25 Aug
2004
25 Aug
'04
6:58 p.m.
Paul Winkler wrote:
"I could swear I remember seeing an old tube compressor that
had a gain reduction meter with "more" to the right, so it
moved in opposition to the corresponding VU meter.
No idea what model it was, and this was about 6 years ago
so I could be mistaken.
I wonder how consistent this is in the world of hardware?
maybe I'll pop a question on rec.audio.pro."
I built a tube compressor like that, an Altec436c.
The 'gain reduction' meter measures the bias current of the vari-mu
valve, which is reduced when gain reduction is required.
The meter goes from right to left. (Any other way would require more
circuitry, so I think it may just be a lucky accident.)
Talking of meters, don't some phase meters often go left *and* right
from a centre point to show averaged phase difference between the channels?