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Originally Posted by drew

The Fatso is a "fixed threshold" type compressor. In order to get more compression you have to drive more input, like an 1176. Which on this box means that the amount of compression is tied to the saturation and HF limiting. Accessing the sidechain with something like the TC Pilot, allows you to change the threshold independently and therefore increases flexibility. Hope this makes sense and that Greg will correct me if I've got something wrong.

Thanks for info!