Pro Features

Lookahead delays the audio signal relative to the detector so the compressor can react before the transient arrives. This eliminates overshoot on fast transients without requiring extremely fast attack times.

Trade-off: Lookahead adds latency equal to the lookahead time. At 5 ms, the plugin reports 5 ms of latency to the DAW for PDC (Plugin Delay Compensation). Use 0 ms for tracking and monitoring; use 2–5 ms for mixing and mastering.

Delta Listen solos the difference between the dry and compressed signal — you hear only what the compressor is removing (or adding). This is invaluable for dialing in subtle compression where the effect is hard to hear in context.

If Delta Listen sounds like a clean, quieter version of your signal, the compressor is mostly doing level reduction. If you hear distortion or pumping artifacts, the compression is too aggressive.

Peak detection responds to the instantaneous signal level. It catches transients accurately and is the standard for most compression tasks.

RMS detection responds to the average signal level over a short window. It ignores fast transients and creates smoother, more musical compression — closer to how your ears perceive loudness.

When enabled, Pressure compresses the mid (center) and side (stereo difference) signals independently instead of processing left/right together.

This is powerful for mastering: you can compress the center image (vocals, kick, bass) differently from the stereo width (reverb, panned elements). Compress the mid harder to tighten the center without collapsing the stereo field.

Oversampling processes the audio at a higher sample rate internally, reducing aliasing artifacts from nonlinear processes (compression, saturation). Pressure supports multiple oversampling modes: