Since we have some real expertise here today , I thought it a good time to chime in with a related question that's been buggin me latley .
Some comps have the "Range " adjustment ( ya , comps , not gates!!) For instance , the aforementioned flux pure comp has one .
basically on the transfer function after the knee , things are as expected for ahile , but just like some old analog gear , the ability to lower gain craps out so the bigger transients get through . The response in non- linear ABOVE knee.
My question is this.. PC is supposed to be nice cause it is'nt stomping the transients .. so what about comps like this one
Cytomic | Sound Music Software............
It has a range knob to allow the gain reduction to be reduced to a set maximum...
The manual just says that it is an "alternative " to PC ( and this comp also has a dry/wet mix control too !!!! ...So it seems that the biggest signal values are preserved ( which would seem to be leaving some work for a needed limiter next in the chain !)
Are these two methods pretty much equivalent ????? Cheers