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Old 7th December 2009   #27
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They are all essentially the same technique regardless if you filter one or the other signal or process one or both. We should just call all of this "parallel processing" as opposed to "serial processing".
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So right

It illustrates my point - many ways to skin the same cat. I usually call it parallel processing rather than parallel compression.

The unfortunate thing, however, is that the particular technique described often did more damage than good, if the instructions in the article are followed. Too many times people come up with "formulas" for processing that people try to use on everything - that doesn't work (understatement).

I don't like the name because the term "Sidechain" is used otherwise much more often - so that use of the term would be confusing to many.
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