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Compressor

Fruity Compressor

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Fruity Compressor is a variable-knee compressor with built-in peak limiting designed to reduce dynamic range and increase loudness in audio signals. It's a legacy but still competent tool particularly well-suited for learning compression fundamentals and processing individual sounds like vocals, kick drums, and bass. The plugin offers 8 knee types (Hard, Medium, Vintage, Soft, and their TCR variants) with a flexible parameter set for shaping compression behavior.

Key Features

01Variable-knee compressor with 8 knee types (Hard, Medium, Vintage, Soft + /R variants)
02Threshold range 0.0 to -60.0 dB
03Compression ratio 0.4:1 to 30:1
04Gain control ±30.0 dB
05Attack 0.0 to 400.0 ms
06Release 1 to 4000 ms
07Sidechain input routing for external control
08TCR (Transient Controlled Release) algorithm for reducing pumping

Things to Try

  • 01Use Vintage knee type to emulate electro-optical analog designs and enhance warmth and punch by allowing loud peaks to pass with less compression
  • 02Enable TCR (Transient Controlled Release) algorithm to reduce pumping and breathing artifacts while increasing overall loudness
  • 03Pair fast Attack (near 0 ms) with appropriate Ratio and Knee settings to catch transients quickly on percussive material

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