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What does a compressor do to guitar pick attack?
Play the same electric guitar phrase dry and compressed. Listen to the first hit of each note, then to how the note fades.
Sample B
Open sample BWhich would you keep?
Reveal the test result
A was dry. B was processed with Stagecraft Compressor 9.41.
The peak dropped from −8.0 to −13.8 dBFS, a difference of about 5.8 dB in this test. Both clips measured −21.4 dBFS RMS across the same 4.8-second window.
RMS measures average digital signal level. The result applies to this source and these settings. The guitar phrase was arranged from recorded FreePats CC0 notes.
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