Meathands
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That's what I'm going for here. I'm working on an opto compression circuit for a larger project of mine called "Colour" which a search will turn up. I basically hacked away at the What Compressor / Weak Joe circuit until I thought I couldn't take anything else away.
There are no controls, since the input signal is coming from the Colour's master input drive, and ratios, attack, and release are fixed or left up to the opto cell.
My questions, besides welcoming your criticisms / ideas / disdain, are:
-Why did "DeeT" use an active rectifier like the one attached rather than a passive bridge?
-I see some opto sidechains, such as Fred Forsells, do not bias the LED from the power rails. Is this just a matter of getting the LED bright enough without having to amplify the sidechain signal?
There are no controls, since the input signal is coming from the Colour's master input drive, and ratios, attack, and release are fixed or left up to the opto cell.
My questions, besides welcoming your criticisms / ideas / disdain, are:
-Why did "DeeT" use an active rectifier like the one attached rather than a passive bridge?
-I see some opto sidechains, such as Fred Forsells, do not bias the LED from the power rails. Is this just a matter of getting the LED bright enough without having to amplify the sidechain signal?