A Feedforward Side Chain Limiter/Compressor/De-Esser with Improved Flexibility

Oliveira AJ. A Feedforward Side Chain Limiter/Compressor/De-Esser with Improved Flexibility. In: AES Convention 84. Audio Engineering Society; 1988. Paper 2568. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=4835

@inproceedings{Oliveira1988_4835,
  author = {Oliveira, Antonio J.},
  title = {{A Feedforward Side Chain Limiter/Compressor/De-Esser with Improved Flexibility}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 84},
  note = {Paper 2568},
  year = {1988},
  month = mar,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=4835}
}

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TI  - A Feedforward Side Chain Limiter/Compressor/De-Esser with Improved Flexibility
AU  - Oliveira, Antonio J.
T2  - AES Convention 84
M1  - Paper 2568
PY  - 1988
DA  - 1988/03/06
UR  - https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=4835
PB  - Audio Engineering Society
LA  - en
AB  - A low-cost yet high-performance dual Limiter/Compressor/De-esser package is described, which overcomes most limitations of conventional designs. Main features include: feedforward side chain construction; selectable balanced or single-ended RFI-protected input/output configuration; abrupt de-esser action; user selectable hard or soft-knee compression curves through independent threshold and compression ratio controls that won't fiddle with unit's before threshold gain, so avoiding time-consuming adjustments; a VCA design featuring a consistently high clipping headroom to avoid transient distortion; availability of very fast attack times, important to limiting action; and finally an unconventional dual-link control to allow for unusual applications. Precision, temperature and drift-compensated circuits are used extensively to ensure consistent action in spite of use of standard components. The unit lends itself to partial integration and to application like remote control and multiband compression.
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