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Designing a Simple Audio Compressor from Scratch

Moritz Klein via YouTube

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This course demonstrates how to design a simple analog audio compressor from scratch. It develops the circuit through a diode VCA, peak detector, voltage subtractor, and adjustable ratio, attack, release, and sidechain controls.

Syllabus

Intro & what is compression?
Rough circuit structure
Diode VCA
Peak detector
Voltage subtractor
The gap & how to get rid of it
The ratio control
Attack & release
Sidechaining & outro

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Moritz Klein

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