Compressor

Compressor
PreSonus

The Compressor is a full-featured, RMS-based mono/stereo compression processor with internal and external sidechains designed to reduce the dynamic range of any signal. It combines transparent dynamics control with flexible sidechain filtering and parallel processing capabilities, making it suitable for both transparent compression and frequency-dependent control tasks.

Available for:VSTVST3AUAAX

Key Features

  • RMS-based mono/stereo compression with 1:1 to 20:1 ratio range
  • Threshold adjustable from -48 dB to 0 dB with soft-knee control (0.1 to 20 dB)
  • Attack time 0.1 ms to 400 ms, Release time 1 ms to 2 s
  • 2 ms Look Ahead function with Adaptive mode to reduce pumping
  • Interactive compression curve display with draggable handles for ratio, threshold, knee, and gain
  • Internal sidechain with 48 dB/octave filters and frequency-dependent control (20 Hz to 16 kHz)
  • External sidechain support with multi-source selection capability
  • Parallel processing via dry/wet Mix control and Auto Makeup gain (0 to 48 dB)
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