Ah, joys. Dynamics.
So, yes, I coded up the DSP today. Still early days; the sidechain filtering is missing, I’ve not started on stereo/m-s stuff, nor parallel compression, but the core is in place. YAY!
First thing to do is ensure that the full range is available; that I can achieve optimal nastiness with the engine I have. Making it sound good is easy if you’re sure you have all the right controls (and I am). So, here’s the nasty. 🙂
Same loop, four times over, then some processing. See if you can figure out what’s going on. As a clue, there is NO makeup gain applied to any of these clips… 😉