Softube fet compressor - Input and Gain Reduction VU Meters

Input and Gain Reduction VU meters
The Input VU meter is used to monitor the input signal. If a stereo signal is present, the
meter will display the maximum energy of both signals. This may seem like a drawback, but
since the gain reduction circuit (a.k.a. “detector” or ”side chain”) works in mono, the VU will
actually display the same thing the detector sees. (Unless you start fiddling with the small
knobs, but we're not there yet.)
The Gain Reduction meter is used to monitor the amount of gain reduction in the
compressor. The FET Compressor has only one detector, so if a stereo signal is present
the gain reduction will be the same for both channels. This prevents unwanted distortion of
the stereo image.
If the Ratio knob is set at A L L , the Gain Reduction meter won't show the same results as
the original hardware. Instead it will display the actual gain reduction (which the original unit
doesn't). You will also notice that the Gain Reduction sometimes display positive values
when the Ratio is set at A L L , which is correct. The A L L mode does indeed have negative
gain reduction (=positive gain) for some settings.
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Figure 7: The Input and Gain Reduction VU meters are also modeled using
physical modeling so they will also react just like the real thing.