Technical information

McDSP plug-ins
CompressorBank CB101 has all the usual controls – threshold, compressor
ratio, attack, and release. You can use di erent types of time constant circuits
including Rel 1 (Release time Type 1 – pure peak detection), Rel 2 (Release time
Type 2 – pure peak detection combined with adaptive release times), and Auto
(signal levels are automatically tracked and the attack and release times are
automatically set).
There is a makeup-gain control that allows you to adjust the output level; a
Key button that lets you select the side chain or the regular input to trigger
the compressor, and a Listen button that lets you monitor the selected key
input.
Most importantly, it has a Knee control to dial in the knee characteristics of
classic gear, and a BITE control to make it sound more like an analog compressor.
The BITE control modi es the transients as they come into the compressor,
so as you add more BITE, more and more transient signal passes through the
compressor unaltered. Presets are provided to mimic classic models such as
the DBX 165 or the LA2A.
CB101
Figure A12.11
CompressorBank
CB101.