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Old 10-21-2015, 03:36 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by earforce View Post
As always, this point is not communicated exactly. What means influenced?

Are the "outside" frequencies ignored for level detection or are these frequencies not compressed? Or both?
Good question

It means: Ignored for level-detection. All frequencies are compressed the same amount.

Typical used on drum-bus, masterbus and acoustic guitar for letting low frequencies pass and not make the compressor pumping.
You can listen to an example here:
http://www.jlmaudio.com/shop/la500-opto-comp.html
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