WetCompressor
6.52 MB
Authentic 76-style FET compressor, modelled as the circuit. Feedback detector, a gain cell that bottoms out, and distortion that rises with the compression.
Features
– Two Controls: INPUT drives the signal past a fixed threshold, OUTPUT puts back what that cost
– Three Timings: FAST, NORMAL and SLOW select attack and release together
– Stepped Knobs: 21 detents each, 3 dB apart, 0 dB at the centre – hold Shift for 1 dB
– Full Metering: Stereo input and output peak meters plus a gain-reduction strip
– VST3 Automation: Full parameter automation support in DAWs
– Resizable UI: Right-click the panel for UI Zoom – 75%, 100% or 125%
FET Rack-Style Character
– Feedback Detector: Taken from the output of the gain cell, so the 4:1 is a closed-loop ratio that softens on its own near the threshold – no knee control needed
– One Sample of Loop Delay: The detector cannot see a sample until it has been through the cell, so the leading edge of a transient gets through
– Gain Cell That Bottoms Out: A hard floor at 38 dB of reduction; past that, driving harder buys distortion rather than compression
– Distortion That Tracks Compression: 0.02% at rest, 2.9% at 19 dB of reduction, because the device setting the gain is the device making the harmonics
– Four Amplifiers: Input transformer, gain cell, single-ended class-A preamp (2nd harmonic), push-pull class-A output into the output iron (3rd)
– Two-Constant Release: Fast and slow paths in parallel, the slow one weighted by how deep the reduction went
– Per-Stage Noise and Crosstalk: Every stage adds its own noise and leaks into the channel beside it; -40 dB total, -93.7 dBFS floor
– Component Tolerance: 2.5% per channel, so the two sides are never quite the same channel twice
WetCompressor.1.0.1 ( 6 MB )
