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Attack and Release
Why does compressor attack serve a different purpose from Auto Swell?
Input targetFollower response
- Response after 1 × attack
- 63.2%
- Remaining after 1 × release
- 36.8%
- Context
- Level follower
A follower responds to rising level with attack and falling level with release. In a compressor, it controls gain reduction rather than a volume that always rises.
A static curve whose target starts at 100 ms and stops at 800 ms. The model reaches 63.2% at one time constant; native dial values do not necessarily use that definition.
How to read this experiment
Reaching 63.2% at one time constant is a lab-model definition. Native dials do not necessarily share that definition, and the model does not imply Auto Swell resets for every note.