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Dr. Compressor, two questions:
1) What do you guys listen for to hear the different release times? I feel like I have the attack times dialed in pretty well, but release time is harder for me to hear. Any tips?
2) Any tips for hearing ratio differences? When the attack time is fast, the ratio differences are extreme and easy to hear, but for slow attack times, it's hard for me to hear a difference between the different ratio settings.

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Hey everyone, can someone give me some tips on how to play Dr. Compressor?

I listen for the attack and sustain mostly on the transients. Usually the sample where the attack is rounder and shorter its the sample without compression (or at least less compression). And when the transients sustain are longest it is the most compressed version (and vice versa).

But sometimes it seems like this is flipped. Is that because some samples get compressed with a slower attack or faster release? If so, what other characteristics should i listen for?

Thanks in advance for anyone trying to help out!

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