On Thu, 1 Nov 2007 05:09:17 -0000, " Peter"
wrote:

|A compressor does NOT limit output to a set level.
|What it does is attempt to keep the output at a preset amplitude,
|by noticing when it is above or below that level and then starting
|to compensate.
|------------

Wrong

A compressor essentially works by reducing the gain of a controlled
stage after an input threshold has been reached. As the input
increases beyond that threshold the gain of the stage is reduced until
it approaches unity gain. In that aspect a limit is reached.

When using high compression ratios, the compressor will act as a
limiter.

james