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UPDATE 10 Dec 2019: Added a bunch of alternate compressors for a bunch of Acquas.

UPDATED 7 Dec 2019: I used the same source track for all of them and re-rendered/uploaded. I also added: Cream 2, Cobalt, El-Ray, Honey 3 and Titanium. All the download filenames have V2 in them and they are all wavs.

Tracks have been loudness matched to +/- 1 LUFS (give or take).

INITIAL SETTINGS
Ratio set to 1:4 to 1:5 depending on the compressor options

If a compressor has more than 1 compressor, the first one is selected, except: Aquamarine where both opto and discrete are separate tracks, and Lime compressor 2 used.

If a compressor has a built in pre, it was turned on.

Attack and release set to fastest response.

All other controls set to defaulr.

PROCESS
Audio is run through compressor. Threshold is turned down until there is 2-4dB average of GR. Attack is increased until a good part of the transients sneek through, this was around 10ms-20ms. Threshold is adjusted if necessary to maintain GR. Release is increased to smooth the amplitude modulation a bit, this was around 150ms. Threshold adjusted again to maintain GR. GR was generally set to peak around 3-4db however it's tweeked by ear for consistency.

Makeup gain adjusted to around -15.8 LUFS, by eyeballing a momentary loudness meter and using my ears. I wanted to *just* hear the compressor start to affect the sound. The idea was to subjectively set the compressors to be affecting the audio while maintaining a consistent workflow and hearing a consistent amount of effect. One thing that validated this approach was that pretty close to the same Attack/Release were set across the compressors, so I think I was hitting some decent subjective consistency. I'm human. I'm sure there are errors.

Acustica Audio Compressors

AA Comp DRY - 15.5 LUFS

AA Comp Aquamarine 4 Opto - 15.6 LUFS

AA Comp Aquamarine 4 Discrete - 14.8 LUFS

AA Comp Amethyst 3 - 15.3 LUFS

AA Comp Amber 3 - 15.8 LUFS

AA Comp Coral 2 C6 -15.8 LUFS

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AA Comp Coral 2 C6 -15.8 LUFS

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