What does Comp Rate and Count Grade do?

[FolkLordovFolk]

Hi, my new bass head has different settings to my last and i can't figure out what they do. I apologise for my little knowledge as i'm quite new.

[MuzikMan]

Those sound like amp specific terms. What kind of amp are we talking about?

[bongomania]

Hi, those terms have no meaning. Well, "comp rate" could, but it needs some context. Could you post more information, such as what amp is it? If you can post a picture of the controls, and/or a link to the manual, that will help too.

[LiquidMidnight]

Does comp rate have to do with an outboard compressor?

[FolkLordovFolk]

The amp is a Warwick profet 3.3. the settings include; Compressor, Comp Rate, Contour, Cont Grade (apologies for saying "Count", i read it wrong), Bass, Low Mid, High Mid, Treble, Deep, Bright and Mute.

[MuzikMan]

http://www.warwick.de/media/manuals/..._profet_en.pdf

Here's the manual. They should be called compression level and contour level. They simply control the amount of compression or contour. Contour is a mid/cut eq tool. Compression is a dynamics reduction tool.

[will33]

Originally Posted by MuzikMan

http://www.warwick.de/media/manuals/..._profet_en.pdf

Here's the manual. They should be called compression level and contour level. They simply control the amount of compression or contour. Contour is a mid/cut eq tool. Compression is a dynamics reduction tool.

That's a pretty diplomatic way of saying RTFM.