A carefully designed dynamic range compressor. The processor is dedicated to
sum/bus compression and is the result of an intensive study about the musical
behaviour of the feed-back compressor topology. Most modern compressors analyze
the input signal to control gain reduction. The feed-back compressor design
however “listens” to its output. This non-intuitive approach delivers an
unobtrusive and highly musical compression characteristic that is able to handle
complex signals with ease.
These unique characteristics were combined with a minimalistic audio-path and
state of the art digital signal processing techniques. The compressor is
carefully tuned for intuitive and musical operation. We want to emphasize the
fact that the processor neither tries to emulate any previously available device,
nor does it follow popular trends like “virtual analogue”, “vintage” or similar
buzz terms. This is a proud digital processor, made with an immense amount of
love and care. Just listen for yourself! :)
Notable features
- Typical “Feed-Back Compression” sound and behaviour.
- 64bit floating point precision for all relevant calculations.
- Bit-transparent differential oversampling structure (only the “wet” part
is oversampled).
- Internal re-sampling via high quality linear phase filters.
- Advanced stereo-linking (reduces audible cross-modulation).
- Adaptive integration time RMS detector. Optional PEAK detection.
- Freely adjustable compression knee.
- Blend between the original and compressed signal.
- Optional side-chain 6dB/Oct high-pass filter.
- Optional harmonic distortion generator.
- Optional velocity-based auto-release (dynamic adaptation of release shape
and timing for transparent gain reduction).
- Delta preview mode. Allows to preview the difference between compressed
and original signal.
- Latency compensated parallel bypass (i.e. processing not interrupted).
To Do’s
- Optimize for sample-rates higher than 48kHz.
- There’s still room for small performance optimizations.
- Add a few generic presets.
Developer:
Tokyo Dawn Labs
DOWNLOAD (Win)
TDR Feedback Compressor v.0.3.00 beta (Win 32bit VST)
TDR Feedback Compressor v.0.3.00 beta (Win 64bit VST)