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Chapter 4 Dynamics processors 100
Surround Compressor
Surround Compressor overview
Surround Compressor, based on the Compressor plug-in, is specically designed for compression
of complete surround mixes. It is commonly inserted in a surround output channel strip or in
audio or aux channel strips—busses—that carry multichannel audio.
You can adjust the compression ratio, knee, attack, and release for the main, side, surround, and
LFE channels, depending on the chosen surround format. All channels include an integrated
limiter and provide independent threshold and output level controls.
You can link channels by assigning them to one of three groups. When you adjust the threshold
or output parameter of any grouped channel, the parameter adjustment is mirrored by all
channels assigned to the group.
LFE sectionMain section
Link section
Surround Compressor’s interface is divided into three sections:
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The Link section at the top contains menus used to assign each channel to a group. See
Surround Compressor Link parameters on page 101.
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The Main section includes controls common to all the main channels and the threshold and
output controls for each channel. See Surround Compressor Main parameters on page 102.
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The LFE section on the lower right includes separate controls for the LFE channel. See
Surround Compressor LFE parameters on page 103.