Manual

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Gain Reduction Limiter
A specialty of the xpressor 500 is the Gain Reduc-
tion Limiter for the control voltage. This limiter is not
placed in the audio path where you would usually
nd it, but in the control path of the compressor instead.
When activated, it limits the control voltage accord-
ing to the setting of the GR Limit controller. This means:
No matter how high the input level might become –
the amount of gain reduction will never exceed the value you
have set.
Just think about the GRL as a second threshold controller:
While the ‘regular’ threshold controller tells the compressor
when to start working, the GRL controller tells it when to com-
press no further.
Loud parts in an arrangement can keep their dynamics, as
they will not be compressed beyond the limit of the Gain Re-
duction Limiter.
Note: In the xpressor 500, this function is always active and
does not need a switch of its own.
GRL compression progress GRL input to output ratio
Time (s) Output Level (dB)
Output Level (dB) Input Level (dB)
Attack phase
Release phase
GRL phase
GRL phase