L3V3LL3R-X3
Meta-multiband version of the L3V3LL3R compressor
DESCRIPTION
Multi-band compression using dynamic EQ.
The traditional way to build a multi-band compressor is to split the signal into the required number of bands (three in this case) using cross-over filters, then run each band through a separate compressor before mixing them back together again. This approach tends to cause phase problems around the cross-over frequencies, requiring sophisticated filter designs to minimize these effects.
L3V3LL3R-X3 takes a different approach: the signal is still split into three separate bands using cross-over filters, and these feed the side-chains of three separate L3V3LL3R style compressors. But the filtered signals are not mixed back together again: instead the gain modulation signals from all three compressors are matrixed into modulation signals for two dynamic shelving filters plus a gain stage.
To put it another way: while this ensemble behaves like a multi-band compressor, and allows you to solve many of the same problems, it is in actual fact a dynamic equaliser, and when it isn't doing anything, it really isn't doing anything.
The demo mp3 contains 8 bars of dry acoustic drums, then the same thing processed with fairly heavy compression from L3V3LL3R-X3
v1.1 update makes a slight change to the way the Solo in Place function works: Solo now works even if the band is turned off, so you can solo a band, then toggle the compression on and off to hear the difference in isolation.
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