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Better Compression

if your acoustic guitar, or dry electric guitar, sounds a bit “dull” when its signal is compressed. Low frequencies are stronger than high frequencies, and they typically trigger a compressor to act upon the signal. When it does, high frequencies are compressed along with the lower frequencies that trigged the compressor. Although you can boost

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