itssofly Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 Logic Compressor Metering I have a question when I compress a Audio Sample for example, the Logic Compressor shows a confusing metering. The 'Meter' shows that the compression is working till -6. The 'Graph' shows that nothing is compressed, no peak is hit, see the image. Question: is the 'Graph' not right? or does the compression don’t work? i think it’s working because the 'Meter' shows -6. Or do I interpret the metering wrong? hope you can help. Meter Graph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 The Graph does show the compression in the form of the white line displayed at the top of the waveform. That white line represents the gain reduction applied by the Compressor. On the other hand, on the Graph, the waveform displayed is always pre-compression. So you won't see the actual waveform being compressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itssofly Posted April 19, 2017 Author Share Posted April 19, 2017 The Graph does show the compression in the form of the white line displayed at the top of the waveform. That white line represents the gain reduction applied by the Compressor. On the other hand, on the Graph, the waveform displayed is always pre-compression. So you won't see the actual waveform being compressed. But you can see that the white line doesn't touch any peak of the wave. On this image you can see now that the with lines hit/treat the peaks of the audio? So how to interpret? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 The line touching or not touching the waveform doesn't affect or mean anything. When the line is at the very top of the graph, the compressor is not applying any gain reduction. When the line is coming down by a certain amount from the top of the graph, the compressor is applying that amount of gain reduction. If you imagine the compressor as being an automated volume fader, the white line displays the movements of the volume fader in time, with a display of the waveform underneath for time reference only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itssofly Posted April 19, 2017 Author Share Posted April 19, 2017 The line touching or not touching the waveform doesn't affect or mean anything. When the line is at the very top of the graph, the compressor is not applying any gain reduction. When the line is coming down by a certain amount from the top of the graph, the compressor is applying that amount of gain reduction. If you imagine the compressor as being an automated volume fader, the white line displays the movements of the volume fader in time, with a display of the waveform underneath for time reference only. Thanks for reply again! Actually the images are the situation I did with Side-Chaining. But I think it's the same right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 Yes, it's the same. And you're welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itssofly Posted April 30, 2017 Author Share Posted April 30, 2017 Thats explain everything. Thank you!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 You're welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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