[PD] Limiter Patch

[guenter geiger]

On Fri, 23 May 2003, Wade McDaniel wrote:

> So, I was wondering if anyone knows how a limiter/expander/compressor works so I can build a patch. It seems
> to me that these devices simply turn up/down the volume at different
> levels, correct?

There is a good introduction at:
http://www.harmony-central.com/Effects/Articles/Compression/

> Is there spectrum analysis involved?
> Should I do a [fiddle~] and when some collection of resultant amp's cross some threshold level chenge the volume?

The "env~" object can be used to build a simple compressor/limiter.

Greetings,

Guenter

>
> Thanks for your help,
> -student2
>
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