Owner`s manual

Hard Knee/Soft Knee

The graphs shown above have what are described as “hard knees” in their

gain curves. This means that as the signal passes through the threshold,

the gain reduction it receives will begin abruptly. In settings where the

compression or expansion ratios have high values, the abrupt change can

be heard and often sounds artificial.

To make it possible to create settings where the dynamic effects are more

natural sounding, the AVP incorporates a Knee control which allows you

to soften the transition between sections of the gain curve. The graph

below shows a curve which has “soft knees,”making the dynamic transi-

tions more subtle.

OUTPUT

LEVEL

INPUT LEVEL

LOUDER

GATE THRESHOLD

1 TO 5 EXPANSION RATIO

COMPRESSOR

THRESHOLD

OUTPUT

LEVEL

INPUT LEVEL

SOFT KNEES

KNEE = 100

COMPRESSOR THRESHOLD

GATE THRESHOLD