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#1 2010-02-03 14:41:01
- triptek
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recreating analogue valve compressor in PD
Hi guys just wondering if anyone can point me in the direction fo some useful resources for this kind of project.
I am basically looking to model my FATMAN FAT1 compressor in PD as part of a university assignment and also for my own use as the thing is rather old and crackly.
Any help would be appreciated, im not looking for someone to do the work for me just some information to get me started from.
Any info would be great, thanks
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#2 2010-02-04 14:00:50
- ichabod
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Re: recreating analogue valve compressor in PD
I don't know all the details of what makes an analog compressor sound analog, but here is the chapter on amplitude corrections (limiters and compressors) from Johannes Kreidler's Pd book. I find that the limiter patch is a better place to start if you want to make the regular kind of compressor.
And for analog saturation sounds, waveshaping works quite nicely -- take a look at hardoff's volume-leveling patch (I like using tabread4~ instead of tabread~ for less artifacts). You can also try cubic soft clipping and other types of nonlinear distortion.
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