cable from the floating box to a coloured zone below the image to learn what that control does.

Ableton Live Compressor effect interface showing threshold, ratio, attack, release, makeup gain, and knee controls
AExternal (Sidechain)
BThreshold
CRatio
DAttack
ERelease
FKnee
GMakeup Gain
Advanced
Foundation
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What you learned

  • Identify each control on a compressor interface by name and location
  • Explain the function of threshold, ratio, attack, release, knee and makeup gain
  • Describe how each control affects the compressed signal
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