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Table of Contents
ContactDetails..................................................................................4
Support.................................................................................................................4

InstallationandAuthorization.........................................................5
Introduction.......................................................................................6
UserInterface....................................................................................8

Input......................................................................................................................9
Ratio...................................................................................................................10
AttackandRelease............................................................................................11
InputandGainReductionVUmeters...............................................................12
Output.................................................................................................................13
OutputPeakMeter.............................................................................................13
DetectorControls...............................................................................................14
ParallelInject......................................................................................................18
StatusIndicators................................................................................................19

ControlsSummary..........................................................................20
TweakingTips.................................................................................21
MultiChannelOperation................................................................23
BlockDiagram.................................................................................24
SystemRequirements....................................................................25
AllVersions........................................................................................................25
NativeVersion(VST/AU/RTAS).......................................................................25
ProTools|HDVersion(TDM/VENUE)...............................................................26

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Installation and Authorization

IF YOU BOUGHT THE PRODUCT IN A BOX

youwillhaveto registeritinorderto

transferthelicensetoyouriLokaccount:
1.

Go to http://www.softube.com/register to transfer the license to your iLok

account. You will need the License Code found in the box,your iLok.com
UserID,andyouriLokUSBdongle.Followtheinstructionsonthewebpage.

IF YOU BOUGHT THE PRODUCT ONLINE

andhavegottheconfirmationemail,the

licensewillalreadybedepositedinyouriLokaccount:
2.

MakesurethatyouhavethelatestiLokdriversinstalled.Theycanbefoundat
http://www.ilok.com.

3.

Logonto http://www.ilok.com andtransferthenewlyreceivedlicensetoyour

physicaliLokdongle.

4.

Install the software from the CD, or download the latest version from
http://www.softube.com/installers.

SometimestheCDcontainsinstallersforallSoftubeproducts,butyouwillonlybeableto
runthose thatyouhaveacquired licensesfor. Insomecases,extra demo licensesare
includedwhenyoubuyaSoftubeproduct.

Introduction
THEFETCOMPRESSOR ISBASED ON

themostfamoushardwareFETcompressor,

andverymuchefforthasbeenspentmodelingtherealhardwaretomakesurethatthisone
soundsexactlythesame.Ifyouonlyusethebigknobsandthesixfixedratiosyou'llget
exactly the same analog sound and functionality as the real deal. But that's just the
beginning.Withthehelpofdigitaltechnologywehaveaddedsomeusefulfeaturesthatstill
havethatanaloguesoundbutfeaturesthatwould'vebeenhardorevenimpossibleto
implementwithanalogelectronics.Thatwayyouwillbeabletogetthebestoftwoworlds.
(NotevenmentioninghowridiculouslymanyFETCompressorsyouwillbeabletofitinto
yourprojectwithoutrunninglowonCPU.)
Notconvincedyet?SettheInputonM A X ,RatioonA L L . Listen.

Figure1:TheuserinterfaceoftheFETCompressorananalogsounding
compressorwithdigitalfeatures.

Design Philosophy
THEREARETHREEMAINIDEASBEHINDTHISDESIGN:

Firstofall,wewantedto

makeananalogsoundingdigitalcompressor.Nothingmuststandinthewayofthesound.
Everysinglepartofthesimulationcontributestomakingthispieceunique.Theextremely
fastattack, allthe subtle (andsometimesnotsosubtle)distortion that comesfrom the
differentpartsofthecompressorandtheextremelycarefulwaythesignalishandledand
conditionedthroughoutthesignalchain.
Second, we added features to make thisproduct even more versatile and unique. The
enhancedratio,parallelcompression,detectorfilteringandlookaheadaresuchfeatures.
Third,thesefeaturesmustnotstandinthewayoftheusability.Thefewerknobsthebetter,
andthefastertheusergetsthesoundtheywant,thebetter.
Thisboilsdowntoasinglemainobjective:Everyusershouldbeabletogetagoodsound
withinseconds,andnousershouldbeafraidtomessupthesound.Anamateurshouldbe
abletomakethissoundjustasgoodasapro.Andyeah,ithastolookgood.
Inordertoachievetheseobjectiveswehadtoputspecialeffortintothemodeling.The
originalhardwarehassomequitequirkycircuits,andalotofitssoundcomesfromfarfrom
idealcomponentsanddesign.Alotofnewideasweredevelopedduringthemodeling,and
withthehelpofourexpertlistenerandgoldenearsDanLumbye,wemanagedtoput
togetherapieceofsoftwarethatshouldpleaseeventhemostcriticalears.
Patents
This product is protected by patent SE525332 and patents/patent applications
US20040258250,EP1492081andJP2004183976.

User Interface
THE

CONTROLS

OF

the FET

Compressoraredividedintotwosections.
Firstofallwehavethebigknobs(Input,
Ratio, Attack, Release and Output),
which are the knobs that you will use
everytime youusethecompressor(top
rowintheillustrationontheright).These
knobs are pretty standard and you
probablyalreadyknowwhattheydo.
Then we have the small guys (middle
row), which don't have to be tweaked
everytimeyouusethecompressor.You
don'tevenhavetofeelbadifyounever
touch them. People have managed to
make hit records for 40 years without

Figure2:Top:Knobsandmetersusedunder
"normal"operation.Middle:Extrafunctionality
addedinthesoftwareversion.Bottom:Extra
metersaddedtothesoftwareversion.

them. Nevertheless, they are extremely

useful,andsoonyou'llhaveahardtime
understanding how you ever could've
managedwithoutthem.

Inadditiontothis,wealsoaddedsomemeteringsothatyoucanmonitoryoursignalallthe
time(bottomrow).AninputVUmeter(whichisfuntodriveintotheredsallthetime)anda
stereo outputpeakmeter makesure thatyou alwaysknow whatisgoing onwithyour
signal.

Input
TheInputknobonthiscompressorworksbothasagaincontrolandathresholdcontrol.If
youincreasethe Input volume youwillalsoincreasethegainreduction,whichmakesit
worksortoflikeacombinationofagainknobandareversedthresholdknob.Youcandrive
theI N P U T V U farintotheredswithoutanyunwanteddigitalclipping.Justmakesurethat
theO U T P U T P E A K meterdoesn'tindicateanyclipping.(Ifitdoes,justlowertheOutput
volumeabit.)

The Input knobalsoworksasathresholdcontrol.Moreinputgainwillgive

youmoregainreduction.

If you drive the input

volumesothattheVU
start hitting the reds
youwillalsoaddmore
distortiontothesignal.
If you want lots of
distortion we really
recommend you to
alsosettheRatioknob
onA L L .

Figure3:TheInputknobandcorrespondinginputVU
meter.

Moreinputgainalsomeansmoredistortion(inagoodway).

Ratio
At a first glance, the Ratio knob on the
FETCompressorseemstoworkalittlebit
differentthanitshardwarecounterpart.The
biggestdifferenceisthattheRatioknobis
continuous, meaning that it's possible to
select settings between different fixed
ratios,forinstancebetween12:1and20:1.
Furthermore, it's also possible to select

Figure4:TheRatioknob.

settingsbetween20:1andthefamousAll
buttonsinsetting.

If you would rather use the predefined settings that are

identical to those on the original hardware: 1 : 1 ,
12:1,20:1

4 : 1 , 8 : 1 ,

andA L L ,justclickonthelabelstojumpdirectlyto

thosesettings(seeFigure5).
All Buttons In Mode
TheA L L modeisapeculiarityfoundonthistypeofcompressor.
Originallythedifferentratioswereselectedwithpushbuttons,
whichmadesomemixengineerstryoutwhathappensifyou

Figure5:Clickon
thelabelsto
immediatelygoto
afactorysetting.

pressallbuttonsatonce.Fromatechnicalperspective,pushing
allbuttonsatthesametimemakesallbiaslevelsgoberserk.Fromasoundperspective,
thismeansthatyouwillgetaverypumpingcompressionwithlotsofdistortion.Thismode
isoftencalledtheBritishmode.BysettingtheRatiosomewherebetween2 0 : 1 andA L L
you'llgetasoundthat'sdefinitelyuniqueforthisproduct.

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Attack and Release

Use the Attack and Release controls to change how fast the compressor starts to
compress(Attack)andhowfastitshouldrecoverfromthegainreduction(Release).The
attacktimeonthisunitisveryfast,
ranging from about 20s at the
fastestsettingto about800son
its slowest setting. Other kinds of
compressors often have much
slowerattacktimes.Incomparison
totheattacktimethereleasetimes
are much slower ranging
between 50ms and 1.1s. Please
notethatthesenumbersonlygive

Figure6:TheAttackandReleaseknobs.

a general idea of the attack and

releasetimes.Inpractice(andjustlikeinthemodeledhardware),theattackandrelease
timeswillbeprogramdependent,ie.dependonthecharacteristicsoftheinputsignal.

Sinceafastattackandreleasetimeleadstoafastgainreduction,sometimes
those settings will cause unwanted clipping effects. To remove this
unwantedsideeffect,youcaneitherslowdownthereleasetimeoraddsome
lookaheadtothedetectorcircuit.(SeeLookahead).

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Input and Gain Reduction VU meters

Figure7:TheInputandGainReductionVUmetersarealsomodeledusing
physicalmodelingsotheywillalsoreactjustliketherealthing.
The InputVU meterisusedtomonitortheinputsignal.Ifastereosignalispresent,the
meterwilldisplaythemaximumenergyofbothsignals.Thismayseemlikeadrawback,but
sincethegainreductioncircuit(a.k.a.detectororsidechain)worksinmono,theVUwill
actuallydisplaythesamethingthedetectorsees.(Unlessyoustartfiddlingwiththesmall
knobs,butwe'renotthereyet.)
The Gain Reduction meter is used to monitor the amount of gain reduction in the
compressor.TheFETCompressorhasonlyonedetector,soifastereosignalispresent
thegainreductionwillbethesameforbothchannels.Thispreventsunwanteddistortionof
thestereoimage.
IftheRatioknobissetatA L L ,theGainReductionmeterwon'tshowthesameresultsas
theoriginalhardware.Insteaditwilldisplaytheactualgainreduction(whichtheoriginalunit
doesn't).YouwillalsonoticethattheGainReductionsometimesdisplaypositivevalues
whentheRatioissetatA L L ,whichiscorrect.The A L L modedoesindeedhavenegative
gainreduction(=positivegain)forsomesettings.
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Output
In comparison to the Input knob, the Output knob doesn't do much more than just
adjusting the output volume. Keep a close look on the O U T P U T

PEAK

meter while

adjustingtheoutputvolumetoavoidunwanteddigitalclipping.Itisgoodpracticetokeep
thelevelsbelow0dB,evenifyouareusinga
(native)hostthatallowslevelabove0dB.On
TDM,the plugin willdigitallyclipall signals
above0dBontheoutput.

Output Peak Meter

Theoutputpeakmeterisafastpeakmeter
withholdvalues.Singlepeakvaluesupinthe
reds(at0dB)areokay,butdon'tpushit.This
meterwilldisplaytheleftandrightchannelon
theleftandrightmeterifyouusetheplugin

Figure8:Outputknobandoutput
meter.

inS T E R E O mode,otherwiseit'lljustshowthesame M O N O signalonbothmeters.

Keeptheoutputlevelsbelow0dB!

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Detector Controls
Themostimportantpartofanycompressoristhedetector.Itisthedetectorthatdecides
howthecompressorshouldcompress.AllcontrolsexcepttheOutput(andParallelInject)
controlthedetector,butinthispluginwehavechosentobundlethefouradvancedknobs
togetherandcallthemdetectorcontrols.
Commontoallthesecontrolsisthattheycanbeturnedoffbysettingtheminthe O F F
position.TheirstatusLEDwilllightupwhenevertheyareactive.

Figure9:Thefouradvanceddetectorknobs.

Don'tbeafraidtokeepthesecontrolsintheO F F position.Usethesecontrols
ifthereissomethingparticularthatyou'dliketoachieveorsomethingthat
needstobefixed.(Ifitain'tbroken,don'tfixit!)

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External Side Chain

Insomepluginformats,suchasRTAS,TDMandAU,itispossibletouseanexternal
signalasinputtothedetector. 1Thisisverycommonifyouforinstancewanttocompressa
basslineusingthebassdrumasthetriggertothecompressor.Inthatcase,thebassline
willbecompressedwheneverthebassdrumishit.
Evenifanexternalsidechainsignalispresent,you
will have to activate the external side chain by
increasingthe ExternalSideChainknobuntilthe
LEDlightsup.Ifthe ExternalSideChain knobis
initsO F F position,thedetectorwillalwaysusethe
regularinput.

Figure10:The
sidechainknob.

Use the External Side Chain knob to set the input volume of the external signal (for
instancethebassdrumtrack).Ahigherinputvolumewillleadtomoregainreduction,just
liketheInputknobworkswithoutanexternalsidechain.

MonitortheGainReductionVUMeterwhenyousettheleveloftheexternal
sidechain.JustincreasetheExternalSideChainuntilyougetenoughgain
reduction.

1)ExternalsidechainingmightalsoworkinsomeVSThosts.ItdependsverymuchonwhichVST
hostandversionyouareusing.Thepluginwilladdtwoextrainputs(inputs3and4)andregardstheseas
the externalside chain input.If yourhostacceptsthese fourinputs, the externalsidechain indicator
(Figure15)willlightup.
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Low Cut and High Cut

TheLowandHighCutcanbeused
to filter the signal before it reaches
thedetector.Agoodpracticecanbe
to remove some of the (unwanted)
low frequencies so that they don't
affect the gain reduction. Another
trickistoapplyfilteringsothatonly

Figure11:TheLowandHighCut
knobs.

certain frequencies cause the

detector to compress the signal. If

youforexamplecompressadrumkit,youmightwanttokeeptheboominessofthebass
drum,butcompressthecymbalsandsnare.Setthe LowCut to200300Hzsothatthe
bassdrumwillgetfilteredoutbeforeitreachesthedetector.
PleasekeepinmindthatLowCutandHighCutdon'talterthedirectsignal,justthesignal
thatentersthedetector.

Pleasenotethatthe200and1000Hzsettingsonthe Low and HighCut

knobs corresponds to the knob being set at 12 o'clock (where the little
indicatorlinesarelocated).Theeasiestwaytogettothatsettingistoclickon
the 2 0 0 or1 0 0 0 labelonthepanel.

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Lookahead
TheLookaheadcanbeusedifthefastestattacktimeisn'tfast
enough,forinstanceifyouwanttoapplysomeheavylimitingto
asignal.The Lookahead willdelaythesignalpathoutsideof
the detector by up to 1 ms, leaving the detector signal
unaffected.Thishastwoeffects:
1.

The output signal will be delayed by up to 1

millisecond.

2.

Figure12:The
Lookaheadknob.

Thedetectorwillseetheundelayedsignal,butreducethegainonthedelayed
signal.Thismeansthatthedetectorwillbeabletocompressthesignalbefore
theactualtransientcomes(sincetheactualtransienthasbeendelayed).

TheLookaheadtimecorrespondstothetotallatencyoftheplugin.Theplug
inwillnotreportthislatencytothehost,sincealmostnohostssupport
compensatingforadelaythatdependsonaparameter.

SomeveryfastAttack/Releasesettingswillcauseacracklingsoundontransients,often
soundinglikesomesortofdigitalclippingorsaturationsomewhereinthesignalchain.This
isverytypicalforthiskindofcompressor,butisusuallyanunwantedeffect.Thenormal
waytogetridofthissideeffectistoslowdowntheattackandreleasetimesbutnowyou
haveanothertooltouse.Byaddingalittlelookaheadtothedetector,manyoftheseside
effectscanbeavoided.

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Parallel Inject
Parallel Compression is a technique where you blend the
compressedsignalwiththeoriginalsignal.Saythatyouhave
a heavily compressed drum track where all the transients
havebeenlost(compressed).Byaddingalittlebitofparallel
compression you can blend in the original signal (with the
original transients) with the highenergy compressed signal
(withouttransients)andthusgetthebestofbothworlds.

Figure13:Parallel
compressionisfun.

Thisisatechniquethatisveryeasytoachievewithasend
bus,butthisbabydoesalittlebitmorethanthat.Firstofall,youwon'tgetanyproblemwith
the Lookahead since the dry signal is delayed with the same delay time as the
compressedsignal.Thenthedrysignalwillbeaffectedbythesameanaloguemodeling
mojoasthecompressedone,whichmeansthatsomeofthedistortionandcoloringofthe
compressorwillalsohaveaaneffectonthedrysignal.Andatlast,theOutputPeakmeter
willofcourseshowthesumofthesesignals,sothatyoucansetaproperoutputlevel.

Wheneveryouchangethegainreduction(forexamplebychangingtheInput
volume)youwillneedtochangethe ParallelInjectsincethevolumeofthe
compressedsignalhaschanged.Butbecarefulsometimesthedrysignalis
muchlouderthanthecompressedsignal!

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Status Indicators
TheFETCompressorcomeswithacoupleofhandystatuslabels,locatedintheVUmeter
section.
Remote (Pro Tools only)
Wheneverautomationisused,orifanexternalcontrol
surfaceisconnected,theRemotestatusindicatorwill
lightup.Theknobsthatarebeingcontrolledwillalso
getathinframearoundthem.
External
Thisindicatordisplayswhenanexternalsidechainis
present.Wheneveranexternalsidechainispresent,it

Figure14:Remoteislitupon
automationorexternalcontrol
surfaces.

ispossibletousetheExternalSideChainknobtoset
the amount of gain of the external signal to the
detector.
In TDM/RTAS it will light up whenever you have
connected a side chain bus to the plugin. This
indicatorwillalwaysbelitinhoststhatusetheAudio
Unit (AU) format. In VST, it will light up if the host
acceptssidechaininputs,butthisdoesn'tworkforall

Figure15:Externalisonly
usedinProToolsandStereo
isprettyselfexplanatory.

VSThosts...Soitgoes.
Stereo
TheStereoindicatorlightsupifthecompressorwasinstantiatedinstereomode.

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Controls Summary
TheknobsarecontrolledbyeitherdraggingLeftRightorUpDown,orbyusingthemouse
wheel.
Mouse
Up/Down:Increase/Decreasethesettingofaknob/switch

Left/Right:Increase/Decreasethesettingofaknob/switch

Mousewheel(MacOSXonly):Increase/Decreasethesettingofa
knob/switch

Pointingoveralabelwillmakethecursorchangetoapointinghand
cursor.Clickingthelabelwillmaketheknobtoimmediatelymovetothe
correspondingposition.
Keyboard Commands
Usethesekeycommandswhilechangingaparameter.

FineAdjust:Command(Mac)orCtrl(Windows)

ResettoDefault:Alt

AutomationControlWindow(ProToolsonly):

Figure16:Top:
Clickanddrag
cursor.Bottom:
Labelclickcursor.

Ctrl+Command+Alt+click(Mac)orCtrl+Windows+Alt+click
(Windows)

ShowAutomationTrack(ProToolsonly):Ctrl+Command+click(Mac)or
Ctrl+Windows+click(Windows)

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Tweaking Tips
Wedidn'twanttoincludetoomuchofthestandardthisishowacompressorworktheory,
butratherfocusonthepartsthatmakethispluginspecial.Hereareourfavoritetweaks.
I want distortion!
There are twotypes ofdistortion ina compressorlikethis,first we have the inputand
output stage distortion and second the (frequency dependent) distortion caused by the
compressing.Togetthefirsttypeofdistortion,justincreasetheInputuntilyougetenough
distortion.Youcanevenhave Ratio setto 1 : 1 (=nocompression).Theothertypeof
distortionisusuallycausedbyafastattackandreleasetime.IfyousetRatioonA L L and
ReleaseonF A S T ,you'llgetthefastestreleasetimepossible.TrytheDistortionpresets.
The compressor isn't fast enough
If you find that the Attack time isn't fast enough (doesn't squash all the transients),
increasetheLookaheaduntilyou'resatisfied.
The compressor is too fast
TheAttacktimesgetslowerifRatioissetonA L L ,soinordertogetalateattacksetRatio
onA L L .Ifyouwanttoincreasethetransientsbutcompresstherestofthesignal,usethe
allbuttonsinmode.TrytheTransientpresets.
It makes crackling sounds on the transients
Thisisbecauseoftheextremelyfastattacktime.FirstyoucanslowdowntheAttacktimes
sothatthegainreductionbecomesnotasabruptasitwas.Tocompensatefortheslower
Attacktime,increasetheLookahead.
All the energy and attack of each note disappears
Itisafastcompressorandchancesarethatitwillcompressfasttransients(yeah?).That's
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whyweaddedtheParallelInject.ByincreasingtheParallelInjectyoucanblendinalittle
bitoftheoriginalsignal(withtheoriginaltransients).Trytobalanceitsothatyougetthe
transientsfromthedrypathandtherestofthesignalfromthecompressedpath.
All the energy and attack of each note disappears (pt. II)
Anothertrickyoucouldtry,ifyou'dliketorestoresomeofthetransientsistonarrowdown
thedetectorsfrequencybandsbyaddingsomeLowCutandHighCutfiltering.Itdoesn't
workonallprogrammaterial,butit'sworthatry.
I want some cool drum bus tricks
Ok,hereareourfavorites:
1.

Fat Bass Drum: Applyheavy compression on your drum bus. Increase the
LowCut knob untilthe bassdrumdoesn't triggerthe compressor(at about
200300Hz). In most cases, this will make the bass drum sound fatter and
loudercomparedtotherestofthekit.

2.

PumpingDrums:SetRatioonA L L ,ReleaseonS L O W andadjusttheInput

untilyou'resatisfied.BlendinsomedrysignalwithParallelInject.

3.

SustainedDrumswithTransients:Applyheavy 2 0 : 1 compressionwithfast
releaseandattacktimes,blendinsometransientswithParallelInject.

Adding color
Finallyyoushouldn'tbeafraidofusingthisplugininthe 1 : 1 mode.Youwon'tgetany
compression,butitwillcolorthesound.Andthemeterslooknicetoo.

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Multi-Channel Operation
FETCompressorsupportsthefollowingmultichannelmodes:
TheOutputPeakmeterswilldisplaythesamevaluesonbothmeters.

MONO:

STEREO:

TheLeftandRightchannelswillbeprocessedbythesamedetector,justas

ifyouhadthestereointerconnectthingyconnectedtotheoriginalhardware.
How the different modes are selected depends on your host software. In most hosts,
insertingtheFETCompressoronamonotrackwillmakeitusetheMonomode,andvice
versawithastereotrack.

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Block Diagram
This is a block diagram over the FET Compressor functionality. Please note that this
illustrationdepictsthefunctionalityoftheplugintheinnerworkingsirequitedifferent.2

Figure17:BlockdiagramoftheFETCompressor.TheS I D E C H A I N I N P U T is
onlyactiveifthesidechainhasbeenactivatedbytheExternalSideChainknob,
regardlessofwhetherasidechainispresentornot.

2) The experienced reader will notice that some parts, like the feedback connection of the
compressor,havebeenomittedintheillustrationforthesakeofclarity.
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System Requirements
PleasemakesurethatyouhavethelatestInterlokdriversinstalled!

All Versions

MacOS10.4(orhigher)onaG3orIntelCPU(orbetter),or
WindowsXP(orhigher)onaPIIICPU(orbetter)

44.1,48,88.2,96,176.4and192kHzsampleratesaresupported

MonoandStereomodesaresupported.SeeMultiChannelOperationformore
information

iLokUSBkeyandthelatestiLokdrivers(availablefromwww.ilok.com)

Native Version (VST/AU/RTAS)

AnyVST,RTASorAudioUnitcompatiblehostapplication

Sinceexternalsidechainingisn'tofficiallysupportedbytheVSTpluginformat,thereisno
guaranteethatexternalsidechainingwillworkwithyourVSThost.

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Pro Tools|HD Version (TDM/VENUE)

In Pro Tools|HD, it is possible to use FET Compressor on either a Core or an Accel
processor,althoughonly44.1and48kHzsampleratesaresupportedonCore.Formore
infoonCPUconsumptionandavailability,seethetablebelow.
AllsampleratesareavailableintheRTASandVENUEversions.
System Requirements
ProTools|HDwithProTools7.0orhigherorVENUEsystem.

SystemmustmeetrequirementsforProTools|HDfromDigidesign

PT|HDCPUconsumption

Core

Accel

44.1/48kHz

<77%

<35%

88.2/96kHz

<58%

176.4/192kHz

<91%

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FETCompressorwasmadeby:Oscarbergmodelingandimplementation.TorstenGatu
frameworkprogramming.NiklasOdelholmframeworkprogrammingandgraphicdesign.Arvid
Rosnframeworkprogramming.UlfEkelf3Drenderingandgraphics.DanLumbyesound
design.StefanFandnfeaturehunter.ThankstoLarsNygaardandAndersBechatCyberfarm
(DK)andPerkessonatCareOfSoundStudioforlettingususeandabusetheirequipment.
2008SoftubeAB,Sweden