Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on March 29, 2006 03:28 PM
Theoretically, the compressor should remove any such spikes before it applies the volume increase. (Removing those peaks is, after all, its job.) Unfortunately, it sometimes doesn't. In my experience, it can miss very sharp and sudden peaks. The solution is to find any remaining spikes and eliminate them yourself.
Removing all peaks above a certain threshold is the is the job of the limiter rather than the compressor, try that instead. A compressor is much more flexible than a limiter and it's job is more difficult to summarise.
The 'attack' setting of a compressor determines how quickly the compressor begins attenuating the signal after the signal has exceeded the threshold.. ie. depending on how fast the compressor reacts, you will still end up with material whose level is above the threshold after processing. cbit.
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Try limiter instead of compressor
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on March 29, 2006 03:28 PMRemoving all peaks above a certain threshold is the is the job of the limiter rather than the compressor, try that instead. A compressor is much more flexible than a limiter and it's job is more difficult to summarise.
The 'attack' setting of a compressor determines how quickly the compressor begins attenuating the signal after the signal has exceeded the threshold.. ie. depending on how fast the compressor reacts, you will still end up with material whose level is above the threshold after processing. cbit.
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