Talk:Gain compression

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Interesting how you can make a new page out of a lot of chat on another talk page isnt it?--Light current 07:47, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Soft clipping

Soft clipping and "gain compression" are really the same thing, and I think we should cover them in the same article. I think that would really help clarify the concepts; comparing how they are used. Should the article be here or there? — Omegatron 14:35, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Is that why some of the page sounds like lecture notes from someone's audio electronics class? "Thus we have compression of gain." We? Still, I'm glad the page was here since it helped me out. I'll have to come back and cleanup the writing style later. 64.81.175.48 16:57, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Split off dynamic range compressors

THe inclusion of dynamic range comressors into this page seems to be causing some difficulty. Perhaps a completely sperate para ( or different page) is needed to remove any ambiguity. Comments? 8-)--Light current 15:00, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

I have rearranged para to try to segregate intentional use of compression (agc etc) from the other main maenings on the page. Is this satisfactoily clear now., or does it need more work?--Light current 15:10, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Well, the only reason dynamic range compression is on this page is to differentiate them. It already has articles (audio level compression, signal compression, ...). So it should be nearby the discussion of the non-linearity of gain compression. — Omegatron 15:46, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

OK. Well I hope they are now differentiated satisfactorily. 8-|--Light current 16:22, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Confusing

Quote: "But it's not a change in gain; it's non-linear distortion. The output level stays relatively the same as the input level goes higher." -- What is distorted if not the output? Additionally, I failed to understand the difference between level (dynamic range) compression, gain compression and soft clipping. Is it right that intentions/reasons are different but the effect is the same? Is the soft clipping a technique for DRC? --Javalenok 09:16, 21 February 2007 (UTC)