There is something in the predictability of feed-forward designs that I really like in compressors. I use feedforward in both my G3 and G10 compressors for this reason.
Granted, for exact-threshold limiting nothing beats the feedback design - I think this is why most of the "old" comp/lim types uses this topology - but very often I find the feed-forward more intuitive in use.
What about an adjustable FF/FBCK control, ganged with ratio: Low ratios feed forward, and higher ratios gradually more feedback, ending in feedback-only at limiting. Two rectifier circuits would be needed before the mixing, but timing, threshold, and soforth could still be common.
Or am I missing something here..?
Jakob E.
Granted, for exact-threshold limiting nothing beats the feedback design - I think this is why most of the "old" comp/lim types uses this topology - but very often I find the feed-forward more intuitive in use.
What about an adjustable FF/FBCK control, ganged with ratio: Low ratios feed forward, and higher ratios gradually more feedback, ending in feedback-only at limiting. Two rectifier circuits would be needed before the mixing, but timing, threshold, and soforth could still be common.
Or am I missing something here..?
Jakob E.