Do all compressors have a delay before they kick in?

[Nyarlathotep]

Ive been messing around with the comps on my X3, and the one thing ive noticed is that they take a split second to kick in leaving this ginormous volume "spike" at the beginning.

Also, the post-gain control seems to be affecting this non-compressed pre-compression spike.....

??? are pedal comps like this ???

Im really confuseded....

[worldfamousandy]

You should be able to set the attack time so that you won't notice the "spike." If it's not adjustable, and you are having that problem, I would look to another comp. I love my EBS Multicomp...

[Nyarlathotep]

I have a funny feeling its just the way the POD is modelling the comps, and that its modeling the post-gain "wrong"

Hopefully Bongo-"King of the Comps"-mania will pop in and let me know....

[bongomania]

All compressors have an attack time; that time may be fixed or adjustable, fast or slow, depending on the specific design. It's funny that the other guy recommended the EBS, as it has a fixed attack time which does also allow an initial transient spike to pass. So if the attack time on the modeled comps is fixed, then that's that.

Additionally, I noticed the Magicstomp models were better at tone modeling than they were at functional peak limiting, so perhaps the POD models have a similar tendency.

[Nyarlathotep]

^ Thanks

Shouldnt post-gain only affect the volume AFTER the comp has kicked in? or am i wrong in that...

[bongomania]

Sure, post-gain is post-compression, but it is a serial volume cut/boost that affects everything that passes through the compressor, whether the compression has affected it or not.

[Nyarlathotep]

^ Shweat

I may be looking thru your compressor reviews in a bit (wink, wink)....