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Attack and Release Time Constants in RMS-based Compressors and Limiters

Although RMS detector time constants are often set by ear, an art in itself, the importance of a mathematical tool is explained. The mathematics of the RMS detector is revisited and models for time and frequency behavior are determined.

Author: Floru, Fred
Affiliation: THAT Corporation, Marlborough, MA
AES Convention:99 (October 1995) Paper Number:4054 Import into BibTeX
Subject:Analog Electronics

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