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| − | A multiband compressor consists of multiple compressors working in parallel, each operating on a separate band of frequencies. Fractal Audio's Multiband Compressor employs 3 compressors. They work independently, so "pumping" in one band does not affect the others. | + | A multiband compressor consists of multiple compressors working in parallel, each operating on a separate band of frequencies. Fractal Audio's Multiband Compressor employs 3 compressors. They work independently, so "pumping" in one band does not affect the others. |
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| + | Multiband compression can be useful for mastering, for balancing high-gain guitar tones (palm mutes), and acoustic guitars. | ||
More information about multiband compression: | More information about multiband compression: | ||
Revision as of 09:15, 5 August 2025
Contents
Multiband Compressor block (MBC)
Axe-Fx III: 2 blocks, 4 channels
FM9: 2 blocks, 4 channels
FM3: 1 block, 4 channels
VP4: n/a
Axe-Fx II: 2 blocks
AX8: n/a
FX8: n/a
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About the Multiband Compressor block
A multiband compressor consists of multiple compressors working in parallel, each operating on a separate band of frequencies. Fractal Audio's Multiband Compressor employs 3 compressors. They work independently, so "pumping" in one band does not affect the others.
Multiband compression can be useful for mastering, for balancing high-gain guitar tones (palm mutes), and acoustic guitars.
More information about multiband compression:
- Owners Manuals
- Wikipedia's
Multiband compression
article
Tips, tricks and troubleshooting
Tweaking
In-depth programming of the Multiband Compressor is possible, but even at default settings, placed after Amp/Cab, it'll performing fine. [1]
Factory presets
Try the factory preset MULTICOMP PLEXI.
No Global blocks
The Multiband Compressor block doesn't support Global blocks.
