Design Philosophy
T H E R E A R E T H R E E M A I N I D E A S B E H I N D T H I S D E S I G N : First of all, we wanted to
make an analog sounding digital compressor. Nothing must stand in the way of the sound.
Every single part of the simulation contributes to making this piece unique. The extremely
fast attack, all the subtle (and sometimes not so subtle) distortion that comes from the
different parts of the compressor and the extremely careful way the signal is handled and
conditioned through out the signal chain.
Second, we added features to make this product even more versatile and unique. The
enhanced ratio, parallel compression, detector filtering and lookahead are such features.
Third, these features must not stand in the way of the usability. The fewer knobs the better,
and the faster the user gets the sound they want, the better.
This boils down to a single main objective: Every user should be able to get a good sound
within seconds, and no user should be afraid to mess up the sound. An amateur should be
able to make this sound just as good as a pro. And yeah, it has to look good.
In order to achieve these objectives we had to put special effort into the modeling. The
original hardware has some quite quirky circuits, and a lot of its sound comes from far from
ideal components and design. A lot of new ideas were developed during the modeling, and
with the help of our expert listener and “golden ears” Dan Lumbye, we managed to put
together a piece of software that should please even the most critical ears.
Patents
This product is protected by patent SE525332 and patents/patent applications
US2004-0258250, EP1492081 and JP2004-183976.
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