[PD] Implementing compressor as a patch?

[Dario Sanfilippo]

By the way, I found this in my abstractions but I don't know how bad the
distortion is compared to standard compressors.

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On Mon, 8 Apr 2019 at 11:02, Dario Sanfilippo <sanfilippo.dario at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Mon, 8 Apr 2019 at 04:48, Alexandre Torres Porres <porres at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I'm using rms average to detect the gain level and rampsmooth~ to perform
>> attack/release. I wouldn't know how to do it in Vanilla...
>>
>
> You can square the input, average it with a 1pole lowpass, and take the
> sqrt. The period of the filter is your analysis window. I was convinced I
> had seen this technique on Miller's book but I can't find it anymore.
>
> D
>
>
>
>>
>> [image: Screen Shot 2019-04-07 at 23.42.22.png]
>>
>> Seems rough and rudimentary. It's more of an intuitive approach, as I
>> don't know much about compressor design.
>>
>> I'm hoping to get feedback from you people on how to implement a
>> compressor in Pd as a patch and how and why this approach is "ok" and can
>> be improved, or if it's all terribly wrong.
>>
>> Are there any other attempts to implement compession in Pd out there?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Cheers
>>
>>
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