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Thread [Getting started] Parameters of a Compressor

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1 [Getting started] Parameters of a Compressor
Parameters of a Compressor
A compressor basically serves to reduce signal dynamics, that is to say the difference between loud and quiet signal parts.

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Cool article. This might be a dumb question, but what's the difference between the compressors pictured and compressor pedals? And just in general, the difference between studio effects processors and their guitar/bass pedal counterparts (aside from the obscene differences in price, obviously)?

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Compressor pedals are made to connect between a guitar or bass and an amp, so they are instrument-level devices, as opposed to rack-mount compressors, which are designed for the studio, or to be used in an effects loop, and are line-level devices. Typically, rackmount compressors contain higher quality components and thus offer superior sound. They also provide more parameter control than stompbox compressors. That being said, stompbox compressors don't need the quality nor the amount of control of rackmount compressors, and thus are correctly designed for the role they serve.